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Jon Mewett Senior Member
since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304 |
When I was a wide-eyed child Of maybe six or seven While idling in the garden once I caught a glimpse of heaven It was down the winding leafy path So far away it seemed Just beside the Lilly pond That’s where I’d sit and dream My back against the old oak tree My time I’d sit and bide Inside the big old rambling bush Sometimes I’d run and hide I’d lay and dream of childish things Like fishing and huge haystacks Finding birds nests on a walk And playing lone black jacks This was an early summer morn The dew still on the ground With an old log for my pillow I heard a wondrous sound Squatting on my new grazed knee Through the bushes…underneath I saw a ………flower fairy Dancing on a leaf My eyes were stabbed with wonder At the small and elf like shape Her wings were like a dragonfly’s And petals formed her cape She pirouetted round and round And hummed a lilting tune And as she sang played with the breeze Her face was like the moon The beauty of her song and dance The day at her command When she got weary she’d sit and sip A dewdrop from her hand Everywhere she lightly touched Became a lightning glow With stardust falling from her hair It amazed and thrilled me so The radiated happiness Filled all the den around But when her name I tried to guess She was gone without a sound I can recall it vividly The imprint on my mind I call her Columbine to myself She was so sweet and kind Many lifetimes past since then The childish vision dimmed But I remember Columbine When song and laughter brimmed So now when turmoil takes its toll I lay as in a trance I close my eyes and cast a dream And watch the fairy dance Jon Mewett [This message has been edited by Jon Mewett (edited 06-05-2000).] |
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Yu Lan Senior Member
since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462New Zealand |
wow, held me captive 'til the end, Jon.. what magic in this poem! lovely.. Lynne |
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Jana Tovey Member
since 2000-05-30
Posts 257USA |
I once left a treat on my windowsill for the faeries and the next morning it was GONE!! A nearby magpie told me that he hadn't taken it. In fact he assured me that magpies would never dare take a faerie's treat! Lovely poem...lovely garden. Thanks for sharing. |
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Songbird Member Elite
since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184Missouri |
This is so stunning, I am not big on fairy tales but you definately made this one seem so real, especially from that little boy's point of view. Excellent job. |
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childomine Senior Member
since 2000-01-25
Posts 818st. petersburg, FL |
This is wonderful Jon - so light. I adore the seventh verse. The little boys garden was full of magic and with your words magic was spun once again. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
What a great children's [adult's] poem! Well done! Sunshine ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ |
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Swåmp¤Faerÿie Member
since 2000-03-29
Posts 358Illinois |
COOOL!! This is was so fun a sweet!! But then you know how i like faeryies!! What a wonderful tale. Jon your poems are so...i duno they're tales and stories more than aything else,and your words are just divine!! Great poem!! swamp¤faeryie And there she weaves by night and day, a magic web of colours gay.~Tennyson |
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Little_Spyro Senior Member
since 2000-01-09
Posts 659San Diego, CA, USA |
Yeesh!!! Even a supposedly-fantasy creature like a dragon gets overloaded by this, Jon!!! BEAUTIFUL job!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Again, incredible job! ![]() ![]() Little Spyro T. Dragon |
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Alle'cram Senior Member
since 2000-02-28
Posts 1816Texas |
Jon, Breathtaking!! AAwwe, I was right there. What a sight to behold. I can see the little fairy (dragon fly) on the leaf. Great, great job and I thank you for this treat. Marcy |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
a wonderful poem, lovely. a glimpse of childhood innocence. She pirouetted round and round And hummed a lilting tune And as she sang played with the breeze Her face was like the moon The beauty of her song and dance The day at her command When she got weary she’d sit and sip A dewdrop from her hand ------------------------ "I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else"-Richey Edwards "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "Libraries gave us power Then work came and made us free What price now for a shallow piece of dignity" Nicky Wire, A design for Life. manic street preachers "Rock 'n' roll is our epiphany Culture, alienation, boredom and despair" "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Wow, what a special treat you had as a child, and what a special treat you gave us here in your memories of it. ![]() I'm glad she's still with you to dance your turmoils away. ![]() |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is delightful, Jon! ![]() Denise |
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Jon Mewett Senior Member
since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304 |
Well where can I start. I'm a bit overwhelmed with your kindness on this one. Spose I'm just a big kid at heart. ![]() Thanks folks Jon |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Wow Jon what a dreamy and captivating poem. I loved it! I have re-read it many times over, it is really a superior poem. How refreshing it is to read of childhood innocence and fantasies. There is one thing that I noticed, which no one else has mentioned, it's not a criticism, but I am intriqued by the interesting name that you chose for the fairy - Columbine. I'm probably being overly analytical,(most Virgos are afterall LOL), but did you choose this name in a sense to weave a small universal truth about what happenned at Columbine in Colorado about the shootings? If so, excellent technique to show how once these children were innocent like the child in the garden with the magical fairy. Now in the States and around the world, sadly, everyone sees Columbine as a tragic place, but you made the name Columbine seem beautiful again with the fairy's sweet actions. I dunno, maybe I'm just rambling on, but that really caught my eye. I'm probably wrong. I'd be really embarrassed if I was way off base here. But, I had to mention it. "I can recall it vividly the imprint on my mind I call her Columbine to myself she was so sweet and kind" "Many lifetimes passed since then the childish visions dimmed but I remember Columbine when song and laughter brimmed" Why you chose this name really interests me, so please explain. Excellent poem! My favourite to date ![]() Take care, Melissa Honeybee |
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Jon Mewett Senior Member
since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304 |
Mellissa, Bullseye. It often occurs to me, and I accept that a poem once written and cast out into the world is open to many different readings. All of these readings are correct to the reader.In a way I regard the poet as a target and the readings as arrows.When you hear or read these replies some are near misses and some enlighten the writer of something they were not aware of when they wrote the piece,the writer is just a conduit of something unexplainable. But very few arrows hit the soft creative centre as yours did. This poem about the loss of childhood innocence is mainly set in the past tense and is a vision from memory.There is a transition verse from past to present where I try to guess the fairies name.The verses you quote are from the present time. To name my 'Fairy' I set myself criterior. It had to be a Rare flower (she's a flower Fairy after all) It had to have a mystical quality. It had to represent loss ( of childhood if possible) Because it was now about today it had to be relavent in some way. The rest you know. This as been quite staggering for me I'm still reeling from your shot. (In a nice way ) I feel very humble indeed. Thankyou Jon |
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PhaerieChild Senior Member
since 1999-08-30
Posts 1787Aloha, Oregon |
Jon...this is truly beautiful! I too love faeries and have a collection of pewter and crystal ones but none compare to the beauty of the one you write about. I am in awe of this poem and have re-read it numerous times. Absolutely stuuning piece. Poetry~ Words falling on paper, painting a dream. Shawna R. Holder Boise, Idaho |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Jon, I'm glad that you were pleased with my reply. And to think, I thought that I was wrong because no one else commented like I did. Take it as a high compliment, for me to understand what you are trying to say in the poem means that you are an excellent story teller and that you are a true poet. Thank you for further explaining your point to me. ![]() Take care, Melissa Honeybee [This message has been edited by Melissa Honeybee (edited 06-07-2000).] |
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Alle'cram Senior Member
since 2000-02-28
Posts 1816Texas |
Jon, Here I am again. Must agree with Melissa, should be submitted. Once you allow the beauty to sink in with understanding, it takes on new life. What a tribute to "Columbine" from a poets view. Thanks Melissa for asking questions and hitting right on target. Like this one very, very much, for many reasons. marcy |
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Moon Dust![]() ![]()
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
I believe in Fairys ![]() We are all poets, its just some people dont know it yet. |
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Jon Mewett Senior Member
since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304 |
Well I too believe in Fairies. This as really been a wonderful thing for me. It seems my 'Columbine'as been imbued with the potency of understanding. I realise now this surely was a glimpse of heaven. I don't really know how to go about publishing this piece. If anyone can help Columbine to keep dancing.......? Thanx Jon [This message has been edited by Jon Mewett (edited 06-09-2000).] |
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