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What Do You Do When the Midnight Sun Strikes You?
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What Do You Do When the Midnight Sun Strikes You? |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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What do you do when the midnight sun strikes you? I remember asking the sourdoughs that silly question six years ago. Now I know. You stay up all night and fight the mosquitoes that bite. And you clean house and garden and work on your plumbing. The pipes, that is, that froze in November and thawed in April and upchucked everything in May. And you smile a lot, at the robins at play, and cherish the long day. That's what you do, when the midnight sun comes out to play. Unless of course, you read poetry all night long and hope the next day your circadian rhythm re-adjusts itself. Still wanna come to the Arctic and play? Thanks for letting me be so silly tonight. [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (05-19-2002 02:12 AM).] |
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IKNAP Junior Member
since 2002-05-19
Posts 47Torrington, Connecticut |
neat poem, very silly but a good read |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks! Nice to meet you. Some days, ya just gotta write the words as they fall outta the sky at you. |
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IKNAP Junior Member
since 2002-05-19
Posts 47Torrington, Connecticut |
not a problem would you read mine and tell me what you think??? thank you |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  (giggles in delight) Oh Kacy, I just love it when you write like this, sweet friend, sometimes I find the words that just fall from the sky are some of the best words to use of all and you always make such enchantment come alive when your aurora borealis of inspiration lights these pages! (kiss on cheek) This is delightful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Kacy, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Kacy, if I cam to play would the midnitesun promise not to strike me?  |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MidniteSun~ quote:Tee-Hee ! I run like heck for my chariot ... one shoe missing~  Love your 'silly'~ *Hugs* ~*Marge*~M/b> ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
When Midnitesun strikes...I read wonderful poetry...hers! |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Ooo "fall out of the sky of you." Now THAT'S tasty verse. Oh right ... and the poem above was fun, too. She said burn ... together. -TON Oh wait, you said "fall outta the sky AT you." Oops... Still, enjoyed.[This message has been edited by bsquirrel (05-19-2002 05:17 PM).] |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks, and your replies all made me smile and laugh even though my eyes only want to cry today. Maybe all the playful silliness is what helps us do more than just survive? |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Kacy...this was a sweet, playful poem. Are you always an insomniac? I am crying too! Trying to read poetry and reply, but the words are getting stuck in my tears...so maybe I'll try again later.  ~teary hugsLyra |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
What do the night owls do...when there is no night? |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Lyra,  Duncan, what a great Q! What's your answer to that one? I heard an owl a week ago. He was really sassy! |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
I wanna come and sit with you I wanna see the Midnightsun too But in cleaning? Nah that won't do I'll just sit with my arm around you Big HUGS sweet lady Titia A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
What Titia said...enjoyed this! |
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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Want all to know this summer will be a strangely beautiful astronomical event; as there will appear besides the southern sun by day, a midnitesun shine by night. Coloradans never saw anything like it! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Titia and Martie, that sounds like some sisterly fun, especially if we can have a pillow fight too! Jaime, my starlight, the Rockies will rock and the skies will flash brilliant rainbow dancing lights, and then envelope you in a golden moonbeam. |
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NapalmsConstantlyConfused
since 2001-05-15
Posts 529 |
ooO! oooo! i know! I KNOW!!! call me! MEEEEEEE! *jumps up and down* "Run Away!" oh wait, no, that's Monty Python. ummmmm *thinks* enjoy a really good poem about a place that i will never go voluntarily because of the cold? yeah, that's it  -Dave |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoyed |
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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state |
what's so silly about the write or thought?..I found this refreshing..reminds me of the influence of the elements around us |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
HAHA, Dave, you are a card! Don't you like freezer buns? Vandana, thanks, it's always good to have a visit from you. Martin, thanks for that reply. I do have some fun with the dynamics of seasonal Alaska. |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
being the grouchy being that i am, i will probably stick my tongue and shout:"Duh! Just let me sleep!" |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
OK Kaile, you might get away with that for one day. But then I think you would break down and join the crazies, maybe even run the Midnight Sun Fun run, a 5/10K run at night. Hundreds enter, and nobody goes to sleep before 4AM that night, if they even bother at all. I don't intend to sleep at all my last two nights here in Alaska. Not a wink. |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
thanks for sharing this tale... yup, i think it's amazing the things one would do under the influence of peer pressure..i woke up early at 6am last Sunday to join the Big Walk, a 10km walk with my friends despite my protests that i need my beauty sleep... the sun was unbearable, my feet were killing me but it was nice to be part of a community of crazies... good luck on your move, btw |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Kaile, are you sure that wasn't beer pressure instead of peer pressure? As you can tell, the midnightsun is already burning my brain. |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Is it true that the mosquitos are as big as a whooping crane up there??? There is such a strange and mystic beauty about the place that can't be totally explained but you have touched on some quaint points of familiarity here....very nicely done! I don't think I want to go but I do want to get my.."circadian rhythm to re-adjust itself." Then beware! I miight be able to brave the wild and free north!! Have a nice day! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Eric, ROTFL, that was a funny reply. The mosquito is jokingly referred to as the Alaska state bird in tourist brochures. I'm happy to say the crane is somewhat larger. But not by much. |
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