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Kevo
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since 2004-06-02

Posts 466
Navarro County, Texas, USA

0 posted 2004-06-22 05:24 AM

Exploration's End

I lay by the lake in divine consolation.
and watch the moonlight dance without reservation.

My weathered tent, solace for slumber.
stands wearily behind me calling my number.

Slowly I stoke the fire with care
as I sink into the twilight fair.

Embers rise to take their flight
wrapped in the embrace of amber light.

The warmth of the fire embraces my soul
as pleasures of silence take their toll.

My eyes grow heavy, laden with love
of majestic mountains and azure above.

I awake to the crackle of falling logs
and frogs reporting in mired bogs.

I kick off my boots and turn to crawl
Time to answer my weathered friend's call.

I drift to sleep out of the cold
and return to dawn in days of old.

When I employed a musket and pack
to explore this continent and send word back.

Once again, across wastelands vast
and myriad waves under sail and mast

I awake to the dawn and golden light
streaming through trees and ending the night.

No more land to map or rivers to coarse.
I retain residence here with no remorse.

I severed my ties to foreign crown
In hopes this place will never be found.

For tis' not the want of greedy tyrants
to preserve the beauty of nature's silence.

Copyright, Kevin V. Reese, 2004

GG
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since 2002-12-03

Posts 3532
Lost in thought

1 posted 2004-06-22 05:40 AM

You've settled it for me...
I'm definitely going camping this summer!
So, thank you

I can picture this all, and it is beautiful.

Always, Alyssa

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Joyce kilmer

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

2 posted 2004-06-22 06:59 AM

This takes me back to my camping days as well, and reminds me why I recently moved from the city ... back to the country Kevin.

There may not be new rivers and mountains to map out, but as long as we preserve those beautiful places in nature that man hasn't tainted ... there is hope yet. I really enjoyed this, nicely expressed.

Best wishes,
/Kit

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

3 posted 2004-06-22 08:17 AM

I don't think there is anything else like sleeping out under the canopy of life...Why did man build houses? Smiles and hugs

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

4 posted 2004-06-22 08:40 AM

Kevo
Well done my friend, enjoyed the read.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

5 posted 2004-06-22 12:46 PM

if you ever have to tie yourself to a tree to keep them from destroying the land, let me know...I'll back you up

Susan
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since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

6 posted 2004-06-22 02:52 PM

I hear the call
as Mother Earth speaks
bidding her children near

Sit for a while
be cradled by me
In my love for you most dear

Will you not bask
in the gifts I give
freely, as a Mother should

Oh yes, I reply
as I sit upon rock
Looking over this rolling wood

The wind kisses my cheek
the sun gifting its warmth
and the birds sing lively song

I inhale a breath
of the breadth of her soul
and know this is where I belong

Yes, Kevo, I loved this write of yours. I too feel the power.

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

7 posted 2004-06-22 09:41 PM

Kevin,
Yup, camping remains one of my favorite activities. Fabulous write that reveals much of now and then and the commomality of both. Nicely done and a smooth read.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

peaceful_dreamer
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since 2003-04-25

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SoMeWhErE oVeR tHe RaInBoW

8 posted 2004-06-23 02:39 AM

very beautiful

"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."
-James Baldwin

Tiersdin
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since 2000-11-17

Posts 2364
east coast

9 posted 2004-06-23 09:17 AM

A love affair with nature written with suh beauty.

enjoyed very much, Kevo.

~tier

gemjop
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 2587
Pencilveinia, USA

10 posted 2004-06-24 09:54 AM

This was so gentle and twisting full of sounds, colour and life. I'm camping this summer, and truly can't wait.

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

11 posted 2004-06-26 05:07 PM

So you DID walk the plains before...

I wondered as much...
and smiling in kind.

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

12 posted 2004-06-27 03:15 AM

What an intriguing write, Kevin! Thoroughly enjoyed your exploration....think you must have done that before!

.........jo

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

13 posted 2004-06-28 10:20 AM

You gathered us around a campfire, explored the beauty with us, and for a moment, I felt that you might have morphed into Lewis or Clark. I enjoyed the setting and the truth behind it. It seems we all need a little bit of nature that we can call our own.

miscellanea

Kevo
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since 2004-06-02

Posts 466
Navarro County, Texas, USA

14 posted 2004-06-29 05:48 AM

Thank you all for your incredibly kind replies. They are always very uplifting and inspirational to me and I relish in the idea that you appreciate my words.

Your poetic friend,

Kevin

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