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House and Garden are Happy Again
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House and Garden are Happy Again |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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HOUSE AND GARDEN ARE HAPPY AGAIN Joyful sounds of children playing ring out again from over the wall house and garden rejoice together as they listen, delighted, to each child’s call. Previously filled with glorious song, but oh, how they longed for more than this, for children’s voices and games and fun to fill them both with happiness. May they stay forever and a day to bless the house and garden so for the secret treasure of leisure and pleasure is a blessing that only children know. Owl |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
a particularly great truth in the fine ending line ... "the secret treasure of leisure and pleasure is a blessing that only children know." |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ahhh . . . Great wisdom in the eyes of the innocent . . . ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you Bruce and Jerry. I wrote this very simply and gave it a very simple title because the new next door children are Zulu-speaking and English is their second language and they are all very young. They were thrilled with it. The previous owners sold the house and it stood empty for a while (I wrote a poem about the house's pain at missing them and their children). Then new owners bought it and again for about 3 years, there was the sound of the children playing in the garden and the house and garden were happy again. Then they left and rented the house out to a men's church and operatic choir. Their voices were exquisitely beautiful when I heard them practising individually or simply bursting into song spontaneously. However there were no children. They were there only for about 6 months and a lovely new family are renting now. There are 4 young children. Hopefully they will be there for a long time. They hope so too. Owl |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Diana, Indeed it is the children who make life's beautiful wealth prove it's worth.We see it in their smiles and laughter,we see it in the healthy bodies as they play and and through there minds as the make up situations and stories to carry out their play. A delightful poem Diana.I am with you on this. Love to you, Jo |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Martyjo.  Owl |
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Redstart Senior Member
since 2014-05-16
Posts 535 |
I read too much into poems, but a life without children is so harsh. More than harsh. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
I had 2 children of my own, Redstart, but they have grown up and left home long ago and have families of their own. (I am 69 glorious years old, lol!) But I need to hear children playing next door, lol! Thanks for reading and commenting!  Owl |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
hi diana, voices of children enlight the mood, specially when summer is coming back, o lobes your verses and refreshing images, yann |
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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt Senior Member
since 2003-10-26
Posts 1105Watertown, NY |
You're writing is beautiful, always entwined with love and hope and beauty. Enjoyed. -Trina |
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