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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2011-07-21 10:28 AM

Wearing copper colored
summer coats
and fine black boots
for their early morning jaunts
they prance up the road undaunted

Young ones wander up the drive
curiosity
overcomes fear
as they explore the night haunts
playfully in the light of day

Wearing the dark of night
they come
and leave calling cards
to show how close they dare
to get when only the moon is watching

LGR(C)7/21/11

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

1 posted 2011-07-21 11:06 AM

LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!

Owl

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2011-07-21 12:02 PM

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! It is high praise indeed coming from you (especially when it comes to animals) You set the bar-thanks for letting me touch it
Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2011-07-21 12:25 PM

Yep. See? Look here, I've been over there too. You are not along in the night, we are here, Friend or for? hat is for you to decide. but we will be here forever.

~ Eggs and bacon, honeymoon style / What's honeymoon style? / Straight up and hard. ~

Word Weaver
Member

since 2011-03-06

Posts 437
California, USA

4 posted 2011-07-21 01:04 PM

I truly love the poem Lori and the last line is perfection.

Marcia
www.thewritingforum.net

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2011-07-21 01:27 PM

And that was high praise indeed too, coming from you, Lori!  Thank you.

Your poem is magical.  We don't have foxes here (though we have jackals), but I was there viewing and bonding with the foxes from behind a bush, and simultaneously being one of them too!  I was exhilerated by your poem, to the extent that the first time I read it, I couldn't find words, being too wrapped up in fox life!

It goes without saying that this is saved in my Lori Grosser Rhoden Pip folder!

Sometimes when I am working and not allowing myself to be online, I pop into my Pip folder and sneak a read of a poem or two, just to give me added motivation to my work or to wake me up when it is the middle of the night and my eyes keep falling closed.  "Foxes" is most definitely going to be one of those I read the most often.  Thank you for the magic of these beautiful creatures.

Owl

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

6 posted 2011-07-21 05:16 PM

Elegant writing for very elegant creatures. Well done, Lori.

Michael

Prasad Nataraj
Senior Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

7 posted 2011-07-21 08:29 PM

Fine writing, very descriptive. Unfortunately we don’t get to see foxes where I live.

"The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts"

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

8 posted 2011-07-21 09:47 PM

"Wearing copper colored
summer coats
and fine black boots"

Their exact attire.:-)

I watched fox pups play in the hedgegrow near my garden, last summer.
Your poem is them, in all their beautiful glory.

Come read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling
And banish the thoughts of day.
Longfellow

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