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Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

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By the sea

0 posted 2001-09-07 03:33 PM

Eddie the Egret

by Michael

The water sighs and churns
as it moves past my dangling feet.
A snowy white egret I tamed
stands nearby,
watching my every movement.

Gulls soar on a steady breeze
and often dive for fish,
just a few feet from where I sit.
Like the egret,
they’ve come to understand
that I am not a threat,
but live in harmony with them
and my surroundings.

The day wanes
as thunderheads build
and come onshore,
threatening rain.

My friendly egret takes to wing,
making his way home,
lazily flapping five foot wings.

He’ll return again tomorrow
to spend another afternoon with me.
He’ll patiently wait as I cast a net
in search of fish to feed him.
He has the patience
that only nature truly knows
and he is teaching that to me.

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.

SEA

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with you

1 posted 2001-09-07 03:44 PM

Michael~ I wish you could see my big smile...
I so love this. It's fantastic. I'm saving this

(((HUGS)))for you sweet friend

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

2 posted 2001-09-07 04:10 PM

Michael--Nature has so many lessons, if we look for them..I loved the lesson in this. Enjoyed this poem very much, dear friend!

JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2001-09-07 04:31 PM

Sounds like a relaxing place to be Michael...James

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Oregon

4 posted 2001-09-08 10:23 AM

there I go again, one of the 7 deadly, envious of your wonderful blessing of an egret spending time with you...what a wonderful tale and poem...relaxing, even with a storm on the edge, there is peace in your heart...I could feel it.

serenity blaze
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5 posted 2001-09-08 10:38 AM

methinks I love Eddie too...am sending sardines and a tin of pseudo-caviar...and? if he smiles real pretty? you'll be getting fish in the mail...oh..yeah..they're gonna love ya for that!!!

Truly sweet, as is the poet!

Auguste

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By the sea

6 posted 2001-09-09 03:14 PM

Everyone,

Thank you so much for the replies and nice words. Glad you liked it.

Michael

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.

Dee
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since 2000-08-19

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Queensland, Australia

7 posted 2001-09-10 05:22 AM

Michael, sounds like your days are being spent in a way I would love to

Guess I will just have to be content with tending flowers every day.

Dee

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

Sunnyone
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Staffordshire, England

8 posted 2001-09-11 08:24 AM

oh, Michael, only you could touch nature in such a beautiful way, then paint it here in words for all of us to share!! P.S...give Eddie my best next time you see him!!

The road goes on forever, and the stories never end...

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