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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704
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I aloft in my own place temper the cause for flight dusting slowly of myself yet still I echo larger wings beat too high fling myself to tatters and recover through a touch of garden lush Can a wisp of lifebeat possibly know sunlit skies for long? Could I flight sifting of myself unhurried weaving to the pulse of normal life? …not what my wings were born for… A wingflit out of time I fly a wandering creature searching for petalled rest yet too sensate of mystery for flowered peace I unchained defy the living of my kind |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Sweet Butterfly, God I love this!! My all time favourite of yours!!! voting voting voting  Yes, I am here, but I am dead, not alive, my body goes on, my spirit has died, and I though alive, feel dead inside. "Rose Petal" |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
very good. enjoyed it but may have misunderstood it. ( perhaps your heart was out of time with your wings)? jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
This poem was not meant to be read -- it can only be whispered. What quiet power spoken here, Kamla. Well done. Two for two ... --Kess YOUR LIFE IS A TEST It is only a test ... If this were your Actual Life, you would have been given better instructions! |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Aloft on those gifted wings of yours, soaring high and free m'friend. You know my thoughts on this. C. |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
WOW this is so inceredible wonderful, peaceful and a serene image is what you have portrayed....great writingsTracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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ellie LeJeune Member Elite
since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156King of Prussia, PA USA |
Simply and surely a glorious poem! Ellie |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
you know as soon as butterfly slippers saw the title..she was smiling  the sheer beauty of this poem makes me believe I might even could fly... it PROVES YOU CAN... simply perfect...simply amazing... simply Kamala.... jm  What the caterpillar calls the end ... The world calls a butterfly ~LaoTzeTao~ ~Butterflies are meant to be free~ |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Kamla~ Lovely and worthy. So YOU ! Love ya' ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Kamala, This butterfly spun a web that completely captured me. *L* |
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Corazon Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 1209 |
definately voting for this....delicately, profoundly beautiful |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Kamla--you write such beautiful pieces of you! This has my vote, for sure. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
I unchained defy the living of my kind ........ Kamla, this is exquisite... frees the mind as a butterfly frees herself from the cocoon into the wide expanse of the sky.... Regards, sudhir |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
Lady K this should be your signature tune .. it's you - it's beautiful SP and btw a new word for me "sensate" !! [This message has been edited by Poertree (edited 07-03-2000).] |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Very beautiful! Lovely! Denise |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
This poem could have been written by no one else but you, Kamla.....that makes it very special |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I feel priviledged to be able to vote for this poem. Truly wonderful, Kamla. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Just want to say thank you so very much to all...hugs - wow...bounce! Sir P: This is my signature poem...lol - that's why I posted it!!!  Jamie - to answer your query...hehe...how to explain this one briefly...lol. Ummm. It is basically only that I am restless; I am always searching...and always risking. Not a lot to do with the heart specifically in this - though that features - but only as a part of a whole. 'weaving to the pulse of normal life? …not what my wings were born for…' that's just me in essence... hope that helped. K |
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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
Ah this fits, just fits.. Beautiful I'm somewhat dismayed I haven't voted on this one yet (rectifying now), I thought for sure I had...maybe it's cause I've read it so many times. |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
can't let this flutter down just yet LK ..it has to be seen to be believed .. SP |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
I just has to read this one more time SB, it is incredible hon, just as you are sending it back up! Yes, I am here, but I am dead, not alive, my body goes on, my spirit has died and I though alive, feel dead inside. "Rose Petal" |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Oh you guys....  |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
I think this poem should be included in our next book. heheh yuh for sure your free verse here is so impeccable and the lil butterfly be so free i love it |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
Have you ever seen blue butterflies??? I have up in the National Forest land behind Dufur, Oregon...swarms and swarms of them...we took pictures of my littlest boy (at the time 3) running through them, it was so beautiful. As is this poem. ~Heather |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Only a couple of X-Free Versers-X... and you know who you are ... shall evoke my evote...  ..here's one..*V |
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Moonshine Member
since 1999-10-01
Posts 265Australia |
WOW - this is awesome Severn - I love this! Well done! *voted* J. |
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Irie Senior Member
since 1999-12-01
Posts 1493Washington State |
What can I say that hasn't already been said! ~Beautiful and graceful piece. I love it, truly love it!  ~Sheri |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Wow you guys! Thankyou all so much! WOW... and Nan, I have to say - that is awesome coming from you cause I know of your aversion...lol... Big smiles from me to all of you... K |
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Nara Junior Member
since 1999-10-31
Posts 11 |
Very touching. Shades of Icarus for me. I don't know why. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
I think an exquisite butterfly wrote this exquisite poem, but no, it can't be. It must be that beautiful poet I know across the sea. Thank you for sending us this butterfly. Liz |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Ah Nara - you know me well - so of course it could be Icarusy...lol and Lizzy - WOW...that is just one of the most beautiful things that has been said to me...I do so appreciate that. Big hugs my friend. Big big hugs. K |
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LoveBug
Moderator
Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
This is a beautiful piece! It must be published! "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde "The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief" -Shakespea |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
truly beautiful... |
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Forrest Cain Member
since 2000-04-21
Posts 306Chas.,W.V. USA |
Very well written. forrest |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
And you're asking me why I ask you to help me with my writing  That's all I have to say "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, |
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