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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware 
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(very slight revision of a 6/98 poem) You are planted in my heart And your words are the nourishment Your laugh the fertilizer And so you've taken root And so you grow Stronger, larger than life Deeply rooted. No garden I have tended No rose I have groomed Has grown so beautiful in my eyes Your presence has invited Birds and their songs (Music to my soul) Butterflies of such color (In your stimulating conversation) So even when there is no rain Even when the bugs of doubt attack Your quiet strength persists And so I nurture, the way you nurtured me Thus you spread like foliage And like a gorgeous hedge You shield my mind from all the world's cares So there's no one but you And I love you So let us play in this garden Let us rise to the exotic sensations Let us celebrate the unity of feelings We share With each new day Hand in hand We can find the joy in life We've been so long denied Free - and as God made us No place unexplored Nothing to hide < !signature--> [This message has been edited by Wilfred Yeats (edited 08-27-2000).] |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Nice metaphor! Very sweet, Wilfred! Elizabeth |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Wilfred~ Very well tended garden. Enjoyed the stroll. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Will, this is superb, the use of the garden to describe your love, a perfect metaphor. I love romantic poetry, as you do. catalinamoon |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
mmm Wil...can I walk in your garden? |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
img src="http://netpoets.net/img/a08.gif" Elizabeth- - it seemed to come easy - thanks  Marge- poets as nice as you can stroll my garden anytime  CatalinaMoon- Supurb? - well -I'm still striving to improve - but thank you  Paula- you're welcome as well -Thank You  |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Bill--This walk in your garden is so sweetly perfumed with your loving tender...that it is beautiful! |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Martie - One need only consider how it is nurtured Thank you |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
A garden nurtured from the heart will never taste the bitterness of deceipt in drought. Lovely creation here and you are well on your way. Keep it up but always take time to nurture your garden at home. |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Mark - I appreciate your kind words AND your wise words - I'd love to give you the loan of my mocassins for a while - - I suspect you'd be even wiser - sincerely - I thank you and I do nurture at home more than you might imagine - - there are forces present that impact beuond our control.~Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time,destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. ~ Germain de Stael ~ wilfredyeats@hotmail.com |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Wilfred, what an exhilirative display of an emotion~filled, trusting, open love for another. To liken your love to a luxuriant garden, comforting and yet stimulating to the senses...just beautiful. I find your writing most enjoyable. ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Dee Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330Queensland, Australia |
Wilfred, a beautiful poem. I can't wait to read more. Dee |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Claire - Wow - what exceptionally nice things you say -My humble thanks  Dee - Thank you - and good to see you - I hope I get to read more of you ~S~ |
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