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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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The haunting cries of the midnight loon, the trilling wail motif that fills the crisp air... my mind wandering with wonder and in awe at the beauty God poured into this feathery creation. My primeval screams and prayers are answered in the echo of the loon, my heart's delight, and I rest in peace knowing my loon spirit watches over me each night [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (12-15-2002 09:23 PM).] |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
What a beautiful post to start things off! reminded me of a fishing trip to Honey Harbour where i saw and heard my first loon as the sun slowly rose over the lake. |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Midnitesun~ This is such a beautiful write. I very much enjoyed the read.  Hugs, ~Vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Midnite I've never heard a loon...Now, I really want to! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Raph, loons are beautiful, aren't they? The cry of the loon is magical. Vicky, thank you. Martie, it is a cry and wail you will never forget. There are many loons that swim around the Pt. Mugu area, perhaps you've seen them but not heard or recognized them as loons. |
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Suetang Member Ascendant
since 2001-03-07
Posts 5187Melbourne, Australia |
Hello Kacy I envisaged a very tranquil picture of a lake as clear as crystal, surrounded by pine trees and imagined the call of the loon breaking this perfect silence. Thank you for these beautiful images I enjoyed through your words. I wish you all the very best for a very Happy Christmas. Take care......Sue I am in motion |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Happy holidays to you as well, Sue. Yes, the loon is often found on secluded tranquil lakes. |
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BloomingRose Member Elite
since 2000-08-09
Posts 3092Florida |
Your words paint a very soothing and peaceful picture. Enjoyed. Deb |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (smiles) Awwwwwwwww, this is sooooooo beautiful, sweet friend, and know the bird of light will always reflect the morning light to you and speak with grace to soothe your heart always! (sigh) This is beautiful, 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..." |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Midnitesun - I love to hear the loon cry in the night, haunting yet still on a lake of glass... BC |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
ive never heard it, just grew up mainly with pidgeons,living in the city, had to go to the beach, whree i live now, to hear the cries of the gulls, beutiful sounds, i feel they cry for us down below in empathy of what we have to endure being grounded |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
The otherwordly trilling, as the mist lies on the water, haunts the morning. Yes, they're beautiful. Ed |
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GOlDsparklESS Member
since 2001-12-13
Posts 428central nj |
my mind wandering with wonder and in awe at the beauty God poured into this feathery creation. i think you have understood this mystifying creature's soul! O' to be delivered from the realm of the rational into pure song... |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Such beautiful words, Kacy. Thank you for sharing. "Love makes the world go around" |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I have heard it too |
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Sandpiper Senior Member
since 2002-06-15
Posts 738land of flora and fauna |
Serene..I could hear the haunting cry of the loon as I read--enjoyed! "And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul." |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ah Shoot. Now I have to go watch On Golden Pond again... |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Have to tell you, I'm the same as Martie, re the hearing of a loon!!! I've watched them on t.v. and probably heard them there, but it didn't stick in my memory. Hearing them in person surely would. A fine poem, M. Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
You are a kindred spirit, I believe, with a love of natural beauty and the world around you!! When I was a young girl, we would go camping at a lake named 'Loon Lake', and this write brought me back to those days, and the call of the loon. Thank you for the memories, my friend!!! Pen how you truly feel... |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
A thank you cry from this loon, to all who have shared moments with me. I hear the magic and mystery of life in the cry of the loon. Happiness and sadness mingled together, reflective of all Life, and Love. |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Glad it wasn't about the OTHER loon...  -MVS "AS ABOVE SO BELOW" |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
LOL at that comment Mark. What, you don't want to hear that old tune "Cry me a river?" |
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