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Eloise
Senior Member

since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

0 posted 1999-12-10 11:23 PM

Lying on soft green grass, trying to visualize
What we could see, through our own eyes.
Imagination running wild.
Just like when we were a child.

We all were looking up to find
A vision of a different kind.
Those white puffs moving slowly by
Create a story in the sky.

Way up there I can see
A dragon and a chimpanzee.
And oh, look over there.
Is that a dancing bear?

But as the formations shift, they slowly fade away.
Along with all the menagerie.
So keep the child within. Look up and be proud
That what you see floating, is more than a mere cloud.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 1999-12-10 11:29 PM

Hey! I remember doing that as a child...yes I do! Yes...I can remember that far back!

Thanks for the memories, Eloise!

Denise

Eloise
Senior Member

since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

2 posted 1999-12-10 11:43 PM

Your welcome Denise. And believe it or not, even though I'm old as dirt, I too can remember that far back!! LOL

[This message has been edited by Eloise (edited 12-10-1999).]

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

3 posted 1999-12-11 02:51 AM

Eloise, my friend - a lovely poem.

K

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

4 posted 1999-12-19 09:08 PM

Had to bring this back up! It's so full of the imagination and wonder of childhood!

Denise

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

5 posted 1999-12-19 09:15 PM

Nice extended metaphor.......

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

6 posted 1999-12-19 09:21 PM

I've done this, and I love to still do it with my kids. We try to find shapes in the clouds all the time! Thank you for this sweet reminder!

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

7 posted 1999-12-19 10:24 PM

Eloise -

Such remembrances
brought to mind ...
with verse of clouds,
so very fine.

In the skyline
of my younger day,
a bear, a train
and complete array
of elephants marching
in a row ...
trunk to tail
as they did go.

I am still
a child at heart.
I love cloud formations
as they impart
upon my mind
the zoo of my youth.

I seek to find
a meanagerie
of galloping elephants
running free ...
just the way
I'd want them to be.
~Marge~

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