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Suetang
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since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

0 posted 2004-10-20 07:19 PM

Picture by Josephine Wall

* * *

My buddha statue sits serenely
High above the purple flowers
He is the keeper of my garden
A place I spend so many hours

The doves and sparrows come to visit
They search for food on the lawn
I hear new signs of life
From baby birds just born

A blackbird takes a bath
Before he takes to the skies
So much activity in my garden
A veritable feast for the eyes

In my private Garden of Eden
Amongst nature I'm at one
As this day is almost over
I catch the last few rays of sun

As the shadows start to lengthen
And the birds take wing in flight
I'll stay and watch the stars
As they introduce the night

* * *

It is Springtime here in Melbourne, Australia
and I wrote this yesterday while sitting
out in my beloved garden.I hope you enjoy.

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

1 posted 2004-10-20 07:21 PM

Sue,  this is a beautiful poem.  I envy you
for all that you have there right now.  I
doubt I could have painted it nearly as
well as you have.  Thanx!!

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2004-10-20 07:24 PM

Lovely...James

NewEnglandlazurlu
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since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

3 posted 2004-10-20 08:35 PM

Sue, this is beautiful. How I wish I was sitting there with you. We could be having tea and admiring your lovely garden.

hugs and smiles, Marti

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
–St. Francis of Assisi

Huan Yi
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since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

4 posted 2004-10-20 09:42 PM

All the time I pray to Buddha
I keep on
killing mosquitoes

Issa

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2004-10-20 09:44 PM

I too wish I could sit with you in your garden.
This is so lovely...ahhh spring again.
Hugs~

~Autumn..the year's last, loveliest smile.~

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2004-10-20 10:02 PM

yes I enjoyed!

MGROVES

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since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

7 posted 2004-10-21 07:05 AM

absolutely beautiful

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

8 posted 2004-10-21 08:47 AM

Sue,
I need a garden like that! Lovely...

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

choshi
Senior Member

since 2004-01-01

Posts 1184
New York

9 posted 2004-10-21 08:51 AM

So beautiful as you approach spring, we here in New York approach the wintery side of autumn...Thank you for taking me into the peacefulness of nature in your garden....~~~P

Suetang
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since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

10 posted 2004-10-21 05:50 PM

Thank you all for your lovely comments. I'm so glad I was able to put a bit of Spring into your lives.

Take care.......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Mark Bohannan
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since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

11 posted 2004-10-23 05:29 PM

That sounds like a wonderful garden and you bring the magic of spring to us in every verse. Loved the images and the sounds bursting in the birth of new life. Now let's hear about the night of stars that followed.

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

12 posted 2004-10-23 06:04 PM

Hi Mark

Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I'll have to work on the stars one.

Take care.......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

SmartChick
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since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

13 posted 2004-10-23 09:58 PM

Oh yes, Sue! I do indeed enjoy this and all you write. Beautiful, as always.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

14 posted 2004-10-23 10:23 PM

Sue, what a beautiful gift you've shared with us today. Its chilly here and rainy, but I felt a wonderful warm glow from reading this. I love your garden writes.

kayjay
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since 2002-06-24

Posts 2015
Oregon

15 posted 2004-10-23 10:25 PM

I want a home "down under"
For whither do I wander
When Fall comes North each year
I love the spring, you know,
Each tulip makes me glow,
But now I shed a tear.

Great photo and poem. I'm so envious! Thank you for reminding me of the season's eternal cycle. Ken

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

16 posted 2004-10-24 12:19 PM

I'm so glad you all liked visiting my garden.

Ken

I loved your verse and I'm sure you live in a lovely part of the world.

Take care......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

*Alli4000*

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since 2004-03-21

Posts 3188
The World of Poetry

17 posted 2004-10-24 12:51 PM

This poem is amazing, and the picture just makes it even better...

~Alli~

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