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katahdin
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since 2010-07-01

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ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

0 posted 2011-02-19 11:29 PM

It was winter
And she was wearing her winter coat
It was white of course
As always
She stood rooted to the earth
Swaying slightly with the breeze
The white dripping from her arms
Exposing her green as she shivered
Suddenly she dropped her coat to the ground
She was herself again
Naked in her needles

[This message has been edited by katahdin (02-20-2011 04:29 AM).]

Nareena
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since 2011-02-17

Posts 51
BC, Canada

1 posted 2011-02-19 11:39 PM

This took me back to winters spent on the back of my horse when the snow would all of a sudden drop off branches (scared the bejeebers out of my horse but that's a different story lol). Those were good times, thank you

katahdin
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ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

2 posted 2011-02-19 11:46 PM

Nareena - thanks for stopping by to read and comment. Snow sure is piling up here in Maine and I'm sure that Canada has even more!LOL!
Kat >^..^<

To live is to love
To love is to live

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2011-02-20 12:34 PM

Beautiful, Kat. I have only been in a tiny bit of snow once in my life of 65 years. I have seen it on a few occasions on the tips of mountains. It must be a wonderful world, though not easy in which to live, I gather.

Owl

katahdin
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ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

4 posted 2011-02-20 01:20 AM

Owl - Thanks for stopping by! Winter can be harsh sometimes but also very beautiful. I just take it day by day sometimes until spring but I love living here in Maine.
Kat >^..^<

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

5 posted 2011-02-20 01:38 AM

And we love that your other home is here, with us Kat, keeping us warm with your lovely writing and beautiful spirit.

It's almost time for that tree to take off her coat and shake the white boughs from her hair ever green.

Richard

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

6 posted 2011-02-20 01:56 AM

Oh this is exquisite. I love it.

A

katahdin
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since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

7 posted 2011-02-20 02:08 AM

Richy - Thanks for the nice comements, it's nice to be wanted, glad I found a friendly home here at PIP thanks to you and everyone else here.
Alison - thanks for stopping by and reading my poem. I was inspired by a pine tree in my yard as I watched the snow dropping of the branches.
Kat >^..^<

Bastet
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since 2010-05-07

Posts 246

8 posted 2011-02-20 04:35 AM

What a perfect portrait of a pine tree in winter. I love it, surprise ending and all. Bravo!

katahdin
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ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

9 posted 2011-02-20 04:59 AM

Thanks Bastet, good to see you around again.
Kat >^..^<

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

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So. El Monte, California

10 posted 2011-02-20 12:05 PM

Just beautiful, Katahdin. We don't have snow here in So. Cal. (except in the mountains) but I have lived where it snows and have to agree that there is a special beauty about winter that is unforgettable.
Ida

faithmairee
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since 2011-01-05

Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA

11 posted 2011-02-20 12:17 PM

I haven't seen snow in many, many years but it felt like it reading your lovely poem...enjoyed it much!

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

12 posted 2011-02-20 12:47 PM

A pine tree shaking off what had clothed her hours ago, wanting to be free and naked against the world. Gotta love it. And I do.

~ Life is sexually transmitted ~

katahdin
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since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

13 posted 2011-02-20 11:18 PM

Thanks Ida, Faith and JP for reading and the nice comments. Glad everyone enjoyed my pine tree.
Kat >^..^<

Deep Blue
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since 2007-05-27

Posts 73

14 posted 2011-02-21 07:02 PM

Beautiful poem, living in montreal i sure can relate to the winter's ecstatic sights and sounds.

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

15 posted 2011-02-22 08:49 PM

this was lovely...I've spent a great deal of time lately admiring the trees (and I have a lot of trees) as they've lost more leaves and needles this year than in years past...you captured the essence of that naked beauty well...good write

ken206573
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since 2008-10-14

Posts 487

16 posted 2011-02-23 07:15 PM

I love snow, trees and this wonderful poem. I can picture it very well since some hit me
at times.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

17 posted 2011-02-24 05:07 PM

Nice...James

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