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The Awakening
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The Awakening |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla 
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The Awakening I never thought that I would dwell Within a garden made for smell. With plants of odors set in space Where flowers brooked but second place. The path was lined with tapping rail That read just like a book of braille The benches set in coves and rows To titillate the sensing nose. The taste of fragrance filled the breeze Some quite common and some did tease. And words did spill in touching pride At all the odors classified. A day my nose became my eyes With understanding as the prize. I shook each hand in loving kind That wondrous day among the blind. Now never more would I content Without the placement of a scent. |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Beautiful, thank you for the tour of the garden. Enjoy the beauty while we can see, but take in the smells while we can remember. |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Sorry computer died during first post. [This message has been edited by inot2B (edited 10-14-2000).] |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
A day my nose became my eyes With understanding as the prize. I shook each hand in loving kind That wondrous day among the blind. Now never more would I content Without the placement of a scent. ============= sweet Sy...even your olfactory senses are poetic  i crave scent like i crave rhyme ... from flowers to candles to soaps and perfumes. spices and cooking smells as well... coffee brewing ... vanilla is a fav of mine how bout you? or the smoke from a cherry cigar mmmmm and nothing smells as sweet as fresh bathed baby ... all the powder and lotions the smell of innocence .... yes... it 'tis like an awakening .. excellent read wise poet later-stop and smell the roses-gator jm |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Mmmmmmmm......I can smell all the fragrance that is coming from your garden.....how lovely!!! How dreary this world would be without our sense of smell!! Wonderful poem, with a fragrant message!!  Follow your dream! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I too, know the joys of this...pineapple sage...four o'clocks, hibiscus, white ginger...and of course sweet basil... sorry, I could go on and on...thanks for the stroll through the butterfly garden! |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
"A day my nose became my eyes With understanding as the prize. I shook each hand in loving kind That wondrous day among the blind" A perfect title for some great writing. "The heart and soul have no illusion of boundries when friendship is the quest" ~ My Angel. |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
enjoyed! Kathleen |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Superb writing as always Each poem has a different twist. I don't know where you get the unique ideas. Liz |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
To all the above, you have my heart felt thanks for your wonderful comments. I would answer each of you but I'm having trouble with my computor. Sy |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Sy~ Loved this  Our sense of smell the most powerful, we can smell something once and years later smell it again and the smell takes us back in time to the first time we smelled it. Our sense of smell can take us back to some most pleasant and desirable memories Beautiful piece Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
This is beautiful Your diversity in writing Is soooooo pleasing to this reader It's a treat to peak at your poetry Coco [This message has been edited by CocoBaci (edited 10-15-2000).] |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Tracie66, Thank you for the thoughtful comment. CocoBari, And I thank you for peeking. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Sy--This is so wonderful...to put yourself in anothers shoes, and see importance in a new way... |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Martie, Just had to thank you for the lovely comment. |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Those who must live without the benefit of one of our senses know the importance of the "scents" in our lives...Just imagine a life without it... Nice one, SY..  |
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BSC
Moderator
Member Elite
since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
What a lovely walk through the garden this is Seymour. Brought a smile this morning. Bonnie |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Sy- I don't know if this place is real or not - but in my humble opinion it should be. Absolutely wonderful post and I applaude heartily. I live near Longwood Gardens and I am going to suggest they post braille signs appropriately with something like a radio direction finder that would work with earphones to help the blind find it without distracting the sighted. While it is true that the gardens are more of a joy to the sighted, the olifactory pleasures should not be ingored as they are even more treasured to the blind. ~You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning. ~ Billy Wilder |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Nan, Thank you sweet. BSC, And thank you too. Wilfred, That's a good idea and thank you for the nice comment. |
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