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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

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0 posted 2001-02-24 12:08 PM

Last night I took a journey,
...down paths of long ago,
On small town streets and country lanes,
...in haze of memory's glow,
Where hedge rows were a forest dense,
...Sand Creek, the mighty Nile,
What creature lurked within its depths?
...lo', vicious crocodile.
Up on the hill, the Smith's red barn,
...wood castle on yon moor,
Knights and dragons roam the fields,
...beyond barn's aging door.
Golden seas of ripened wheat,
...pirates sail the main,
Thunder sounds the calvary's charge,
...amid a summer rain,
So long ago, when I was young,
...upon the Kansas plains,
So long ago, when I was young,
...upon the Kansas plains.

[This message has been edited by Mike (edited 02-24-2001).]

Paula Finn
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since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

1 posted 2001-02-24 12:30 PM

Sigh...you sure brought back memories with this one sir...thank you

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

2 posted 2001-02-24 07:00 AM

Wonderful....as children we do look at familiar surroundings with a different eye. I'm glad you saw it such again.

ATelamon
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since 2001-02-06

Posts 328
Purgatory, Last Staircase, Up

3 posted 2001-02-24 07:04 AM

To touch your surroundings
but mostly to have them touch lead you
to places and faces old known or new

well done

AT

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

4 posted 2001-02-24 08:38 AM

I'm smiling... Have you ever read the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are"?..

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

5 posted 2001-02-24 09:08 AM

your world beyond the barn door was so very special... ~S~

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Poeminister
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since 2000-02-26

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Regina SK; Canada

6 posted 2001-02-24 11:18 AM

Wonderful and evocative to memories...very nicely penned.

Poeminister

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

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USA

7 posted 2001-02-24 11:24 AM

enjoy the read

Elizabeth

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Minnesota

8 posted 2001-02-24 12:05 PM

I love this one....nice way of looking at everyday surroundings through a child's perspective. Very well done Mike!

Meadowmuse
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since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

9 posted 2001-02-24 12:37 PM

Naturally I am not surprised at how easily your reader is transported upon your words to another time and place. Always wonderful to read your work, you know. Thanks for this today.

Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

10 posted 2001-02-24 01:49 PM

Oh, my friend~
This is just the loveliest nostalgic piece.
This is pure poetry ... and your talent shines brightly.
Thank you for sharing such a melodious render.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Denise

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11 posted 2001-02-25 08:50 PM

This is simply enchanting, Mike!! I love it!!

Voiceless
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since 2001-02-19

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Under the stars upon the wind

12 posted 2001-02-25 08:58 PM

Brilliant!
The memories flow....
As you read you personally remember
what was behind your barn door...
Thank You for writing this!
I loved it!

~*Peachy Be*~

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