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Corinne
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0 posted 2000-07-01 05:00 PM




Fireworks

On this day of celebration
I lie awake, listening
To sounds of predawn,
stirring of waking children,
magpies arguing with scrub jays,
scent of fire singes the air,
I imagine cooks in kitchens,
soon the tang of searing meat
will meld with laughter,
later music will harmonically
blend with starbursts
in the nighttime sky,
all the while
I’ll be loving you.

© 2000 Corinne Bailey


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Poet deVine
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1 posted 2000-07-01 05:46 PM


A wonderful way to look at the 4th of July!  
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2 posted 2000-07-01 05:51 PM


now that's fireworks

The Celtic Sage
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3 posted 2000-07-01 06:45 PM


Poetry that crosses the distances and speaks of want, but touches many hearts.

TCS

Meadowmuse
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4 posted 2000-07-01 06:59 PM


Such poignant images and imaginings, Corinne. Your endline reminds me of the song...I'll be loving you, always, always...

~ Claire

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


Corinne
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5 posted 2000-07-01 07:09 PM


Thank you, Poet deVine, Rex, Celtic Sage and Meadowmuse.

Corinne

Janet Marie
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6 posted 2000-07-01 08:59 PM


I do so love the way your poetic mind works  
perfect C, so perfect.
have a good one
jm

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The world calls a butterfly
~LaoTzeTao~
~Butterflies are meant to be free~


Corinne
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7 posted 2000-07-01 10:54 PM


Thank you very much, Janet Marie, you have a good one, too!

Corinne

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8 posted 2000-07-01 11:27 PM


Beautifully done, Claire! You drew a picture in my mind!  

Denise

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9 posted 2000-07-02 04:32 AM


Corinne~
Wistfully lovely.
Have a wonderful day my friend.
~*Marge*~


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ESP
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10 posted 2000-07-02 05:40 AM


BANG!! BANG!!! BANG!!!!
Terrific!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie


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11 posted 2000-07-02 06:07 AM


wow..corinne a unique look at the 4th of July. Beautiful poem, wonderful.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Corinne
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12 posted 2000-07-02 10:57 AM


Thank you, Denise, Marge, ESP and Brian.

Happy fourth!

Corinne

RAM
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13 posted 2000-07-12 10:42 AM


what a wonderful celebration!  Again, you are my muse.  

Gifts of Light

Loving you
in the pre-dawn
as I stir from dreams,
readying myself and Shirley
for a ride on rain-soaked roads.

Robins and a phoebe
coax cloud-filtered light into the day.
Twenty miles later,
the farmers' market,
dressed for breakfast,
calls to the riders
with tendrils of griddle cakes,
sausage and coffee.

Torrents of rain
dictate two rounds of cakes and jo -
dance and sing
of memories yet to flower:
this day,
this night bursting with stars and Sousa,
years of loving days,
so many days of celebration.

©  RAM  7/6/00

angelswing
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14 posted 2000-07-12 11:35 AM


Great, I loved this poem, although I am English and we obviously don't celabrate the 4th, we do have Bonfire night on the 5th of November which we have loads of fireworks, (I see the other side of the title as well, very clever with the feeling between two people, am i write as that was the true meaning behind the poem and the link between the way you expressed it ?) My favourites are the really big ones that go miles up, expload and the sparkle like stars . Only problem is I always get depressed as everyone on earth seems to have somone to share the feeling with except me . Ah well . Loved the poem . Intelligently written .
L.of.L. Tom .


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