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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2013-05-29 07:34 PM

HIATUS
29 May 2013

Sitting outside
with my dog and my cat
basking in the glorious winter sunshine,
my book lying neglected,
on my lap,
I look up
and thirstily imbibe
the chorusing
of a multitude of songsters
of all kinds and colours and timbres.
A toad tree’s symbiotic parasite
is in full candle-bloom
and is a feast for avian delight.
Laughing doves add their baritone balm
from a tree next door
and a passing hadedah,
haa-haa’s from the cloudless blue
and my cat licks my dog’s chest
in companionship and understanding
and my dog closes his eyes in reply
and the sun illuminates the wings
of a lone wasp, golden-brown,
and the army of green-tipped spear-buds
pointing Heavenwards on an aloe,
blush at their bases,
promising wild-orange sun-worshipping soon
and isolation and burdens and problems and fears
and impossible workloads and unrelenting deadlines
and fighting for survival
slip from my shoulders
and trickle down my arms
to be evaporated into a haze
for a heart-smile while
and the magnitude of “and”
envelops me into sky-wide bliss and gratitude.

Owl

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

1 posted 2013-05-29 09:06 PM

Best I've read of you my friend. Beautiful.

jimmy

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2013-05-30 02:19 AM

Thanks, Jimmy, for your kind words.

Owl

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

3 posted 2013-05-30 12:20 PM

Your poem was very therapeutic. Thank you. It gave me a bit of a "Hiatus" within the especially most recent chaos of my day to day as well to reflect a bit on my dog licking my cat's ear as he often does and also the not at all familiar site of two doves sitting on my backyard fence looking out across the open fields... Yeah, that one probably would have been lost forever if not for your poem. Thanks, Diana, I really, really needed the break your poem provided at this very moment in time. Thank you!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2013-05-30 04:34 PM

Bob, with all my heart, I am so happy that my poem did all that for you, and especially right when you needed it the most. Please let my poem remind you to see such precious things as often as possible every day, especially when chaos tries to take over. Please give your dog and your cat a hug from Auntie Di from South Africa. Smiles.

Owl

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2013-05-30 09:52 PM

Smooth as silk...James

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

6 posted 2013-05-31 01:58 AM

Thank you for your beautiful comment, James.

Owl

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

7 posted 2013-05-31 10:23 AM

All is good with the world, such planetary alignment.

I loved the 'ha has' sweet

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

8 posted 2013-05-31 11:20 AM

EmmaRose, I am glad this poem found you in the light of your poem, Floral Rain. Thank you for looking outside your own sphere, as you always do.

I love the call of my hadedah friends too. Thank you for enjoying them.

Owl

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

9 posted 2013-06-01 10:30 PM

grand-fine imagery and 'slice of life' write!

Spiros Zafiris
Senior Member

since 2002-10-20

Posts 982
Canada

10 posted 2013-06-02 02:55 AM

..I too much enjoyed..glad I found
this poem..thanks..spiros
~~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

11 posted 2013-06-02 05:27 AM

Spiros, I too, am glad you found this poem today, in the light of the anniversary of your mother's death.

Owl

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

12 posted 2013-06-02 05:49 AM

Oops, Bruce! I didn't see your reply until now. Thank you for your kind words.

Owl

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

13 posted 2013-06-13 10:37 AM

back for another immersion in this grand-fine imagery ...

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

14 posted 2013-06-13 11:39 AM

Thanks for your kind words, Bruce. I am glad you enjoyed it so much.

Owl

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