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Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

0 posted 2011-07-22 11:21 PM

Thinking back...
I am waiting for the school bus
in front of Mason's store.
It is raining again,
like yesterday and the day before.
No thunder or lightening
just quiet, gentle rain,
soaking my mind
with watercolor memories,
impressions undefined.
Of soft rain and unbrellas
and the deep, dense forest
viewed through a veil of time.

Ida Werrett

[This message has been edited by Marchmadness (07-23-2011 06:23 PM).]

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2011-07-22 11:26 PM

You stir so many nice memories of days gone by.

Really love the feelings you evoke.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2011-07-23 01:49 AM

Oh, Ida, this is exquisite. Hope you don't mind, but I am there with you, all those years ago, in silence, soaking up that beautiful, invigorating rain and imbibing the scene you painted with your master-artist's pen, captured for all time.

Owl

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2011-07-23 06:22 AM

Monet would have loved the colors of this
poem, my friend, as did I.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

4 posted 2011-07-23 06:22 AM

Monet would have loved the colors of this
poem, my friend, as did I.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

5 posted 2011-07-23 08:46 AM

Great thoughts can come to us when we free up our minds from the clutter of everyday life and travel back to a more simple time. I liked this, Ida.

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

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

6 posted 2011-07-23 05:33 PM

Ida,

Your poem is perfection.

"deep dense forest
viewed through a veil of time"

LOVE IT!

Your friend,
Ebonygirl

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

7 posted 2011-07-23 05:36 PM

Ida,

Your poem is perfection!

Your friend,
Ebonygirl

Oklahoma Rose
Senior Member

since 2008-02-28

Posts 1586
Oklahoma USA

8 posted 2011-07-24 01:12 PM

This brings back so many memories of so long ago.

Word Weaver
Member

since 2011-03-06

Posts 437
California, USA

9 posted 2011-07-24 01:20 PM

As a good poem should, this made me feel like I was there. Well done Ida.
Marcia www.thewritingforum.net

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

10 posted 2011-07-24 05:46 PM

grand-fine 'slice of life' Impressionism!

a most lovely 'write' !!

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

11 posted 2011-07-25 02:11 AM

I think I can smell the rain. Love this.

A

Prasad Nataraj
Senior Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

12 posted 2011-07-25 08:41 AM

Love the images of this Ida, soft rain much needed. It’s pouring heavily everyday for us. Fine writing.

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

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

13 posted 2011-07-26 10:45 AM

What a beautiful picture you've painted with your pen! *S*

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