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Packratmike
Senior Member

since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

0 posted 2001-02-28 12:17 PM

take me back

take me back to where dandelions blow
on the breath of an innocent child
where whispering winds wave wistfully
to summers soon gone by

take me back to where daffodils grow
in those fields of kelly green
where the mantis pray in knee high grass
that winter’s never seen

take me back to where fireflies glow
among the maple and oak
where children hear the cricket’s song
mixed with the bullfrog’s croak

take me back, please take me back
‘til then my soul will run wild
take me back to where dandelions blow
on the breath of an innocent child

"HEY, DON'T THROW THAT AWAY, I MIGHT NEED IT SOMEDAY!!!" Packratmike

Saunni
Senior Member

since 2000-07-11

Posts 1777
West Virginia

1 posted 2001-02-28 12:40 PM

Aww...this is beautiful! I love poems with nature involved. I loved this one!

Sauni

Sauni :)
Have you ever known the color grey when the nighttime finds you weak
I have, I've walked that road each time; that's where my angel sleeps

Paula Finn
Member Ascendant

since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

2 posted 2001-02-28 01:19 AM

AAAAHHHH...Im so ready for spring...and this just made me feel the hot summer sun on my face...just what I needed on the cold February night...thanks

Packratmike
Senior Member

since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

3 posted 2001-02-28 02:32 AM

Thank you Saunni & Paula, I'm glad you both liked it. Writing this one was quite fun and it did take me back.

"HEY, DON'T THROW THAT AWAY, I MIGHT NEED IT SOMEDAY!!!" Packratmike

DreamLess
Member

since 2001-02-28

Posts 92

4 posted 2001-02-28 03:07 AM

very lovely...

Dee
Member Elite

since 2000-08-19

Posts 2330
Queensland, Australia

5 posted 2001-02-28 03:11 AM

Thanks for taking me back, Mike. I loved this.

Dee

I wish you every happiness and may you always have the best of the good things in life. a brand

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

6 posted 2001-02-28 03:12 AM

Mike what a beautiful serene flow to this poem of reflections...excellent writing...I really enjoyed the mood setting and the word pictures!

The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges.

Packratmike
Senior Member

since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

7 posted 2001-02-28 03:25 AM

Dreamless, Dee and ethome.......thanks for the nice comments. This poem came out just the way I wanted.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

8 posted 2001-02-28 05:56 AM

How in the world did you know I was thinking of dandelions yesterday? The entire poem moved me so much. Thank you.

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

mystic requiem
Member

since 2001-01-26

Posts 144

9 posted 2001-02-28 09:48 AM

A wonderful piece.
How we all long for those simple days
of childhood.
*thanx*

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

10 posted 2001-02-28 10:22 AM

A wonderful job, Mike....very vivid in its presentation....

Packratmike
Senior Member

since 2001-02-25

Posts 632
California, USA

11 posted 2001-02-28 11:39 AM

Kathleen...a lucky guess. *s* I seems that I have achieved my objective with this poem. Thank you.

mystic....Do I ever!!! Thank you.

Sunshine....Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

"HEY, DON'T THROW THAT AWAY, I MIGHT NEED IT SOMEDAY!!!" Packratmike

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