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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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FREEDOM IS 27 April 2011 Freedom is the privilege to choose (or not) the obligations that come with it. Owl |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
how very true and said in so very few! Lori |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
sometimes the young say freedom is forced on them along with the responsibility to maintain it...but then they don't know of the alternative...cool statement lady |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Freedom is also maintained by blood because of those who hate freedom and want to change it. Sorry to say, but 'tis true. ~ Passionate kiss, like spider web, leads to undoing of fly. ~ |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Precious...such is freedom. And so difficult to obtain!  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
I agree with you about some of the young, Dark. I like the way you put it. Thanks for reading and the kind comment. I would agree with you if “maintained” was in inverted commas, but I think you meant that, Jerry. Thanks for reading and the comment. Agreed, Karilea, except that in essence, it is actually easy to obtain – it is people who make it difficult! Thanks for reading and commenting. Owl |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed...James |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
well said my friend |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, James. Thank you, Kate. Owl |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
Responsibility is always there. It is part of existence. Freedom is, in one aspect, being able to choose how we fulfill our obligations, and in another having some leisure and "slight superfluity of resources" to enjoy finding new and possibly better ways to do so as well. For example, Thoreau was thought of by many as worthless, hiding out in the woods as he did. However, not all thought so, and the experience did give him some good lecture material! Egad, that's a mouthful, isn't it? And an overresponse to what is a lovely and succinct poem you have written.  |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
A tiny poem that cries out into a vast wilderness ; Said so very quiet--yet is so loudly powerful that It makes me deeply examine my conscience. "to chose (or not)" Reminds me of Hamlet, and to me is the most profound line in this atomic group of words you have sent out into cybespace...tiny in structure, but so very huge in its statement.. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
No, not a mouthful at all, Easy1 – not in the sense you meant it – rather a mealful of many tasty mouthfuls! I love philosophy, but haven’t read Thoreau, but, whilst I don’t necessarily like everything he says, I am really enjoying climbing into the skin of Jean Jacques Rousseau who is very much into nature and solitude as you probably know. I am busy reading “Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire” – well, in little bits when I have a moment. I used to think JJ Rousseau was a spoilt brat, but my views of him have mellowed now that I am older and wiser (I hope I am wiser, anyway!). Thank you for your interesting reply. Thank you, Ford, for your beautiful and poetic reply and your very kind words and for understanding and feeling the soul of the poem. Owl |
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