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RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

0 posted 2001-04-07 07:19 PM

Pelicans

They seem to need both line and space.
And so, at dusk,
With drooping pouches
Darkened against the sunset,
An undulating score of notes
Appears along the swell's face.
Later,
Beyond the dissonance of gulls
Shrieking amidst the litter of a picnic,
Their harmony lingers.

RMW

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-04-07 07:25 PM

This is so interesting, I read it over and over again, really enjoyed.

Kathleen Blake

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

Just A Woman
Senior Member

since 2001-03-10

Posts 507

2 posted 2001-04-07 08:08 PM

Hello Bob, you're on a roll lately. I shall have to tell you sometime the special relationship my father has with pelicans.

"I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one."

Auguste

Member Elite

since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

3 posted 2001-04-07 09:11 PM

RMW,

A wonderful piece of writing, using so few words to show so much. Excellent!

Michael

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2001-04-07 09:13 PM

A couple of years ago, I visited Florida....I saw this....

you have it written....

perfectly.

Thank you!

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2001-04-07 10:40 PM

Very intriguing write, Bob. I can almost see them now . . .

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

6 posted 2001-04-07 11:09 PM

With an eye of an eagle,
who soars like the hawk,
sharp, clear, perception.

Corinne

Paula Finn
Member Ascendant

since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

7 posted 2001-04-08 02:44 AM

I love this...when we were in California that was my favorite thing to do...watch the pelicans drift

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

8 posted 2001-04-08 05:01 PM

This is great! It raised images in my mind of watching pelicans at evening on Pyramid Lake in Nevada. They are an interesting bird, I think.

Betty Lou Hebert

RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

9 posted 2001-04-08 07:02 PM

Irish Rose...Thank you for the read...and re-read. Most kind. Bob

Just A Woman .... Do share about your father and pelicans. Thank you. Bob

Michael....Thank you very much. Bob

Sunshine...Ah, Florida. Yes. Thank you.

Corinne .... Smiling. I like ospreys (formerly "fish hawks")....especially those that nest on aids to navigation. Drives the Coast Guard "bats". Thank you.

Paula...Half the fun of beach combing is bird watching. Thank you.

Trillium .... Pelicans have such grace. Thank you.

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