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Wilfred Yeats
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Wilmington, Delaware

0 posted 2001-04-18 04:50 PM

Bonding

The morning mist still clutches the meadow
As slanting sunlight pierces the border trees
The gosling peers over the dry grass hummock
My love preens her feathers close by
I keep my neck erect, eyes alert
Knowing it is time
We walk to the pond's edge
Quietly cruising across its dark stillness
The love in her eyes - she sees reflected in mine
We know we've a lifetime together before us
Our wakes disappear immediately
As we nest again
In our haven for the season

The first duty of love is to listen.

~ Paul Tillich ~

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

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Washington State

1 posted 2001-04-18 05:09 PM

This is a very tender love poem. Joyce

Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

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2 posted 2001-04-18 05:12 PM

Sir...this...is splendid.

Sven

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East Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2001-04-18 07:08 PM

ahhhh. . . to rest. . . and know love. . .

this is why I like your writing so much Sir. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Martie

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4 posted 2001-04-18 07:18 PM

Bill--I love the thought of two swans mating for a life time..and going back again and again to the same place. This is a touching poem.

Auguste

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By the sea

5 posted 2001-04-19 01:49 AM

Bill,

Great work here. Excellent use of imagery. Looks like "I" can learn something from you. :-)

Michael

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

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

6 posted 2001-04-19 08:48 AM

Amazing how it is so very easy to see ourselves in the beast and fowl kingdom -

I, myself, have always believed to have been, in other lives,

a cat,

or a horse....

Greeneyes

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In Your Poetic Mind

7 posted 2001-04-19 09:52 AM

Bill~

Vivid images of a beautiful bonding....enjoy you much my friend....hugs...

Lauren~

***

"Within you I lose myself
Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again."
-Unknown

Paula Finn
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missouri

8 posted 2001-04-19 02:19 PM

We could learn a lot from birds such as these...beautiful

Corinne
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state of confusion

9 posted 2001-04-19 03:07 PM

Beautiful, Bill. Excellent poem.

Corinne

Janet Marie
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10 posted 2001-04-19 03:39 PM

The love in her eyes - she sees reflected in mine
We know we've a lifetime together before us
Our wakes disappear immediately
As we nest again
In our haven for the season
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if only it was so easy for humans to follow their instincts as in nature.
beautiful poem of images ...
clever employ of metaphor.
so well done ... gifted, poet sir.

I love your imperfections ... I love your everything ...
Your broken heart ... your broken wings.

Fading Away

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Lynchburg, Virginia

11 posted 2001-04-19 04:04 PM

I loved it... absolutely superb poem.

--Marie

subconsciously, i think i can eat so much to make my stomach hurt, instead of my heart.

suthern

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Louisiana

12 posted 2001-04-20 12:22 PM

I like this a lot, Wilfred! *S* Beautifully written.

Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

13 posted 2001-04-20 11:07 PM

Thank you for a lovely, tender and beautifully written poem, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Our black loons do the same here in Canada, quite amazing really.

~*~ If the want a rainbow ~ you have to put up with a little rain ~*~

SEA

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with you

14 posted 2001-04-20 11:37 PM

so lovely WY

SEA

Wilfred Yeats
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Wilmington, Delaware

15 posted 2001-04-21 11:47 PM

I've watched Geese - their 'bonding' and Swans as well - - although I've also seen Loons while in Canada - enjoyed their diving antics and their unique sound - I did not know they too bonded - Thank you all for your gracious replies

NIAI
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16 posted 2001-04-24 11:17 AM

Watched a pair of Trumpeter Swans with their young. Their gracefull - loving actions were heart warming - as is your poem.

Coco
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17 posted 2001-04-28 02:22 AM

A beautiful write Wilfred and I very much enjoyed reading your poem tonite...

Wilfred Yeats
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Wilmington, Delaware

18 posted 2001-04-29 09:48 AM

my love of nature at its best will never leave me - = I'm glad you enjoyed - thank you

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