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Earth Angel
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0 posted 2008-09-02 02:29 AM

My Long Ago Home
Please Click Link above to hear music and my voice recording.

Music: Castle Gwynn” by Arlene Faith
From the album entitled: River of Dreams

Artist: Max Weber

My Long Ago Home
by Linda L. Dowd

The dampness of the cool, autumn air,
Musty smells of lichens and loam,
Ochres and russets of high rolling hills,
Remind me of my long ago home.

~ Mighty oaks in all of their splendor,
Rich browns of sedges and briar,
Denim blue skies span lochs and the highlands,
Forests ringing with magpie choir.

The earthy smell of fall’s leafy ground,
The pungent smoke of a hardwood fire,
Fond memories are stirred of simpler times,
Back home in the quaint, country shire.

~ Sheep grazing on emerald hillsides,
Pipes echoing thru’ dales and tors,
Peregrines circling cerulean skies,
Purple heather blanketing moors.

Hares scamper o’er dew-laden grass
Buck and doe stand in silence by stream
Trout leap from sparkling, clear waters
As I raptly look on in day dream.

~ Bluebells lining floors of woodlands,
Meadows teeming with bracken and thistles
Grouse roaming soft carpets of peat moss
Woods ringing with birdsong and whistles.

The dampness of the cool autumn air,
Musty smells of lichens and loam,
Ochres and russets of the high rolling hills,
Remind me of my long ago home.

~

[This message has been edited by Earth Angel (09-03-2008 02:35 PM).]

nourzihane
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1 posted 2008-09-02 05:56 AM

Dear linda

creativity .... sparkling....and beauty
you have a sweet voice
http://image.arabseyes.com/files/images/b533f680a.gif

and accept my pass

love and hug
nourzihane

TheAnonDavid
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2 posted 2008-09-02 06:31 AM

This is a wistfully nostalgic poem - I assume that 'your long ago home' is Scotland and your words and reading do justice to a beautiful country.

martiniat8
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3 posted 2008-09-02 07:25 AM

the picture reminds me of Beatrix Potter's cabin in the lake district, but the words do remind me of the misty Scot highlands
sweet soft and full of dew

Margherita
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4 posted 2008-09-02 07:42 AM

While reading your beautifully evocative words (without your voice in this moment, will listen later), I automatically began to breathe deeper and felt like immersing in this peaceful almost otherworldly atmosphere ...

An absolutely captivating write, dear Linda Angelo Terrestre!

Wish I could step into the picture, which is very lovely too!

Love and hugs.
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

Earth Angel
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5 posted 2008-09-02 10:45 AM

Thank you, dear Nourzihane, for the "Thank You". I have saved it to my picture folder as I did the "Our Love" one!

Love to you!
Linda

Earth Angel
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6 posted 2008-09-02 10:48 AM

TheAnonDavid ~

Yes, it is Scotland that I am referring to. I am of Scottish ancestory but have never stepped foot on her Celtic sod. The call is getting stronger...

Thank you!

Linda

Earth Angel
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7 posted 2008-09-02 10:52 AM

martiniat8 ~

I am pleased that you enjoyed my poem. Yes, the painting does remind me of that as well. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.

Thanks for dropping by!

Warm hug,
EA

Earth Angel
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8 posted 2008-09-02 10:55 AM

Margherita que bonita ~

When you do get a chance to listen to the recording, I know that you will enjoy the music. I have become a huge fan of Arlene Faith's celtic violin!

Linda
Have a glorious day, girlfriend!

Snowflake From Hell
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9 posted 2008-09-02 11:34 AM

makes me feel like ive lived there all my life yet never been there

violence may not be the answer, but it does make good headway

Robert E. Jordan
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10 posted 2008-09-02 12:52 PM

Yo dear Linda,

When I was working, I used to do a lot of engineering consultation in Scotland.

It's a lovely place, and I have many old friends there.

You should visit Scotland.

I even liked the haggis.

Love Bobby

OwlSA
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11 posted 2008-09-02 04:12 PM

Lovely! My favourite of yours, Linda . . . I think (too many to recall all at once)!

- Owl

Honeybunch
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12 posted 2008-09-02 09:13 PM

Hi, Linda! I'd like to think I too had a long ago home like that. In fact I think I probably did because I long for the peace depicted in your words. Even now here at 3.10am the traffic is a-buzz. Was awoken with a call from my youngest son who is presently touring Portland but I'm glad to have this opportunity of reading your pulling words.

Oh, Scotland is great but for South Africans the weather is a bit hard to take.

Love
Helen

Earth Angel
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13 posted 2008-09-03 08:43 AM

Hotflakes!!!

Where the "Hell" have you been?!? Methinks you might have been visiting the bonny land of Scotland!

Giving you a warm hug and a smile,
EA

Earth Angel
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14 posted 2008-09-03 08:46 AM

Bobby, you're a man who definitely has gotten to see the world! Your engineering education paid off ~ in more ways than one!

May your day be one of continued exploration!

Linda

Earth Angel
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15 posted 2008-09-03 08:50 AM

Owl ~

Oh, shuckums, Diana ~ you say the sweetest things!

btw, I could say the same sweet things about every poem of yours that I have had the privilege of reading! ~ This is my favourite ~ No, this is my favourite... lol

Love you!
Linda xo

Earth Angel
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16 posted 2008-09-03 08:57 AM

Bunches of Honey ~

Hi, Honey! I gather from your reply that you are 6 hours ahead of where I live in Canada. It is almost 9 AM here so it must be going on 3 PM there. So I say to you, "Good Afternoon!" and to me you could say, "Good Morning!"

So your son is touring Portland! Have you ever visited the U.S.? I can imagine that you are eagerly awaiting his safe return. No matter the age of our children, the protective mother hen is alive and well in us! lol

Love you too!
Linda

2islander2
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17 posted 2008-09-03 11:49 AM

Hello Angel, this is beautiful both hearing your voice and listening...I don't understand 3 or 4 words (as a french who have to study english) but I feel the deep emotion of the poem...

thanks

yann

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18 posted 2008-09-03 01:03 PM

Since I am also of Scottish ancestry this poem has a special place in my heart, Linda.
Feels like home to me.
Ida

Earth Angel
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19 posted 2008-09-03 02:38 PM

Yann ~

I daresay that there are many whose mother tongue is English who might not know all the words. I had to look up the spelling of some of them! lol

Thanks for dropping by, my dear Frenchman!

Linda

Earth Angel
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20 posted 2008-09-03 02:57 PM

Dear Ida, it warms my heart to know that this poem has a special place in yours!

Love and Highland hugs,
Linda

Artic Wind
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21 posted 2008-09-07 11:28 AM

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!

I can smell,see, and touch everything in your long ago home dear EA~

Beautiful write, lovely voice as well!

ARCTIC WIND

Earth Angel
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22 posted 2008-09-07 11:31 AM

ARCTIC, what a lovely response! Smiling here!

Thank you!

Happy autumnal hugs,
EA

Margherita
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23 posted 2008-09-07 11:52 AM

Dear Linda, now I listened to your sweet voice and the music, and now I feel this peace even stronger, but also a touch of melancholy. I do long for such places where one can experience nature and serenity, as if immersed in a distant past.

Such a pleasure to experience this with you.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

Earth Angel
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24 posted 2008-09-07 11:57 AM

My dear Margherita! I'm so pleased that you were able to listen to this one! I love the celtic violins and thought that the music would complement my words. Thank you for reading, listening, and replying!

Love 'n hugs & some more love ~ and more hugs! lol

Linda xo

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25 posted 2008-09-07 09:21 PM

A couple of years ago, I had the joy of visiting Scotland... you captured so well the feelings of belonging in a place I'd never been.

This is the first time I've been able to listen as well as read... and hearing your voice just adds to the beauty! *S*

Excellent!

Earth Angel
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26 posted 2009-08-26 11:39 PM

suthern One ~

I'm so pleased that you were finally able to hear one of my audio recordings. I take great pains in selecting the perfect music to accompany my poem ~ then I have to fit the words into the melody. It is a labour of love!

I must make a point of actually going to Scotland instead of just talking and writing about it! lol

Loveya!
Linda

Klassy Lassy
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27 posted 2009-09-10 12:10 PM

Linda, if you go to Scotland, may I stow away?

You fill this poem with the magic of aromas and textures, and, of course, with your very own fullness of heart.  I recently went to a Celtic fair.  Such a passionate people are the Scots, but your poem would make any of them proud.

You bring me back to some of my own childhood memories, of where my grandparents lived in the Grand Ronde Valley of Oregon.  It was much like that in early mornings...you could smell the earth.

Karen

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