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The Grass Is Greener ??
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The Grass Is Greener ?? |
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linda munday Member
since 2000-06-17
Posts 315Adelaide, Australia 
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The Grass Is Greener ?? These flights of fancy cross your mind What are you doing? You must be blind! Greener grass in pasture yonder? On this your mind begins to ponder Prisms reflect through misty eyes Rainbows arching over bluer skies Velvet carpet in emerald green Whilst about your feet, yellow is seen Yearning for the milk and honey Finding a place where days are sunny Longing clutched by a confused heart Stepping to the fence, you make a start Tentative tread with unsure goals Do greener grasses fill empty holes? Shoulders shrugged you approach the field Your heart says ‘go’ but your mind says ‘yield’ Paths snake ahead with unknown end Never knowing what’s around the bend Which way is right? Which way is best? A double-mind cannot find its rest Droughts then flooding are often seen Not much is needed to make grass green With tender touch and words so sweet Green grass is growing under your feet. |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Wonderful Linda! I love this phrase, and you've expanded on it just so beautifully. Temptations surround us daily, and yet, do we truly see what beauty grows on "both" sides of the fence ... I loved these ponderous thoughts!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Linda this is so well done. I particularly like With tender touch and words so sweet Green grass is growing under your feet. be well Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Linda~ Somehow in the night - this lovely pen slipped by me - What sweet words of wisdom it holds - 'Not much is needed to make grass green With tender touch and words so sweet Green grass is growing under your feet.' Terrific thoughts ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
Love it Linda... enjoyed very much..~Victoria~ A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valery (1871-1945) |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Very nice, Linda. My grandma used to say "The grass is always greener wherever there's more manure"....she was a smart old gal  |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
yes, a lovely poem about the beauty of the grass, and we all take it for granted sometimes, some great lines here! "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."" Laurie Lee Kathleen |
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