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can you hear living waters |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296
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oh proud grateful world vibrant gritty frontier in half-forgotten backwaters all those befores can best reach out realign growing oneself like fossil fuel cultivating time deliberate miracles reflect and reveal amazingly limps like silence into sage suffering love... oh my prodigal summer within a larger tapestry of southern appalachia waffers a reclusive space don't want to become somebody else or live someone else's idea of what life should be... I want to wade barefooted in some unknowing stream marooned in society no! solitary life greener then green overtakes my human rights I invent culture behavior working backwards like a parent options homegrown themes suggestive things baking bread embroidering creation whispy homelessness I am a refugee of your meaning which redefined high tides not mine I was in a zip lock baggie drowning in matte air intent on climbing a spiral staircase nightbird's bearing well versed heart now lost within a homeland of tenderness making sense of idealistic expectations I am resilient swallowing mothballs so poetic thoughts may live on resilient would you like to climb inside my mind? perhaps not on a personal level more so to face the unexplored you cannot be my savior nor I yours life and earth may offer some west african voodoo a self-styled siren tenacity of unspoiled joy devotion to what is not rather then what is we would be deeply enamoured in life's tangable undergrowth which opens all windows and doors turntable to be yourself I could never be yours how unbearable it would be a domestic wilderness screaming oh prodigal summer small wonder your story my mind wanders with crickets we know not loss simplicity remains our inner life perhaps visionary qualities of myth deep in the midst of a language so exquisite so all our own life path is homeland I dance with nature deep rooted with bedtime stories corn of diary scattered places are my writing classes I believe sweet dreams caress my soul yes, small wonders threading my very own telescopic video conceivably going about the day my little worshop outside and in mmmmm life is a versatile player of moods which carry me to new places differnt faces though I listen [This message has been edited by LeeJ (05-10-2007 11:37 AM).] |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
For me, the following lines are especially fine!: “simplicity remains our inner life” ; “life is a versatile player of moods”; And: “perhaps visionary qualities of myth deep in the midst of a language so exquisite…” I am also quite fond of : “oh proud grateful world vibrant gritty frontier in half-forgotten backwaters…” “oh my prodigal summer within a larger tapestry of southern Appalachia…” “poetic thoughts may live on resilient…” fine imagery! |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"would you like to climb inside my mind?" ~ Indeed I would! For inside your mind I would find brilliance ~ and a glorious quirky sense of humour! There were so many lines that are quotable, that I have decided to save the entire poem! You do have the ability to amaze!  Hugs with love, Linda |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I knew I took this picture the other day for a good reason...leaving it here is just the right one! .jpg) |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
don't want to become somebody else or live someone else's idea of what life should be... I want to wade barefooted in some unknowing stream ME TOO  excellent! I'm saving this to read again! |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
"don't want to become somebody else or live someone else's idea of what life should be..." incredible |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
I can hear the living waters, Lee...and they are bubbling and rushing freely! Wonderful read. *hugs*...jo |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"I want to wade barefooted in some unknowing stream" and yes I would like to climb inside your mind see where these words come from |
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Rick Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 2903Victoria, Australia |
Just beautiful Lee, we can live a life within oursleves as well as outwardly, many times the life we create within, nurishes and vertilizes the seed of the physical we, the higher self, our soul here on journey can base everything on love and wellbeing, it experiences time on earth. So much we do not know, or is it that we just do not remember. Time here is our master, till journeys end and time. I enjoyed your words my friend, sorry not to reply more, will try to visit more often. Be well and take care. Rick |
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deval Junior Member
since 2007-05-06
Posts 16 |
Hey you make me wet from heart to eyes I can feel water every where in your words I liked it so much... Thanks for giving such a good feeling. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice...James |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I also love these lines...don't want to become somebody else or live someone else's idea of what life should be... I want to wade barefooted in some unknowing stream and make my own choices for the future... excellent thoughts...and I am not sure I would want to enter your mind as I would be drowning in thought   M |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
life path is homeland I dance with nature deep rooted with bedtime stories corn of diary scattered places are my writing classes I believe sweet dreams caress my soul yes, small wonders threading my very own telescopic video Lee, I am at a loss for words. And I am totally wrapped up in your poem. Alison |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"mmmmm life is a versatile player of moods which carry me to new places differnt faces though I listen" Love this verse. JL Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I agree with Earth Angel *S*... for my answer to that question was Oh, yes... each glimpse is more delightful! *S* |
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