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Black Eyed Susans |
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Kitty** Member
since 1999-07-27
Posts 428Charlottesville,VA USA 
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Black Eyed Susans were my thing when I was just a little girl. I'd spend hours, in fields where they grew, having not a care in this world. I was a queen in her garden, I was a princess, stepped down from her throne. I was the bride, with a bouquet, of Black Eyed Susans, when I was grown. With arms laded down, I would dance, a ballerina, I was at that time. And I would sing opera, and bow to the applause, to my ears, my voice sounded fine. Then there were times, when I was a boy, a great boxer, I knew I could be. And someday I'd Captain my own ship, and sail over the deep blue sea. The times pretended as boy, were rare, for I liked, just being a girl. The flowers that grew, wild everywhere, were the major part, of my world. Now that I'm grown, I'm none of thoes things, that I imagined myself to be. My imagination still, sometimes runs wild, I pick every, Black Eyed Susan I see! "Just For Me" If you can't make it so, you need to let it go! |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
this is lovely...I like the images of you in the field pretending and feeling alive....  now on a entirely different part to this, my name is Susan and the name of those flowers make my kids laugh their heads off......oh and Lazy Susans do too.......yea.....so funny.ha ha  ( I giggle too) |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Kitty~ This is so delightful ! I, too, love the beauty of the black-eyed susan. Thanks for sharing this pleasure ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Kitty** Member
since 1999-07-27
Posts 428Charlottesville,VA USA |
SEA: I too giggle when I hear the name Black Eyed Susan...It will be a sweet memory for you to remember the children getting such a kick out of your name. BTW..That was a true poem I wrote. Got my butt spanked more then once for stopping to pick flowers instead of coming home from school!(I'd forget the time!)..LOL.. MARGE: It's a pleasure to know it was a pleasure for you! Thanks bunches! Kitty |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
This brought back beautiful memories of picking these little beauties in the fields behind our home...I enjoyed the trip down memory lane with you as well...fantastic work~ |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Almost as lovely as the namesake! 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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Kitty** Member
since 1999-07-27
Posts 428Charlottesville,VA USA |
Butterflies_dont_cry: These are the kind of memories that are never forgotten, aren't they? ;-) Thanks for reading! Prometheus: Thanks for your nice comment! Glad you took the time to read it! Kitty** |
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Ron K. Fox Senior Member
since 2000-10-24
Posts 925 |
Thank you for sharing the memories of your childhood. it was a pleasant share. Ron Tossing words like wishful coins into the deep well of an open heart. R. fox |
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Kitty** Member
since 1999-07-27
Posts 428Charlottesville,VA USA |
Ron K : You are quite welcome. I am pleased that you went briefly back in time with me! Thanks!!! Kitty |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Well, I just a poem that mentioned four o'clocks, and now this! Yes, little sunflowers I call them, I love black eyed susans, maybe because Susan is my middle name! "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."" Laurie Lee Kathleen |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Kitty**, what a lovely walk down memory lane. Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Wonderful little beauties they are and the poem is wonderful too.. I echo the remarks of the one previous to me....ethome |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
love it kitty..enjoyed very much.. ~Victoria~ A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valery (1871-1945) |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
I agree with all the others, and smile by the memory that you brought up above. Charisma |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Beautiful poem, Kitty. Very well done...some things remain with us all our lives. Elizabeth You cling to your ways and leave mine to me. Suum cuique. ~Elizabeth |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
Kitty..my Black Eyed Susans are still blooming..and leaving me smiling when a new one shows up..I dont have the heart yet to prune them back...and now I know I will wait. ~Wynter "The worst prison would be a closed heart". ...Pope John Paul II |
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Alan Senior Member
since 2000-09-12
Posts 1499right next door |
Kitty.....I was looking at some black eyed susans yesterday. Brought back a lot of memories, just as your poem did. Wonderful read |
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