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Elizabeth Santos
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0 posted 2000-08-05 09:24 PM


How Green Was the Meadow

How green was the meadow where daisies once grew
How sweet was the fragrance of wildflowers in dew
How happy the days when our spirits were free
And the world and the meadow spun ‘round you and me

I wonder if you still remember those days
We met in the meadow in morning’s soft haze
Surrounded by flowers and dreams swirling round
And promised each other to love we were bound

The meadow is gone now, the wildflowers too
I often went back there just looking for you
Where do you live now, in what little town
Can it be that a more perfect love has been found

Or do you still think about wildflowers too
The smell of the earth and the wet of the dew

Elizabeth Santos

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Sunnyone
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1 posted 2000-08-05 09:37 PM


Elizabeth....
             This was lovely......
           Young love, meadows, daisies.....
             I remember those days!!
          
           Thank you for this memory.....
        

Lakewalker
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2 posted 2000-08-05 09:43 PM


Such great thoughts put into beautiful words, I love your poem!
rosepetals25
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3 posted 2000-08-05 09:46 PM


Elizabeth,

       You always right SO beautifully!  I loved the images... it's wonderful!

                         rosepetals25

BSC
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4 posted 2000-08-05 09:52 PM


Oh Liz, How I love those beautiful meadows, and the way you have painted them with this lovely poem.  Bonnie
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5 posted 2000-08-05 09:53 PM


Elizabeth,

This was wonderfully romantic and the imagery perfect.

Auguste




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6 posted 2000-08-05 09:53 PM


Oh, I still remember the flowers in the field
The wetness of dew as our love we did yield
But greener I searched for and now my heart bleeds
For deserting the wildflower and settling for weeds.

[This message has been edited by Balladeer (edited 08-05-2000).]

Meadowmuse
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7 posted 2000-08-05 09:58 PM


"We met in the meadow in morning’s soft haze"

Liz, the twinges of bittersweet remembrances of youth and young love come alive here. And your end couplet is grand. Wonderful, again, my friend.

~ Claire  


Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau


Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania
8 posted 2000-08-05 11:13 PM


Thank you all for your kind comments.
I appreciate them all
Most wildflowers are weeds, but as long as they look pretty, who cares,
Thanks Claire for the comment
Liz

ethome
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since 2000-05-14
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New Brunswick Canada
9 posted 2000-08-06 01:15 AM


I think it's wonderful when you can combine the beautiful elements of nature with the beautiful elements of love and you have done that masterfully here Elizabeth. Such beautiful serene reflections you pen. I enjoy them so much.
Sudhir Iyer
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Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
10 posted 2000-08-06 01:40 PM


FABULOUS...

regards,
sudhir

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