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There is a White Dove
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There is a White Dove |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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There is a White Dove There is a white dove in my morning Upon my window sill In the bleakness of the dawning, When everything is still I hear her softly cooing A song so sweet and pure As though to be undoing The worries I endure There’s a dove in radiance of flight Across the noonday sun Translucent wings of creamy white Whisper as they come She follows in benevolence My path in times of strife And hovers o’er my countenance A light upon my life There is a white dove that alights Below the attic eaves In vigil through the stormy night In rustling windblown leaves The dove is like a guardian angel Watching over me Why is it I am blessed to tell What others do not see Why would an angel white dove Stay there til tempest’s end? She’s just a messenger of love Rebecca, poet friend Elizabeth Santos [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 03-01-2001).] |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
How sweet! She'll love it.  |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Oh Liz...this gave me goosebumps...so full of love and the healing power of friendship, along with the beauty of nature...and a touch of magic. I am going to say it again, YOU are amazing! |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, Bravo, excellent writing. This one lights a candle in the night. Sy |
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Voiceless Senior Member
since 2001-02-19
Posts 686Under the stars upon the wind |
Great!!! So beautiful and full of serenity! ~*Peachy Be*~ |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
It's beautiful!! She will love it, Liz. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
(thank you Sharon for bringing this to my attention) Liz, I don't know what to say. I was very surprised to see this. Then I was so touched, the tears just streamed down my face!  This was really beautiful, and I thank you for thinking enough to have me be the topic of one of your poems! God bless ya Liz! ~hugs~ Thanks so very much! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Lady Santos, your gifts keep giving.... |
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sandgrain Member Elite
since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662Sycamore, IL, USA |
What a beautiful piece this is! Rebecca was astounded and honored. Thank you for this lovely writing warming her heart so. Rae |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Thank you all for you kind comments to this poem. I could not possibly write a tribute for Rebecca that would reflect or encompass all that she has done for me during this past year. Her prayers, her love, and her support merit so much more than a simple poem. But I do believe her to be a "Messemger of Love", a friend there beside me through a difficult time, and even now when she notices my absence for a few days, expresses her concern. THank you Rebecca for being a friend. And for the record, I am very well and starting a new and wonderful phase of my life. I am very busy and for this reason cannot spend much time on the forum. I'm sure others have know Rebecca's loving qualities and her expression faith is quite contagious. Your friend in poetry, I thank you all Liz |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
What a beautiful tribute to a great lady... hugs to both poet and subject! *S* |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Wonderful words and a wonderful tribute! The visions you've painted in perspective of the white dove are excellent...great poem!! The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Suthern and ethome, Thank you for your comments Rebecca is so much more than I could write in a poem and so modest in the way she inspires others Liz |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Liz you are so sweet, and you've done more than you know yourself. You flatter me far too much |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
See, I told you she was modest Just a modest little dove Liz |
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EagleScorpion Senior Member
since 2000-03-08
Posts 1644Here, Now, Forever |
Hey! Maybe I have a dove watching over me!!! Some prefer to call it "The Holy Spirit." Love is God. Love is war. Love is what your life is for. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
God bless ya Liz! I'll just give ya big ~hugs~ Eagle, we all have the Holy Spirit watching over us.  <*\\\>< I know not what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future. I don't question YOUR existance - GOD |
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Gemini Senior Member
since 1999-12-15
Posts 1203Wisconsin, USA |
Liz-Absolutely beautiful! |
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