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Tim
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since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 2005-04-05 12:10 PM

In Kansas winds blow mighty strong,
From dawn to dusk, blow all day long,
In summer wind comes from the south,
Much as if from Hades’ mouth,
Hot and searing, sucks you dry,
Brings down the sun from heavens high,
And then the winter’s freezing gale,
Blizzard’s snow on north wind’s wail,
It is as if one’s lungs catch fire,
From icy bite of north pole’s ire.
Thunderstorms mark come of spring,
Hell’s mighty fury, twisters bring,
But also comes the drench of rains,
Upon spring winds across flat plains,
Now autumn gives the wind a rest,
A special time, when plains are blessed,
By gentle cooling; whispered breeze,
To paint fall colors on the trees,
I think that I shall never leave,
The State of Kansas, for I believe,
Without the wind my life would wilt,
For with the winds my life was built.

DavePage
Member Elite

since 2003-12-21

Posts 2917

1 posted 2005-04-05 10:05 AM

There must be a lot of you trying for jobs on the Tourist Board

People have often used Kansas to bring home messages to people

You bring home a message but I wonder

Dave

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2005-04-05 10:07 AM

A special time, when plains are blessed,
By gentle cooling; whispered breeze,
To paint fall colors on the trees,
I think that I shall never leave,

~*~

Ditto!

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

3 posted 2005-04-05 10:13 AM

Well, if I ever visit, I now know when it would be. FALL! I felt enough of those arctic winds in Alaska, and hot dry Santa Ana's in So Cal.
This is such a wonderfully rhymed write!

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2005-04-05 10:20 AM

Now is a good time, too, Kacy...
we may have to dodge a flying cow now and then, though...like tonight!

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

5 posted 2005-04-05 10:21 AM

very well done Tim!

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2005-04-05 05:21 PM

We've had our share too...and I am in the east.

very nicely expressed

M

netsky
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since 2005-03-29

Posts 148
Miami

7 posted 2005-04-05 09:30 PM

extraordinarly clean and skillfully crafted. Tim, this is great. Kansas papers and journals will want this poem.

My greats were Kansans. Your greats stuck it out... and so, do you...Great.. Plains made rich and wild again

thanks,
reid

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

8 posted 2005-04-05 10:30 PM

Tim

I love the wind....and would like to experience the ones in Kansas....someday maybe I will. Wonderfully written poem, as you always do!

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