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Sunshine
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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2006-05-21 12:10 PM







and will you hear?

…and will you hear me…
whisper 'thank you for reading'
…seeing your reply…

for I am learning
connection through E S P
soothes my soul so well

…and will you hear me…
hoping you mean what you say
…when you feel my words…

for I am writing
to touch your spirit lightly
to lift it gently

…and should you feel it…
compassion, enfolding you
…and calm, engulfing…

then truthfully say
we are poets of the heart
and write, then, for me



A thank you, to all the readers, who leave responses of kindness, hope, a gesture for those who love to write, a reason to continue doing so...for a writer is nothing if a reader is turned away...


24 February 2002


" It matters not this distance now  " Excerpt, Yesterday's Love
~*~
KRJ

© Copyright 2006 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
Honeybee
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1 posted 2006-05-21 12:15 PM


"…and will you hear me…
hoping you mean what you say
…when you feel my words…

for I am writing
to touch your spirit lightly
to lift it gently

…and should you feel it…
compassion, enfolding you
…and calm, engulfing…

then truthfully say
we are poets of the heart
and write, then, for me"
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YES!  Bravo, Karilea.....this is a poet's creed for sure and I absolutely love it!   And yes, I do feel your words.

Since I joined PIP in 1999, you were one of the first to greet me and support me and your poetry has always touched me, inspired me and impressed me.
I can't remember if I ever saved this poem before, but I'm saving it in my library now

Melissa~


Intellectually I know that Canada is no better than any other country. Emotionally I KNOW that Canada is the best country in the world!

Magnus
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2 posted 2006-05-21 12:31 PM


Without question dear Sun,  a poets words
are nothing...if not enjoyed and read...
absorbed into the soul of the reader.

You do it very well, always have.

miscellanea
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3 posted 2006-05-21 01:02 PM


I appreciate your poetry so much.

cathy

Martie
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4 posted 2006-05-21 01:46 PM


Sissie

"…and will you hear me…
hoping you mean what you say
…when you feel my words…

for I am writing
to touch your spirit lightly
to lift it gently"

I hear you...feel the spirit in your words...lit and lovely!  

ThisDiamond
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5 posted 2006-05-21 01:47 PM


Echo back...
In reverence of voice with worth to follow.
Hugs,
TD

Honeybunch
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6 posted 2006-05-21 03:32 PM


"for I am writing
to touch your spirit lightly
to lift it gently"

And that you have done with this great write!  Thanks for sharing.

Helen

Ceinwyn
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7 posted 2006-05-21 03:37 PM


I hear you

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

passing shadows
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8 posted 2006-05-21 05:13 PM


I always love your writings
OwlSA
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9 posted 2006-05-21 06:14 PM


Oh, YES, we hear you!  I love your poetry, your thoughts, your actions and you!  We should be thanking YOU for a million things - and we ARE!  

Hugs and sunshine, to you, Sunshine.

- Owl

vandana
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10 posted 2006-05-22 09:51 PM


nice read
Enchantress
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Canada eh.
11 posted 2006-05-22 09:56 PM


Your words, your thoughts, always touch me.
They lift and inspire me..
heal me and humble me.

Love you...NancyLee

~ Trace my body with your words,
  in doing so, you touch my heart ~

picturegramic
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12 posted 2006-05-22 10:58 PM


words gifted to me
spirits sing, lifting my soul
from one poet's heart!

thanks for sharing a delightful, inspiring
read.

picturegramic :)

garysgirl
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13 posted 2006-05-23 12:42 PM


Thank you for this, Karilea.And, my friend, I do hear you and feel your poetry.
Hugs,
Ethel

Klassy Lassy
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14 posted 2006-05-23 02:18 AM


My heart is open... and your words are soft and gentle, like the music of a brook seeking it's path to the river on out to the ocean, where a drop becomes one with a much larger body.  I feel this way, too, when I can write with my innerself, which has been difficult to express these past few weeks.  You say it so well.


Klassy

poettothecars
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15 posted 2006-05-23 02:31 AM


I believe I was more touched by this line

...for a writer is nothing if a reader is turned away...

a poet who cares

SmartChick
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16 posted 2006-05-23 08:11 AM


I always hear you, Dear Sunshine. I enjoy reading your poetry.
StevenS
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17 posted 2006-05-23 09:31 AM


Loud and Clear and thank you! :-)
luminosity
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18 posted 2006-05-23 02:55 PM


*smiles* ah, so beautifully true
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19 posted 2006-05-23 04:14 PM


Hear? You'd better believe it!

But you're right, that felt connection is so vibrant and alive when it exists at all, that poetry becomes both unnecessary and all-pervasive.

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The Lady
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20 posted 2006-05-23 04:20 PM




I hear and feel you Sunshine. Always.

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21 posted 2006-05-24 02:14 PM


How could one not? *S* Beautiful write!! *S*
Lighthousebob
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22 posted 2006-05-24 05:13 PM


Glad that I stopped in if only to express my own agreement with your desired goal to somehow touch and lift one's spirit. I do know that you have certainly touched and lifted my spirit on occasion and for this I hope to express a most humble 'your welcome' to your whisper.

-Bob

Kethry
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23 posted 2006-05-24 05:47 PM


What a lovely, lovely echo from a poets heart. All I can say is when I read you, I hear you too, not just the words but the healing behind them.

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



aziza
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24 posted 2006-07-13 10:23 AM


Your words are still heard.

Thank you,
aziza

SmartChick
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25 posted 2006-07-13 09:46 PM


Yes, I will always hear you.
Joyce Johnson
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26 posted 2006-07-14 04:12 PM


I will hear you and read you when ever I find you.  Love, Joyce
Misty Lilacs
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27 posted 2006-07-14 05:02 PM


for I am writing
to touch your spirit lightly
to lift it gently


Karilea, your words always touch me. You touch my spirit and carry me forward to bigger and better things in life. I have learned so much from you. And for that, I thank you.

huggles, Marti


To the world YOU may be one person, but to God you are the world!

nakdthoughts
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28 posted 2006-07-14 05:43 PM


Glad you brought this back, aziza

Lovely writing, Karilea

M

luminosity
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29 posted 2006-07-14 06:19 PM


*smile* we more than hear, we feel your love
Kristabell
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30 posted 2006-07-14 07:47 PM


It is true what you say,
As life goes on every day,
Listeners are offen hard to find,
But your words always touch my heart and mind.

Everyone needs a reader as well as a listener. I am glad you put up this little reminder...

Yours,
Kristabell

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