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A Way With Words
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A Way With Words |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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A WAY WITH WORDS 18 February 2011 I admire so much those who have a way with words. For my part, I enjoy becoming their playmate. Owl |
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faithmairee Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441Poe Haven, USA |
and you, dear lady, have such a wonderful way with words...this one really made me smile...loved it! There must be a poem in here somewhere. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you Faith. . . and YOUR warm words made me smile, as they always do! Smiling is soooooooooo good for all of us, and you make so many of us smile. So, extra thanks! Smiles. Owl |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
I, too, can certainly relate to this...sometimes I believe that words don't just convey knowledge...they are building blocks of it...and it's always fun to play with blocks  |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Hi Diana, smiles , I loved it and the way you choose to get the reader. yann |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
and I would love to build sandcastles with you. (Hopscotch is a bit too much for me these days--I'm sure my efforts would be quite the sight, tho.)  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Steaven. Yes, it’s fun – and words are a lot more important than words – and play is a lot more important than play – for example, lion cubs learn what they need to, through play. Thank you, Yann. I am glad that the poem reached you as it was intended to. Smiles. Karen, I would be delighted to build sandcastles with you – and hopscotch would be great fun too – and I am sure you would look great playing hopscotch – and what does it matter what people think anyway! Owl |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Now this is what I call a wonderful poem on a poets site. Those of us who attempt to communicate by poetry know full well, you are not merely a playmate for us, but a viable and profound poet in your own right. ~ Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks ~ |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
What a lovely thing to say and think, Jerry! I am honoured to the marrow of my bones. Thank you. Owl |
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Spiros Zafiris Senior Member
since 2002-10-20
Posts 982Canada |
..Owl, you have the lyricism of the ancient Greeks.. ..Greek Lyric Poetry, translated by the great Willis Barnstone, Bantam Classics, 1962 2nd edition |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Spiros, I know you know how passionately I love and honour Ancient Greece in every possible sphere, especially during the Golden Age - it’s literature, art, architecture (and oh, just one example is how the Temple of Sunien has me weak at the knees!), alphabet, language, philosophy, logic . . . I am breathlessly honoured by what you said. I have taken note of the book you mentioned and will see if I can find it. As I said I would, I have printed out all of Sketchbook and imbibed each poem slowly and deliciously and have it in my bedside table drawer for quick and easy access to re-read any as and when I wish. Owl |
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