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littlewing
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0 posted 2003-03-07 02:10 AM


Leaping like a winner
a purebred beauty wonder
She races against time

Knowing not why
only that it feels
Oh - so good to be alive!

The wild wind invades her lungs
like a long lost love
accelerating to the sound of the sight of
the ecstasy of flight

Midnight mane flowing
disguising wild staring eyes
she cries aloud
defying nature the stars the sky

And with the maelstrom
beating in tune
with the intensity
of the pounding within her chest

She submits
at last
to freedom

[This message has been edited by littlewing (03-08-2003 10:43 AM).]

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BluesSerenade
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1 posted 2003-03-07 02:24 AM


Loved the fast pace to this littlewing.

Good poem~

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2 posted 2003-03-07 05:57 AM


Enjoyed...james
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3 posted 2003-03-07 06:29 AM



Sue,

I love this uplifing poem.

And these lines are special to me:

  

"accelerating to the sound of the sight of the ecstasy of flight"

Enjoyed, Hugs,Pat
 
      


..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
        "Desiderata"

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This took me into the heart
of a wonderful equine...
thank you for this!

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5 posted 2003-03-07 07:59 AM


beutiful and uplifting, giving hope to those
chained at home

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6 posted 2003-03-07 08:57 AM


You just blew some fresh air into my spirit!

Warm morning hugs,
Earth Angel

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7 posted 2003-03-07 09:01 AM


littlewing
This is not a little thing, well done, enjoyed.

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8 posted 2003-03-07 09:06 AM


Sue~This is wonderful!  So free...and uplifting.
~Hugs & Smiles, Nancy~

~ Trace my body with your words..
And in doing so, you touch my heart. ~

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9 posted 2003-03-07 11:27 AM


The wild wind invades her lungs
like a long lost love
accelerating to the sound of the sight of
the ecstasy of flight

Midnight mane flowing
disguising wild staring eyes
she cries aloud
defying nature the stars the sky

And with the maelstrom
beating in tune
with the intensity
of the pounding within her chest
==================================


love the vivid imagery in this...and the alliterations and intensity you built as the poem worked up to its creshendo.
very cool write poetess LW

    
peace & poetry

littlewing
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10 posted 2003-03-07 01:19 PM



Blues - TY - I attempted to get that galloping feeling

James TY as always

Seymour - TY - means a lot to me

Enchantress - wrote this when I was still married TY

Pat - that is my favorite line too TY

Sun - I lovvvvee horses TY

Earth - am glad I could cause you to feel so TY

Inked - you got it sister - wrote this baby still chained xxoo

littlewing
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11 posted 2003-03-07 01:21 PM


Janet - good to hear that is what I was trying to accomplish - TY  
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12 posted 2003-03-07 04:12 PM


beautiful write sue..the only time i ever saw a horse up close was in a tiny holding cell(stable) it broke my heart when i look into his eyes..
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13 posted 2003-03-07 04:25 PM


i do enjoy a poem that provokes visualization...i can the 'see' this run to freedom.

Rf

littlewing
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14 posted 2003-03-07 05:19 PM


Thanks Robert - this is one of my favorites - is me lol someday . . .

Raph - I knowww - they should be running free like they were meant to

TY guys xxoo

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15 posted 2003-03-08 03:43 AM


good piece, I thank you for the read tonight
littlewing
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16 posted 2003-03-08 04:25 AM


Ty shadows - always so good to have you reading me xxoo
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17 posted 2003-03-08 07:15 AM


..littlewing../\..very good poem; melodic and alive; enjoyed much..

../\..Spiros
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18 posted 2003-03-08 07:40 AM


Sue, I really enjoyed this poem. Thank you for sharing it with us...

Hugs,
Ethel


I just edited to click the vote in..

[This message has been edited by garysgirl (03-08-2003 01:50 PM).]

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19 posted 2003-03-08 07:52 AM


Midnight mane flowing
disguising wild staring eyes
she cries aloud
defying nature the stars the sky


How beautiful this is... and you keep flying, girl.
I am late... supposed to be somewhere but saw your name and had to stop for a read, so glad I did. I really, really love this piece.
Brava!

the only man worth your tears will never make you cry

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20 posted 2003-03-08 09:22 AM


I like the feel of freedom in this.
Nicely written.

Deb

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21 posted 2003-03-08 09:28 AM



Spiros - thank you so much!
garysgirl - always reading - thank you

Ice - how very sweet of you - to say such kind things - made me smile this morning

Rose - thank you for reading - free - yes

xxoo


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22 posted 2003-03-08 09:37 AM


Beautiful piece

Sperari

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23 posted 2003-03-08 10:23 AM


littlewing...You wrote me into this wonderful feeing..thank you!
littlewing
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24 posted 2003-03-08 10:26 AM


Sperari - thank you sweety
Martie - am glad I can make you feel
TY both xxoo

Hey guys thought this might be one worth printing- sorry bout that - just changed it  

[This message has been edited by littlewing (03-08-2003 10:44 AM).]

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25 posted 2003-03-08 11:33 AM


came back to vote...just saw the book submission change...good choice lw!!

    
peace & poetry

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26 posted 2003-03-08 11:37 AM


Vote? Why didn't I think of that?

sheesh.

Ed

littlewing
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27 posted 2003-03-08 11:47 AM


thanks guys - from myheart to yours xxoo
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28 posted 2003-03-08 11:55 AM


And now that you've submitted it we can vote for it!! I like this very much Sue.
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(smiles) Oh Sue, this is beautiful, sweet friend, it takes time to understand the worth of freedom but when one sets onself free it is so much easier! (big hugggsssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, you hae my vote, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sue, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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30 posted 2003-03-08 01:44 PM


Of course you have my vote, i forgot all about reflections
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31 posted 2003-03-08 01:52 PM


Me too....I edited my reply and put my vote in. Very good book submission, Koko.

Hugs,
Ethel

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32 posted 2003-03-08 03:17 PM


Great choice - glad you changed it to voting status.

           
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Aretha Franklin  

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33 posted 2003-03-08 03:30 PM


Hmmm wonder why I didn't comment on this one before... musta been waiting for it to be a book submission! Very well done! Hugz
littlewing
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34 posted 2003-03-08 03:45 PM


You guys are much too sweet - TY soooo much - this one means a lot to me more than you will ever know  xxoo



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35 posted 2003-03-17 11:14 PM


YES.


littlewing
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36 posted 2003-03-18 01:11 AM


From you K - means much . . . you better watch out with that big YES lol - xxoo TY
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37 posted 2003-03-18 05:15 AM


littlewing~ Enjoyed very much.
It reminds me of a race horse running free and also of a woman running free...Paul

"To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you"

littlewing
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38 posted 2003-03-18 01:44 PM


hehehehe Paul - you got it TY xxoo
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39 posted 2003-03-18 09:25 PM


running. . . it's just not for horses. . .

loved the pace of this one. . . like being there. . .

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

littlewing
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40 posted 2003-03-20 04:52 AM


Thank you Sven - yes I tried to quicken the pace a bit - give it a feeel of running xxoo  
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41 posted 2003-03-20 04:17 PM


This makes me miss my Lady... a Palomino beauty. *S* She'd been blinded in one eye before I got her... but how she loved to run! *S* Great write! *S*
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42 posted 2003-03-20 04:54 PM


littlewing - one for the book for sure...

BC

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43 posted 2003-03-20 06:26 PM


Came back to give it a vote!
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44 posted 2003-03-20 07:27 PM


Ilove this 1
two areas especially

Knowing not why
only that it feels
Oh - so good to be alive!

    &

She submits
at last
to freedom

says it all!
You impress me!
Mikale

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45 posted 2003-03-21 12:21 PM


suthern  - ahhh always wanted a horse . . .  

Bill - TY means much from you

Martie - thank you so much

meek - thank you

xxoo

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46 posted 2003-03-21 02:44 PM


Enjoyed the read, getting my vote

Titia

Like scattered leaves...my words will flow

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47 posted 2003-03-21 06:10 PM


".....racing against time ....."
you succeeded perfectly in making me FLY .... on a horse's back. Quite a deed!
Love, Margherita

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48 posted 2003-03-21 06:30 PM


This is certainly a worthy submission,
littlewing. Ride free and carefree.
Luv it!

When you think you have heard it all,
listen more closely.
~Dorene

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49 posted 2003-03-21 08:41 PM


The wild wind invades her lungs
like a long lost love
accelerating to the sound of the sight of
the ecstasy of flight


Oh this is exceptional, a must for the book.

Maree  

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littlewing
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50 posted 2003-03-22 02:05 AM


Titia - thank you so much

Margherita - heheheh - fly fly fly . . .

Chanson TY - I will do my best

Maree - how very sweet TY

xxoo

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51 posted 2003-03-24 09:14 PM


such vivid expression

what a celebration of freedom
refreshing writing

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52 posted 2003-03-25 06:02 AM



This is worth a bump, just to be read again. And, definitely worth a vote.

Enjoyed, Hugs, Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
        "Desiderata"

littlewing
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53 posted 2003-03-25 07:58 AM


Thanks guys - this one means so much to me and so much that you are reading still xxoo
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54 posted 2003-03-25 04:05 PM


This one's bloody sexy. Get in the book or else.
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55 posted 2003-03-25 04:19 PM


Truly a fine write!
ThisDiamond

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56 posted 2003-03-25 08:37 PM


Hello Sue
I can't believe I missed this one and I'm so glad I found it.  Your words were truly inspiring.

"At the touch of love
everyone becomes a poet."

Take care......Sue


I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

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57 posted 2003-03-25 08:45 PM





Just a little something for you Sue.

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littlewing
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58 posted 2003-03-26 12:12 PM


Mike - hehehehee Im a trying thank you

Diamond - thank you so much!

Sue - OMG you read my mind - I HAD this px once - thank you sooo much - xxoo

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59 posted 2003-03-28 01:37 PM


Pure Exhilaration!!! Having read some of your past posts, I can understand a bit and appreciate a whole lot your oneness and your personifying this most vibrant mare so very well through your poetry. I think that this poem in particular is a Great representation for you in the anthology. I hope it makes it!!! I do!!! I do!!! I do!!! God bless and again a most wonderful job of expressing yourself and your poetic freedom in this post.

-Bob

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60 posted 2003-03-28 04:21 PM


Yet another littlewing masterpiece... You ahve my vote,Sue.

Imagine all the People living life in peace...
John Lennon

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61 posted 2003-03-28 10:20 PM


littlewing,
Better late than never, right? I rode often as a teenager and always missed those days of joy. You recalled a wonderful memory for me in this write.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

littlewing
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62 posted 2003-03-29 03:15 AM


Larry - Brad and Bob - your words are much too kind but yes the did make me smile - thank you so much guys - I truly appreciate it so very much . . . xxoo
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63 posted 2003-03-29 10:45 PM


This beauty has my vote...and I'm saving it in my library until the book is published

Take care,
Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

littlewing
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64 posted 2003-03-30 04:03 AM


Thank you Melissa - how very sweet of you - glad you came to read me - xxoo
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65 posted 2003-03-30 03:48 PM


OMG, I almost missed this one!
Into my private library with this one!

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66 posted 2003-03-30 06:18 PM


A poem that describes what freedom must be to breathe... what a great slant!
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67 posted 2003-03-31 08:29 AM


Thanks Kacy and John - means a lot to me xxoo
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