What Do You Do When the Midnight Sun Strikes You?

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Midnitesun

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0 posted 2002-05-19 02:11 AM

What do you do
when the midnight sun
strikes you?
I remember asking
the sourdoughs
that silly question
six years ago.
Now I know.
You stay up all night
and fight
the mosquitoes
that bite.
And you clean house
and garden
and work on
your plumbing.
The pipes,
that is,
that froze in November
and thawed in April
and upchucked
everything
in May.
And you smile
a lot,
at the robins
at play,
and cherish
the long day.
That's what you do,
when the midnight sun
comes out to play.
Unless of course,
you read poetry
all night long
and hope the next day
your circadian rhythm
re-adjusts itself.
Still wanna come
to the Arctic
and play?

Thanks for letting me be so silly tonight.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (05-19-2002 02:12 AM).]

IKNAP
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1 posted 2002-05-19 02:49 AM

neat poem, very silly but a good read

Midnitesun

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2 posted 2002-05-19 02:51 AM

Thanks! Nice to meet you. Some days, ya just gotta write the words as they fall outta the sky at you.

IKNAP
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3 posted 2002-05-19 02:54 AM

not a problem would you read mine and tell me what you think??? thank you

Mistletoe Angel

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4 posted 2002-05-19 01:51 PM

(giggles in delight) Oh Kacy, I just love it when you write like this, sweet friend, sometimes I find the words that just fall from the sky are some of the best words to use of all and you always make such enchantment come alive when your aurora borealis of inspiration lights these pages! (kiss on cheek) This is delightful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Kacy, 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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5 posted 2002-05-19 04:47 PM

Kacy, if I cam to play would the midnitesun promise not to strike me?

Marge Tindal

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6 posted 2002-05-19 04:56 PM

MidniteSun~
quote:
What do you do
when the midnight sun
strikes you?
Tee-Hee ! I run like heck for my chariot ... one shoe missing~

Love your 'silly'~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~M/b>

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Sunshine

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7 posted 2002-05-19 05:09 PM

When Midnitesun strikes...I read wonderful poetry...hers!

bsquirrel

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8 posted 2002-05-19 05:16 PM

Ooo "fall out of the sky of you." Now THAT'S tasty verse. Oh right ... and the poem above was fun, too.

She said burn ... together.
-TON

Oh wait, you said "fall outta the sky AT you." Oops...

Still, enjoyed.

[This message has been edited by bsquirrel (05-19-2002 05:17 PM).]

Midnitesun

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9 posted 2002-05-19 06:47 PM

Thanks, and your replies all made me smile and laugh even though my eyes only want to cry today. Maybe all the playful silliness is what helps us do more than just survive?

Madame Chipmunk
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10 posted 2002-05-19 07:36 PM

Kacy...this was a sweet, playful poem.

Are you always an insomniac?

I am crying too! Trying to read poetry and reply, but the words are getting stuck in my tears...so maybe I'll try again later.

~teary hugs

Lyra

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"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Duncan
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11 posted 2002-05-19 07:59 PM

What do the night owls do...when there is no night?

Midnitesun

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12 posted 2002-05-19 08:04 PM

Lyra,

Duncan, what a great Q! What's your answer to that one? I heard an owl a week ago. He was really sassy!

Titia Geertman
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13 posted 2002-05-19 09:05 PM

I wanna come and sit with you
I wanna see the Midnightsun too
But in cleaning? Nah that won't do
I'll just sit with my arm around you

Big HUGS sweet lady

Titia

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Martie

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14 posted 2002-05-19 09:21 PM

What Titia said...enjoyed this!

Jaime Fradera
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15 posted 2002-05-19 11:24 PM

Want all to know this summer will be a strangely beautiful astronomical event;
as there
will appear
besides the southern sun by day,
a midnitesun shine by night.
Coloradans never saw anything like it!

Midnitesun

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16 posted 2002-05-20 01:35 AM

Titia and Martie, that sounds like some sisterly fun, especially if we can have a pillow fight too!

Jaime, my starlight, the Rockies will rock
and the skies will flash brilliant rainbow dancing lights, and then envelope you in a golden moonbeam.

NapalmsConstantlyConfused

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17 posted 2002-05-20 07:06 PM

ooO! oooo! i know! I KNOW!!! call me! MEEEEEEE! *jumps up and down*

"Run Away!"

oh wait, no, that's Monty Python.

ummmmm
*thinks*
enjoy a really good poem about a place that i will never go voluntarily because of the cold?

yeah, that's it

-Dave

vandana

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18 posted 2002-05-20 07:14 PM

enjoyed

ecrivan
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19 posted 2002-05-20 07:49 PM

what's so silly about the write or thought?..I found this refreshing..reminds me of the influence of the elements around us

Midnitesun

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20 posted 2002-05-20 10:02 PM

HAHA, Dave, you are a card! Don't you like freezer buns?

Vandana, thanks, it's always good to have a visit from you.

Martin, thanks for that reply. I do have some fun with the dynamics of seasonal Alaska.

kaile

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21 posted 2002-05-21 12:22 PM

being the grouchy being that i am, i will probably stick my tongue and shout:"Duh! Just let me sleep!"

Midnitesun

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22 posted 2002-05-21 01:20 AM

OK Kaile, you might get away with that for one day. But then I think you would break down and join the crazies, maybe even run the Midnight Sun Fun run, a 5/10K run at night. Hundreds enter, and nobody goes to sleep before 4AM that night, if they even bother at all.

I don't intend to sleep at all my last two nights here in Alaska. Not a wink.

kaile

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23 posted 2002-05-21 02:28 AM

thanks for sharing this tale...

yup, i think it's amazing the things one would do under the influence of peer pressure..i woke up early at 6am last Sunday to join the Big Walk, a 10km walk with my friends despite my protests that i need my beauty sleep...

the sun was unbearable, my feet were killing me but it was nice to be part of a community of crazies...

good luck on your move, btw

Midnitesun

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24 posted 2002-05-21 02:33 AM

Kaile, are you sure that wasn't beer pressure instead of peer pressure? As you can tell, the midnightsun is already burning my brain.

ethome
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25 posted 2002-05-21 04:00 AM

Is it true that the mosquitos are as big as a whooping crane up there??? There is such a strange and mystic beauty about the place that can't be totally explained but you have touched on some quaint points of familiarity here....very nicely done! I don't think I want to go but I do want to get my.."circadian rhythm to re-adjust itself." Then beware! I miight be able to brave the wild and free north!!
Have a nice day!

Midnitesun

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26 posted 2002-05-21 09:27 PM

Eric, ROTFL, that was a funny reply. The mosquito is jokingly referred to as the Alaska state bird in tourist brochures. I'm happy to say the crane is somewhat larger. But not by much.

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