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Mabel A. Dilley
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0 posted 2001-04-02 10:41 AM







I know this beach
long and narrow
desolate the cry of loon.

I know its narrow islets
fingers of water, private
places islands of love.

I know its refuge
safe and silent
from rage of the moon.

I know its starfish
the rush of pipers
against an azure sky.

I know its grief
its loss at winter when
I search in vain
your name.



Graphics: Wetlands and Waterfowl
© Richard R. Jackson / Roma Stock
Music: pachelbel_canon_in_d.mid



"I am not now that which I have been."

© Copyright 2001 Mabel A. Dilley - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-04-02 11:15 AM


Strange how we can find refuge and grief in the same place sometimes, isn't it.  Loved your imagery here - I was almost there I think.


Michael



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2 posted 2001-04-02 11:20 AM


Oh beautiful.....this is outstanding.  I thank you for the read.  



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3 posted 2001-04-02 11:29 AM


I know its narrow islets
fingers of water, private
places islands of love.

I know its refuge
safe and silent
from rage of the moon.

I know its starfish
the rush of pipers
against an azure sky.
==========================
excellent employ of imagery here...
it worked in perfect unison to enhance the bittersweet beauty of this melancholy, emotional piece.
the last lines impact was as it needed be.
well done.

It's such a clever innocence with which you show myself to me
As if you know how it feels to never be who you wanted to be
~jackson browne~

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4 posted 2001-04-02 11:53 AM


Beautiful, poignant!  Solitude and sadness interwoven.  Until I saw this title I had missed that you lived in Seattle.  Just visited my daughter over spring break.  Didn't get into the Skagit Valley this time, though.  We were at Greenlake, though, and I have a question...

There are some medium-sized waterfowl that are black with white bills that inhabit that area.  The closest I could come in a bird book was that they might be coots, but the pic just didn't quite match up.  Do you know of which I speak and their kind?  They go way under the water to feed, often simultaneously within the group, and pop-up almost rhythmically, one by one to the surface.

Katherine Chandler
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5 posted 2001-04-03 12:21 PM


Poignant, intense, yet soft and comforting. Imagery superb. You're a mighty fine story teller, my friend.   Kate

Blessings

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
T S Eliot

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6 posted 2001-04-03 12:45 PM


Oh sigh......
Manda_1982
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7 posted 2001-04-03 01:18 AM


As a resident of Skagit Valley, I know very well the comforts of the river. I liked this one a lot  

~Amanda

Mabel A. Dilley
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8 posted 2001-04-03 01:36 AM


Thank you all for reading, enjoying and commenting. The history of the river and delta region of the of the Skagit is like life in many ways: bittersweet, and always I encourage us all to become better stewards of rich natural resources. Shalom

"I am not now that which I have been."

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