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Wilfred Yeats
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0 posted 2000-10-20 11:42 PM



(The date merely states I've written other poems titled 'Touch' and this is a new one)

Today I touched
A fallen leaf
Of red and golden hue
And in that touch
I then became
That leaf be specked with dew

Its colors were so lovely
I knew you'd find it so
You'd lift it, press it, in your book
And I would feel your glow

Walking on I found a blossom
Bright in sunshine's gleam
Breathed in its scent
Adsorbed its soul
I was the flower it seemed

For I knew to just what you'd do
Encountering this gem
You'd smell it, press it to your cheek
And pluck it for your own

And in the park I saw a tree
Magnificent and tall
Huge its trunk, strong it were
I hugged its girth withal

And so became that lofty tree
Until you came with all your charms
Shading all about
Releasing me and my arms

Can I hug you?
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We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life.
But we can decide what happens in us... how we can take it, what we
can do with it


[This message has been edited by Wilfred Yeats (edited 10-20-2000).]

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Janet Marie
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1 posted 2000-10-20 11:49 PM


let the hugging proceed..
this is very creative and cool Wil..
using the metaphors of nature ...
very clever...
enjoyed the premise and poem much...
later-back-to-nature-gator
jm

doreen peri
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2 posted 2000-10-21 12:37 PM


yes, please... i could use a hug right now

i really like this one, Bill.. thanks for sharing it ... seasons change and it's good to be able to view the beauty of them... i, for one, like summer, warmth, but autumn comes and then winter, one day... and the leaves are beautiful and sometimes you have to put on a coat just to keep out the chill.. oh well... it's the turning of things, the way things

fall

(i know the hug offer wasn't meant for me in particular but since you offered... oh, what the heck, y'know? what's a hug amongst poetpeople anyway?)

thanks for a very uplifting read  

- all you can ever really ask out of life is a sincere apology and some decent poetry -

Wilfred Yeats
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3 posted 2000-10-21 09:09 AM


Janet Marie-
I wanted to take the Metamorphosis thought a bit further than just the tree - Thanks ~S~

Doreen-
In a N.Y. min. ~G~(but for a lot longer)

Thank you~S~
Virginia- Delaware - we've been experiencing mild winters recently - and we'd not appreciate the summer and spring as much - without som of winter's bleakness (which still has a beauty all its own)

One thing I learned between Marriages - primarily in PWP (Parents Without Partners)
was the value of hugs - check them out - Last I knew in Wash metro there were at least 5 chapters - also see my posts in Prose

Of course in the case of this poem the implied Metamorphosis is part of the hug package ~G~

Martie
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4 posted 2000-10-21 08:53 PM


Bill--How about just a YES!

{{{{{{{{{{{{Hug}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Sunshine
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5 posted 2000-11-03 11:06 AM


Wow, this must have slid right on by me...so glad I found it...so VERY glad...

Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...KRJ



Wilfred Yeats
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6 posted 2000-11-03 11:21 AM


Karilea-
I'll take you first - as I completely ignored Martie's response (unwittingly to be sure) so I'll start off by thanking you for 'kicking this back up' - and then simply saying just 'thank you' for your sweet reply

Martie -
In no way did I intend not to thank you for your response - no excuse - I blew it - and - I'm looking forward to that hug

Butterflies_dont_cry
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since 2000-03-06
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7 posted 2000-11-03 04:14 PM


Sir Poet Bill* Thank you...for what you
ask?...for taking me with you on your
walk...because that's exactly what it felt
like you did.  Superb writing...and shucks
  yaaaaaaa you can hug me...lol  



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