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The Magic Carpet Ride
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The Magic Carpet Ride |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
My brother and I at about nine and ten, along with a couple of adventurous friends, took a magic carpet ride on a cold, winter day when it was snowing outside. We dragged that big, cardboard box all the way up the hill, a hill about 200 feet high. And as silent, white snowflakes fluttered down from the sky, we all climbed on board to take a ride. It was quite a ride, I must say for as soon as we got under way that cardboard box left the ground and I swear it took flight. It must have been a fantastic sight and a feeling I've remembered since. I've always thought we'd be flying still if it hadn't been for that chain link fence. Ida Werrett |
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Anniepimm Senior Member
since 2008-12-26
Posts 550England |
Thoughtful poem.. Beautifully written i was drawn into this piece and it set my mind off with so many thoughts |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
thank you Ida for the enjoyable memories and poem, You make me think that past is precious and thoughtful and that we have to look at it....It is a great source of inspiration... have a nice day yann |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
i love this ida |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Oh, oh! That chain-link fence was an abrupt and unceremonious ending to what started out as a magic carpet ride down from a snowy hilltop on a beautiful winter's day! Glad you lived to tell the story, dear Ida! Love you and the 'kodak snapshots' you so descriptively write of your life!  Linda  |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
thank you for the light of heart flight of childhood eternal |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo dear Ida, I have one thing to say about your adventure-- OUCH! Love Bobby |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Ida...Great story. Brought a chuckle to me on a day when I really needed it. Thanks...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Yes, I remember lying on the ground, looking up at the grey sky with snowflakes falling on my face and thinking...OUCH! Ida [This message has been edited by Marchmadness (01-09-2009 02:10 PM).] |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
nice  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Ida, this was delightful, except for the ouchy ending (not to the poem, but to the experience!)! Isn't life interesting and so like your poem? It is important to remember both the WOW and the OUCH, the rides and the price of the tickets, the elation and the stumbling blocks - or rather fences! They both make up what is us. Owl |
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Oklahoma Rose Senior Member
since 2008-02-28
Posts 1586Oklahoma USA |
Oh my gosh! I bet that is a ride you would remember. But, it was fun while it lasted , huh. Your poems are always a joy to read. |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Ida - this brought back so many good memories. Yes, we did the same with a big cardboard box and came down that hill what seemed like 50 miles an hour. Wow, what a ride I remember... BC |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
did that once in a car...'cept my fence was barbed wire...still hear the noise of the scratching across the windows...that's what came to my mind while reading your write...excellent stirring of the memories... |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
I just could hear all the screaming of joy and excitement, while you were airborne! ... well the fence probably had a protective function after all.I want to go sledding! I adored that. Thank you for the memories through your delightful poem. Love, Margherita |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed reading this...James |
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