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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Kokopeli dancers bend flute notes, cascading heartbeats into a confluence rivers of passion flowing up, down, in surround sound, into hidden crevices of the mind and soul ~unseen...only felt~ and above the cliffs under shadow of night a flight of dreamers, midnight screamers sing sway me, play me, in beat of heart convey me ~sighing, crying, dying to be re-born, a phoenix ~everlasting~ my kokopeli dancer bends dreams into harmony and synchronicity, encompasses the circle which is ...life... and the sight of a dove in love seeking the clouds above (where even the rainbow dares to show) can lighten the heart, cause it to release cloudbursts in a never-ending deluge of memories ~holding onto memories~ returning gifts of love, feathered moments which fell from above (where your heart resides) ride the winds, ride the winds of change, slip into my veins release pain’s chains seep deep into the marrow of me so I can see ~God~ as the sacred fires burn tonight in pounding feet in beat of Earth’s heart and time... love travels the rhyme lightly in my mind and dances with spirits of old so bold (not 'neath cowering shadows) of untold millions speaking in rhyme ~it is time, it is time~ to circle the globe called Earth in remind put down the hate put down the weapons put down all the things that keep you from the gateway to Peace on Earth and enter into the slipstream of Love, where you needn’t be blind or deaf to catch the tingle of an approaching storm, to feel the rise of hair, the taste of ionic change as you breathe in the tiniest moments of Life see and hear the essence as it surrounds you even when your eyes and ears are handicapped by excessive worldly input and all the while, kokopeli dancers can be seen bending dreams into reality, cascading millions of heartbeats into a river of One. * a re-write |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
"~it is time, it is time~ to circle the globe called Earth in remind" Yes! And, I especially liked the ending, too, Kacy! I could envision the dance.  ....jo |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Aha! I do recall reading this all-encompassing and spiritied write of yours before! My youngest daughter has a tatoo of kokopelli. She got it unbeknownst to me when she was a "spirited" teenager! lol I thoroughly enjoyed the poem and the closing lines brought your words all home! "and all the while, kokopeli dancers can be seen bending dreams into reality, cascading millions of heartbeats into a river of One." Love & Light, Linda |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
OK, you just rattled my cage! This is superb!!!!! No way to break out a quote - it is all way beyond good. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
 I am delighted when something I wrote can rattle a cage! |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
BRAVO!!! this is fantastic....I'm so glad you reposted, as I had the chance to read it...thanks ~hugs~ Tracie Love is the life of the soul... |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
It is always great to hear your thoughts. I too am glad you reposted this. It is a much different train of thought than much of your writing. I found it very upbeat and warming. Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
This is my favourite of all of your poems that I have read(I think, it is difficult to remember them all at once). Beautiful! I don't know what kokopeli dancers are, but I was swayed and swept up by the music in your poem and felt that I was dancing along with them. I also loved the format and rhyme (and I am not usually a lover of rhyme) and the way it all blended in to what I felt was the climax of God essence one - Owl |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
beautiful write...anyone who can use synchronicity properly in a poem has my vote  seriously, this was a lovely thought-filled write. Thoroughly enjoyed it. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
I was waiting to reply to this because I have a handpainted stone with the kokopeli on it and when I first saw it, from the Seneca Nation (Iroquois) here, I had no clue what any of the icons meant. After studying each of them there in the shop, yes, I felt closest to this one. And that is my way of saying I adore this. *smile* |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Wow! One for my library for sure! I think the Kokopeli's music is something everyone should hear. Wonderful expression, Midnitesun! miscellanea |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanking each one of you, and wanting you to know how much I love reading your dancing words. All of you are such fine dancers! |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Kokopelli is a god of fertility. May the world ripen with love in the reaches of minds and hands. Go girl...teach the world to sing! The last verse of your poem is like a benediction... ~ Karen ~ |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"memories ~holding onto memories~ returning gifts of love, feathered moments which fell from above (where your heart resides)" Wonderful Kacy! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Oh my, it makes me smile to see this one return, as it's truly one of my own favorites. Thanks, ladies, so happy you enjoyed dancing to this tune! |
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Kathy Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 153 |
You're poetry flows..alomost like music! Kathy |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
thank you, Kathy! that is what I was hoping for, that a flute tune of Love and Oneness would encircle you as you read this |
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