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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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ALONE AGAIN 19 May 2011 She turned soft-away, with goodbye-sadness and wandered into her welcome-back garden and drew the flowers and trees tightly around her shoulders. This is how she likes it best, comfort-alone with her thoughts and her friend-warm garden and her whispering forest and the birds, serenade-joyous and the butterflies rainbow-happy and her Guardian Angel animals heart-close and their cloud messages exuberant and her Earth animals closer and her soul-smile contentment, and her courage to conquer or embrace whatever happens to her, and most of all, her precious, precious freedom and independence. Owl |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Diana....What a glorious feeling to be alone yet so full, not many can achieve it. Loved your expression here. |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Ahh..., nicely done, my friend. I especially liked this: "She turned soft-away, with goodbye-sadness and wandered into her welcome-back garden and drew the flowers and trees tightly around her shoulders." Very pretty to see. j. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thanks, Martie. Sometimes it can be a little sad, but mostly it is glorious - I don't have to answer to anyone (except my cat and my dog - and that is pleasure most of the time), and that makes my home a welcoming haven. Thank you, Jimmy. I am glad you enjoyed that picture. I enjoyed the comfort of it. Owl |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
there is a beautiful, soft melancholy to this...oh, and I love your use of hyphenated word phrases...we need a good poetic name for them like "word weldings" or "phrase partners" or "letter links" or well, you are so much better at using them than I am...what would you suggest?  |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
and her soul-smile contentment You expressed your core sentiments most beautifully, dear Owl. Love, Margherita |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thanks, Steaven, for the nice things you said. I probably got the concept of the compound words from Gerard Manley Hopkins, except his were pretty much adjectives only. I like the idea of a name for them. Firstly, yours seem pretty good to me. Secondly I am too tired to know whether my name is Diana or Steaven or Something-Else, so can't even begin to think of a name for them right now, but it will be fun to try when I am awake. Smiles. Thank you, Margherita for your kind words. Owl |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
Your alone-world overflows with Life |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Beautiful poetry, this is an example of why I read. The poem is joyously sad..that makes no sense, if used in a general sense...but when you apply it to this poem, I think it does...as its somewhat sad, but not depressing.. Come read to me some poem, |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Emma. You have seen and understood the soul of my poem. Smiles. Thank you, Ford. I am honoured by your wonderful words. What you said makes perfect sense to me. You have seen and understood the heart of my poem. Smiles. Owl |
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