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Yu Lan
Senior Member

since 2000-04-13

Posts 1462
New Zealand

0 posted 2006-04-01 04:54 AM

Hiya - I don't know if there are many here who'll remember me now, I've been away for so long..

I'm really only poking my head in; Skyshine replied to one of my long-lost poems in the archives, and reminded me that I DID actually write something to add here, last week.

Apologies - I'm still not going to be around much.. I'm now unbelievable busy with work, study and house-keeping. Grr

If you do remember me - I'm a little different now, as I got married in between now and when I last talked to you all!!

Anyway
Enough.

The Undressing Maple

Apricot crumbled
leaves tossed with hedgehogs and
ants nests and
hundreds and
thousands of crisp yellow stars
'neath the undressing maple
while red rascals drip from her arms.

-Lynne

midnightblues
Senior Member

since 2000-07-01

Posts 1597
Singapore

1 posted 2006-04-01 05:45 AM

Hi Lynne,

Yes I do remember you!
First of all CONGRATULATIONS

Such a joyous piece of news to us at Passions to know that our sister got married

Coming back to your poem, I love the pretty picture that you've painted with so little words, it's beautiful! Kind of wish I was there

Love,
MiCheLLe

If there cannot be equal in affection, then let the one with more be me - midnightblues

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

2 posted 2006-04-01 10:54 AM

Unique description of the dropping of leaves. Yes, i remember you and glad to hear from you. Congratulations and hope you are very happy. Love, Joyce

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

3 posted 2006-04-01 12:52 PM

Lovely! Congratulations too what a lot changed for you in such a short time. This sure made that messy tree I have sound beautiful! Nice to read you again. You were always one of (Local Parasite's) Brian's favorites, and I have always agreed with him.

skyshine

Member Elite

since 2002-02-07

Posts 3058
Beneath the northern stars

4 posted 2006-04-03 01:44 AM

Very picturesque....it's autumn where you live now, right? Or getting close to it....

I'll have to lurk in the archives more, if it brings people back here.

Great to see you back, and congratulations on the marriage! I wish you and your husband many years of happiness! I got married last year as well, and have a six-month-old son. Hope to see you back again soon, even if you don't get the chance very often!

~sky

I hope someday you get the chance to live like you were dying....
~Tim McGraw

Yu Lan
Senior Member

since 2000-04-13

Posts 1462
New Zealand

5 posted 2006-04-03 06:48 AM

Thanks Michelle!

And it's nice to be remembered.. I really did love this place.. And all my poet family

Hehe, thanks Joyce - and yes, I'm definitely very happy. Actually, there are several mushy love poems of mine posted in PIP ('You Decide, I Drive', 'Something Naughty' and some others I think), which are about the same man I married. Together 7 years

Thanks Mysteria - you have a maple tree? I love them, hehe.. My grandparents have one up their driveway, but we don't have any here.
Is Brian still posting here? I can't seem to find any new ones of his.. Yes, well he was one of MY favourites too.. always such clever, though provoking words..

Close to Autumn now! And I am very grateful for you digging me up, Skyshine lol.. Congratulations to you too! I'll look out for you when I pop back.

Thanks!!
-Lynne

Bless your cotten sockies, you poetic maniacs. ^_^

Love - Lynne

jamesjiao
Member

since 2000-04-12

Posts 268
Backwaters of Avalon

6 posted 2006-04-09 06:12 AM

Glad to see your most recent poem. You kept your style eh? Nice to see you back. Keep in touch.

- James
The beauty of nature is displayed,
not through itself,
but through the creatures
dwelling within its bosom.

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

7 posted 2006-04-09 05:54 PM

I enjoyed reading your poem and it made me think of our own maple tree and how much pleasure it brings us when the leaves turn in the fall.

Trillium

Betty Lou Hebert

Yu Lan
Senior Member

since 2000-04-13

Posts 1462
New Zealand

8 posted 2006-04-09 06:39 PM

Thanks James and Betty

Well, I suppose I HAVE kept the same style.. Hehe, still the same me, just a bit older..
They really are beutiful trees, aren't they!

Love, Lynne

Dennis L. White
Senior Member

since 2000-02-17

Posts 1463
Michigan, U.S.A.

9 posted 2006-04-10 01:57 PM

Lynne, You've written a lovely descriptive poem full of imagery. Don't stay away so long.
Dennis :^)

Moonbeams radiate
When the veiling cloud has passed
Playful shadows dance

Dennis L. White :^)

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