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Patricia
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since 2003-04-06

Posts 2160
Missouri

0 posted 2003-06-22 04:41 PM

Dance My Children

Dance daisy chains of children
in fields outside of Haight

Dance my pretty children for
your reality awaits

Dance free today for your
destiny has not been seen.

So, dance my pretty children
in psychedelic field of green

Dance my pretty children
as Jimi’s flaming Fender play
A soulful song of Mary among
fields of straw and hay

And dance as Janice prays
for her Mercedes Benz
Then sings of a broken heart
to all her pretty friends

Dance among the wildflowers
Skip in lemon yellow sun
For eve’s tangerine sky
May yet melt everyone

Dance my pretty children
Speak while you are young
Reality’s ‘round the corner
to bind freedom’s tongue

Meditate my young ones
on our country’s plight
Lil' boys being slaughtered
in fields where they fight

Then weep my children
for our savior is dead
Some assassin’s bullet
put a hole in his head

Now dance my pretty children
in fields outside of Haight

Yes, dance my pretty children
for it’s 1968

Then sing your song free,
flowers in your hair

Dance my pretty children for
you haven’t got a care

[This message has been edited by Patricia (06-22-2003 05:36 PM).]

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2003-06-22 04:54 PM

Ohmygosh!! This is SO beautiful!!
..as I was reading..I could hear strains of 'strawberry fields forever' playing in my mind.
This is an amazing write...I have goosebumps!
How very very much I enjoyed the read this afternoon.
Into my library with this treasure.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2003-06-22 04:58 PM

OhPatricia~
You are magically word-dancing through the fields of nostalgia~
I LOVE this !!!
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

3 posted 2003-06-22 05:02 PM

Credence Clearwater Revival...The Grateful
Dead....and others...all part of the times
when war was war and peace was love...

Brings back a few memories... Thanx Patricia, excellent vision of a past that
I won't soon forget...being a warrior then.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

4 posted 2003-06-22 05:35 PM

Loved this bit of de ja vu Patricia.

Youth is but a fleeting moment in time. Sadly....no one could have told us then what we know now.

*applause*

[This message has been edited by BluesSerenade (06-22-2003 06:42 PM).]

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

5 posted 2003-06-22 05:38 PM

Patricia, this is so beautiful. Brought back lots of memories.

Hugs,

Ethel

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2003-06-22 05:42 PM

Look at you. Making as if you had lived right through those times...that's what you get for studying, looking back, listening...feeling! This was wonderful, and my hat is off to you...for this, my dear, is a

!

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

7 posted 2003-06-22 06:41 PM

a languid pool of stars dripping magic...thank you for sharing.

NewEnglandlazurlu
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

8 posted 2003-06-22 08:23 PM

Oh Patricia, I'm dancing and singing to your words that have transported me back in time. And my friend, what a momentous time it was and will never be again.

A pure delight and it's a keeper ...

Hugs to you dear lady ... Marti

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. A.Einstein

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

9 posted 2003-06-22 08:33 PM

An exceptionally fine write, Dear Patricia! You captured the hearts and imaginations of your readers. Your writing really appeals to me on so many levels. The ease of the read with the wonderfully lyrical rhythms, the descriptive imagery, the messages inherent in them, and the touches of heart and soul. You are a fine poetess!

Loves 'n hugs,
Linda

QjQ
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since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

10 posted 2003-06-22 08:49 PM

this is absolutely a fine write of poetry,,

the words show the reader a perfect vision...

A voice of honesty
   is treasured
more than voices
   of flattery
      QjQ

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

11 posted 2003-06-23 11:20 AM

nice job Patricia.. they were turbulent times and you captured this side of them well..

I enjoyed

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

12 posted 2003-06-24 03:09 AM

Patricia:

I bow to you humbly . . .
How I missed this write
I have NO idea
Ahhh to have seen Janis
and Jimi
(look where I live)
and I always wanted my picture
taken on the corner
of Haight-Ashbury.
I always tell my mom I should
have been a Woodstock baby.
I have this sick fascination
with the sixties and Vietnam.

I loved this
Beautiful job Patricia
just amazing
xxoo

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

13 posted 2003-06-24 03:24 AM

Artic Wind
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

14 posted 2008-08-12 10:23 PM

Dance dance dance

Nice Write, its a poetic and exquisite Write!

to you!
ARCTIC WIND

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