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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2012-02-20 11:28 AM

THANKS FOR THE RAINBOWS
20 February 2012

As I rest, sun-warmed,
on a welcoming rock
half way up tomorrow’s hill
that beckons me
to reach its summit
and touch the azure sky
in freedom’s wild-winged flight,
I gaze back beyond
the sapphired hills
and emerald valleys
with honeyed nostalgia
and wrap a million
fragrant
rainbow memories
around my solaced shoulders.

Rejoicing in the camaraderie
of God’s beloved creatures
around me
in air
and tree
and grass
and burrow,
a song slow-sings my heart
in twangs of harp
and calls of bird

and
in a far-off sea-cooled breeze
I hear the whisper
of its echo
echo
echo
embracing me
in murmurs of yesterdays

and slowly
I raise my eyes
to meet the sun
and resume my travels
up the hill
in solemn step,
with a single soft-eyed tear,
a smile of remembers,
and a quiver-duet
lodged in my heart’s core.

Owl

katahdin
Senior Member

since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

1 posted 2012-02-20 12:03 PM

just wonderful, enjoyed!
Kat >^..^<

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2012-02-20 12:48 PM

Thank you, Kat.

Owl

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2012-02-21 12:19 PM

You take the reader right there with you, sharing the solace so vividly and touchingly. Beautiful work!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2012-02-21 03:03 PM

Thank you, Ruth, for walking with me. Smiles.

Owl

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

5 posted 2012-02-26 11:47 PM

Diana,

This is exceptionally beautiful and moves me. Lovely writing, oh lover of nature. Thank you for bringing it to me tonight.

xoxoxo
A

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2012-02-27 03:03 AM

Takes me just where I want to be, Diana.
Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2012-02-27 04:07 PM

Thank you, Alison. I am glad it did that for you. You fit so easily into Nature yourself, and both of you bring solace. Smiles.

Thank you, Ida. I am glad it did. Smiles.

Owl

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

8 posted 2012-02-29 04:25 PM

Very nice...James

MICHELMAS
Member

since 2012-02-15

Posts 305
Lancashire England

9 posted 2012-03-01 04:01 AM

exquisite
Michael

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

10 posted 2012-03-01 06:17 AM

Your poems remind me of a series of flowers I use in annual gardens.

The series is of many different species, each unique in its own color, and other ways.

The flowers range from aster to zinnia..

They are all called "simply Beautiful"

Just like your poems.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack of what is found there"
(William Carlos Williams)

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

11 posted 2012-03-01 10:40 AM

Thank you, James.

Thank you, Michelmas.  I am glad you think so.

Thank you, Ford.  What an exceptionally beautiful and special thing to say, especially with your love of nature and gardens!  Wow!

I love the picture I have of the annual gardens you create with your "Simply Beautiful" series.  I can see them, drinking up the sunshine that enhances their beauty.

Owl

luminosity
Senior Member

since 2005-11-18

Posts 813

12 posted 2012-03-02 12:20 PM

oh this is beautiful......I love reading you!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

13 posted 2012-03-02 12:52 PM

Thank you, luminosity. What a lovely thing to say!

Owl

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

14 posted 2012-03-02 07:07 PM

grand-fine thoughts and imagery!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

15 posted 2012-03-03 02:10 AM

Thank you, Bruce.

Owl

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