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Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

0 posted 2005-08-28 10:00 PM

Plea of a Prairie Wife

Lay me not in mausoleum
Entombed in an airless cave.
Bury me upon the prairie.
Let a field stone mark my grave.

I was never much for grandeur,
Simple ginghams mine to wear.
Dress me not in silks and satins
Just to see me lying there.

Bury me upon the prairie,
It has been my beloved home.
Bury me among the wildflowers
Where so often I would roam.

Until wakened for the judgment
By the trumpets up above,
Let me lie in sweet surrender
To the prairie that I love.

By: Joyce 08/28/05

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

1 posted 2005-08-29 04:47 AM

very well done Joyce. I like the rhythm of this piece.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

2 posted 2005-08-29 07:48 AM

…and may your wishes follow you to your grave. Respectfully, Melton

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2005-08-29 12:23 PM

Joyce~
I have chosen my beloved meadow ... just as you have chosen the prairie~

Lyrically lovely, poetess~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

Email noles1@totcon.com

Annie78
Member

since 2003-10-03

Posts 469
here then there then back here

4 posted 2005-08-30 01:00 PM

this is wonderful....i myself want a field of wildflowers
Annie

there is but a short time to exist, love,laugh,live and never stop believing in miracles

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

5 posted 2005-08-30 05:07 PM

Very nice Joyce!

Love
Betty Lou

bestgirl911
Senior Member

since 2000-10-04

Posts 551
Clio, MI , United We Stand

6 posted 2005-09-01 09:48 PM

I really like this one. I like the way it flows....
best

Isobel
Senior Member

since 2004-01-17

Posts 529
Qld, Australia

7 posted 2005-09-12 08:03 AM

Dear Joyce

I too like the simpler things in life! I love this verse!

Love Isobel xo

midnightblues
Senior Member

since 2000-07-01

Posts 1597
Singapore

8 posted 2005-09-13 09:56 AM

Dear Joyce,

This must be the perfect setting! I do love it so..

Until wakened for the judgment
By the trumpets up above,
Let me lie in sweet surrender
To the prairie that I love.

God's promise and our inheritance..

Love
MiCheLLe

If there cannot be equal in affection, then let the one with more be me - midnightblues

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