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watching Gaia bloom
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watching Gaia bloom |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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breathe the crisp air of renewal feel your arm hairs rise in a brisk midnight blue breeze crawl on your knees in a meadow overflowing with dancing wildflowers courted by arm-embracing oak trees listen to a rattlesnake crawl and the shape shifters call sit on a mesa at dawn’s early light so much beauty, so little time before your final flight |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Aw you're gonna be around for a long time yet. You have to be because this is your job, write poetry so others can enjoy it. Vivid images bring this to life. Tell me seriously, can you really hear a rattlesnake crawl.....Aw c'mon kin ya? Eric |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Oh, boy, do I LOVE this! I think my favourite favourite part is listening to a rattlesnake crawl (Eric, that is just the point - you have to listen so very hard to try to - and if you do, you will almost hear a rattlesnake crawl). This is about your renewal, Kacy, as well as Gaia's. The end is a sobering note - but simply truthful, not dwelling on the fear nor describing a sense of doom, and applicable to all of us at all times. We all need to take in the whole poem, including those last 3 lines. I think you are employing a family of muses and that they are all doing shifts. If you only had one, she couldn't possibly be responsible for all your poetry lately. She would have been exhausted long ago! Owl |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Kacy, It's almost warm enough to sit outside and interact with the beauty here in the hood. Love Bobby |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Eric...you must sit still in the desert or rocky west coast canyons. Shhh...listen to the shifting sands or vegetation movements. Flight time follows its own calendar, but my calendar is full right now.  Diana, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, it must be read as a 'whole'...the way life is received. Bobby, it's pretty darn chilly and windy today, but it will warm again. |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
breathe the crisp air of renewal feel your arm hairs rise in a brisk midnight blue breeze............." Excellent!  ARCTIC WIND |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
fine Gaia impression! ... especially: "...a meadow overflowing with dancing wildflowers courted by arm-embracing oak trees" applause!! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I don't want to be close enough to a rattlesnake to hear his crawl *shudder* (sometimes I think I'm defined by my phobias LOL) So... you and Owl can have the snake... and all his kin!... with my blessings (and gratitude *G*) I think I'll stick with the wildflowers... their beauty reminding me of your words... and whisper a prayer that last flights are a long way away... for all of us. *S* Beautiful work!! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Arctic, 2ndhand...thanks! Ruth? LOL, ok, so Di and I will do the snake thingie and you can listen to the flowers grow. |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
nice |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Watching Gaia bloom through your words is a wonderful, rejuvenating experience, dear Kacy! Love, Margherita |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Midnitesun - yes, I've heard a rattlesnake crawl, and sniffed the cool breeze, and also crawled. You sure we haven't met... BC |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thank you for reading, Vandana, Margherita, Bill. Bill, glad to hear you understand. Did you ever spend time in the southwest where rattlers are common? |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Dear Kacey, that is just one very fine poem. I enjoyed it immensely, Keep up the good work. Love to you my friend. Lindsay |
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aguardianangel New Member
since 2009-04-05
Posts 7 |
There is indeed so much beauty to be seen. |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
I read this as a more romantic (maybe that isn't the word I'm looking for, but anyway) way to "stop and smell the roses" I really LOVE this! |
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angellea Member
since 2009-03-29
Posts 144NC, USA |
Absolutely beautiful. I often feel drawn to the deserts of the southwest. I hope to travel there some day. ~Maranda |
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Raindance Member
since 2009-02-07
Posts 120West Coast |
M: I just returned from a stay at a cold and blustery beach, to find warm and fragrant breezes and the trilliums in full bloom. You have worded this elation quite well! |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
I can taste the spring, the birth the new.. Love it Kacy! "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Listening to the sounds of nature is a favorite past time of mine and I applaud you for reminding us in such beautiful fashion. I definitely agree with the time issue no matter no matter who you are. There is too much nature has to offer and far too little time to enjoy it. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
"so much beauty, so little time(!)" yes indeed! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Whispers of thank you to each who read and find a line or two to embrace. |
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