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Sunshine
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0 posted 2007-01-03 07:43 PM



Amused, He Grinned.

Rainer sought a laugh
and borrowed it from me.

“You’re much too serious!” he quipped.
Hence the eyebrow lifted at him
who’d been
so much more serious.

“Where’s your laugh?”
I countered.

“Residing in your heart.
Read between the lines!”

quote:
"...the reality of any joy in the world is indescribable, only in joy does creation happen…; joy, however, is a marvelous increasing of what already exists, a pure addition out of nothingness."
-Selected Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

I mused, amused, agreeing that at times
nothing makes me quite as happy, so very pleased, when
to experience but the moment itself, equates to
cost: nothing; time: mine;  and is it my imagination
[could be!] that allows the air to spark with color?

Admission:  A poet brought me back to you.

Rilke:  I never left your shadows.

Acquiescence:  (nodding of heads, spiritual muse to poet)

Together:  “Let us write.”

~*~

For “The Lady”

~*~

© KRJ
January 3, 2007



© Copyright 2007 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
The Lady
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1 posted 2007-01-03 09:56 PM



Karilea

this one amazed me
and is stuck in my mind
whirling

thank you so much
for the beauty of it

and for giving it to me


by the way
I slowed down
and found the others
thank you!


ThisDiamond
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2 posted 2007-01-03 11:35 PM


Very much enjoyed this, from title to finish!
wredgranny
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3 posted 2007-01-03 11:39 PM


I mused, amused, agreeing that at times
nothing makes me quite as happy, so very pleased, when
to experience but the moment itself, equates to
cost: nothing; time: mine;  and is it my imagination
[could be!] that allows the air to spark with color?

Sigi sweet sister for sharing the smile,is a wonderful thing you write an makes me feel happy to read!


  granny!

JL
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4 posted 2007-01-04 12:33 PM


Ditto!
Excellent!!

JL

Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:
blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
~Jesus Christ

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Deep in the heart
5 posted 2007-01-04 09:30 AM


What a wonderful gift

Poet, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

vandana
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6 posted 2007-01-04 11:13 AM


good read
JamesMichael
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7 posted 2007-01-04 04:11 PM


Enjoyed...James
Martie
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8 posted 2007-01-04 11:41 PM


Sissie...wonderful!

“Where’s your laugh?”
I countered.

“Residing in your heart.
Read between the lines!”

It is so easy to lose, yet is there all along.  

exhale
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9 posted 2007-01-04 11:44 PM


Excellent writting.
You are truly talented, and a youngster like me loves reading real poetry.

S Arthur Grey
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10 posted 2007-01-05 12:47 PM


Choice, K!

Rainer would approve, methinks.

time prophet
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11 posted 2007-01-05 03:36 AM


Sometimes, between the lines we find us?
latearrival
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12 posted 2007-01-05 03:50 AM


Thanks for the memories of small joys I witnessed  often.  A doule rainbow spreading across the sky from one low end of the road up and up and across to the other side. Huge and so wide, the best one I had ever seen;  for the small hidden glen found not too far from home where the low New England walls of an enclosed area and over growth hid the beauty of the this private forgotten spot, beauty so deep and silent that it brought tears to my  eye lids, soft and powerful tears spilled down my cheeks as I sat quietly alone, and grasped the beauty to my heart, just because I had found such silent beauty in an unexpected place;  the joy of wandering a small hill and in an unknown place  finding the old quarry and the residue of long ago, learning that the rock from this same formation is what layed at the foundation of the Statue of Liberty; when polished, the look of marble pink and warm,  Thank you "Sunshine" ... your name so apt~~ late
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13 posted 2007-01-05 04:42 AM


Absolutely lovely sunshine!

Unfortunetly, we're so busy rushing through life, that we let the moments slip by. Usually, it is only when you get to my stage of life, do you pause to reflect on the beauty around us, and the small...little things of life that are so meaningful...the ones that make our memories so important at this time.  Savor the moments...cherish the moments...they will not come again.

Bea

LeeJ
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14 posted 2007-01-05 08:27 AM


enjoyed immensely

Kari, you are a true artist of emotion...wonderful write...

scorpio
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15 posted 2007-01-05 09:05 AM


Much enjoyed Karilea.

believe in what your heart feels...

Pilgrimage
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16 posted 2007-01-05 10:17 AM


Rainer Maria Rilke has always been one of my favorites.  I enjoyed this.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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