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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2000-09-26 08:03 AM


Let Me Stay

Let me stay among the shades of green
Among the the wildflower blues
Don’t take me to a place where I
Can’t see the meadow views

Let me sit beside my window
In the chill as winter blows
And watch the piney needles
Laden fresh with fallen snows

Where cardinal comes to sit a while
And blue jay’s never still
And brushes all the piled snow
From off my window sill

Just let me stay where I was born
Where springtime is ablaze
With rainbow pinks and yellows
In the warming sunny days

I want to be where I can smell
The earth in every breath
And I will live in peace
Until the season of my death

Elizabeth Santos

© Copyright 2000 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved
Kethry
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since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
1 posted 2000-09-26 08:47 AM


Liz,
AGAIN! you did it again. Painted a naturally beautiful picture with your words and you made it look so easy.
Kethry


"It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures;
but it is the loss that shapes the image,
gathers the flowers weaves the garland."-

Wilfred Yeats
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since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware
2 posted 2000-09-26 09:42 AM


Liz - you never fail - to amaze me - and to come through with poems of such wonderful pastoral beauty
hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA
3 posted 2000-09-26 10:43 AM


Simply lovely Elizabeth and as dear and loving as you are, you will not be there alone  
kitkat
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since 2000-01-11
Posts 878
Nova Scotia
4 posted 2000-09-26 12:08 PM


Such beauty in your words. Thanks for sharing
seraphin
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since 2000-09-24
Posts 1004
Michigan
5 posted 2000-09-26 02:23 PM


An incredible piece of imagery. I love it.
Marsha
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Maidstone Kent England
6 posted 2000-09-26 03:25 PM


Liz this is painted in colours bright and clear, can I come for a visit here? Beautifully written and presented, I really like this a lot.
                     Marsha

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania
7 posted 2000-09-26 06:42 PM


Kethry
It is easy when you have beautiful scenery to paint

Bill,
I'm so glad you liked it

Hoot,
I know you know what this is about. Thanks for reading. Good to see you here

KitKat
Thank you so much for reading

Serophin,
Your comments are much appreciated

Marsha,
My door is always open

Liz

Sven
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since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA
8 posted 2000-09-26 06:48 PM


For some reason, my mind read this with an Irish accent. . .

Wonderful as always Liz. . .  

---------------------------------------------------------

That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl


Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla
9 posted 2000-09-26 10:26 PM


Elizabeth,
Just lovely.
Sy

Chanson
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since 2000-08-19
Posts 1559
Up Creek w/Out Paddle
10 posted 2000-09-26 10:30 PM


Hi Elizabeth, You have tickled all the senses with this beautiful poem.
So enjoyed  

...chanson~

Music, tonal clear & pure,
Caresses the harshest of curves.
-Song of Gesture


Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania
11 posted 2000-09-27 02:34 AM


Sven, It was written with a pennsylvania accent, but you may read it any way you want. Hope it sounded good

Sy, I thought you were lost. I'm happy to see you back. Thanks

Chanson, Thanks for your comments

Liz

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713
Australia
12 posted 2000-09-27 02:43 AM


This is so touching and beautiful Liz...great writings  
Tracie~


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe


Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA
13 posted 2001-08-04 09:13 PM



Yet another lovely poem from your endless pen of heart  

Melissa~

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
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displaced
14 posted 2003-01-27 09:31 AM


a very comfortable place, indeed
passing shadows
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displaced
15 posted 2004-04-18 07:21 PM


oh, how inspiring! love the last verse there
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