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Joe Lamando
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since 2001-11-20
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Massachusetts,USA

0 posted 2001-12-06 08:37 PM



I had been sitting in my living room by a window one winter day and I became aware of hail hitting the window.  For some reason I wondered, if I went out of body and went outside would I experience the hailstorm.  I slipped into a lucid dream state and became aware of my Muse by my side.  I started writing by inviting him to sit down and write (sing).  And he/ I wrote.  I love the way he described the scene but I’m still not sure of the meaning of the title and last line.

Ill Wind Be Ill Wind

Sit thee down
Put thee pen ‘pon paper
Sing!

Heavenly host
Here gathered ‘round
As hail ‘pon window pane
Does its rappity tappin’.
Winds in background chorous croonin’
Beckons the belated dawnin’.

Now and then
The west wind
Finds its whistlin’ spots,
Here and there,
And the new-fall snow
Lies pebbled wi’ hailstones' sprinklin’s,
And sparklin’s await the moonlight's beamin’s
Foilin’ in the squalls.

And do thee wonder now
If spirit, soul, or astral form
Would wander in these squalls
Relishin’ like some fool demented?

What think ye now supposin’
Spirit storms be composin’
Wi’ hail and sno’
And kindred be they
To the host?

Nay, ill wind be ill wind!


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Sunshine
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1 posted 2001-12-06 08:52 PM



I'm liking your muse, and I hope he visits you often....

Irish Rose
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2 posted 2001-12-06 09:36 PM


Joe, tell you something, I do this too, haven't really thought about it for awhile, but yes, I find myself drifting off and wham!
Words begin to compose themselves in my head, one by one and it's kind of like something else is writing for me.
Well, something like that, but I understand and I loved the feel of this.

Kathleen (Kay)
"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

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3 posted 2001-12-06 09:46 PM


Yes!  *smiling*  I understand this!  Well done!
~hugs, Nancy~

"A dream is a wish your heart makes..."

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