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Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

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British Columbia, Canada

0 posted 2003-02-20 12:04 PM

~* West Coast Beauty *~

The West Coast of Canada is beauty's own
With towering mountains, and endless skies.
Nature's colors riot, species of animals enchant,
As warm breezes of a prodigal summer never dies.

Our tall cedar trees sway a light ballet,
As a breeze whispers down a forest path.
The sea itself waltzes into the shore,
Then lazily ebbs out again in sun's bath.

The raging sea snarls at her tired shores,
Biting away as it crumbles the land.
Wind swept trees, so gnarled and tough,
Bend their boughs, but defiantly stand.

Out in the west, there are sounds and scents,
Colors so rich to the eye we must boast.
Every day of life is offered up as a gift
While nature continues to be our gracious host.

Forest greens against the mountain snow;
Sing of the springtime it now began to weave.
Once naked branches show life renewed,
As the magic of spring is being conceived.

My home can be gray, and so dismal with rain.
We're relieved, when spring does appear.
Glad to be free to just sit by the shores,
Soaking up sun by the ocean we hold so dear.

If I sound proud when I speak of my home,
It is because it is here I'll always stay,
Surrounded in beauty day in and day out,
I only live once; I'd have it no other way!

Personal Photo ~ Tram on Grouse Mountain behind my house, taken one day when Nan was here visiting.

~* Carpe' Diem *~

Lady In White

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since 2001-02-12

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USA

1 posted 2003-02-20 12:06 PM

I shall come to visit, some one day soon, my dear, and now the vote is cast...

[This message has been edited by Lady In White (02-20-2003 12:07 PM).]

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

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2 posted 2003-02-20 12:21 PM

me thinks you should get a job with the board of tourism...you do your home justice.
Lovely Tribute Sharon, you wear your patriotism proud and well!

" ... And think not, that you can direct the course of love ...
if it finds you worthy ... it then directs your course."

K.Gibran

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

3 posted 2003-02-20 12:24 PM

Thanks Lady In White you are always welcome to visit.

Janet Marie, I have but a small voice for Canadians at this site so sometimes make a mightly roar!

By the way not too many jobs I haven't had and that also was one LOL during Expo.

~* Carpe' Diem *~

Justbleu
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Oregon, Originally From Alaska :)

4 posted 2003-02-20 12:25 PM

My Votes in....I was born and raised in Alaska which is west of Canada....both are breathtakingly beautiful. I LOVE your tribute to your home!!! VERY NICE!!!

Bridgette

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2003-02-20 01:50 PM

Mysteria
You and your write are a delight.

Joyce Johnson

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Washington State

6 posted 2003-02-20 01:54 PM

Dear Mysteria, You have described our Washington state coast perfectly also and well. Vote cast. Love, Joyce

Mistletoe Angel

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Portland, Oregon

7 posted 2003-02-20 04:58 PM

(smiles) Yay! Oh Sharon, I want to see British Columbia sooooooo much, sweet nfriend, our good friend Bill Charles is actually moving up to the heart of the mountains in B.C (matches his initials, LOL!) (kiss on cheek) I love my Colorado mountains but truly believe the mountains there are incredibly majestic, sweet friend, yay, this has my vote, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sharon, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

Shakira

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

8 posted 2003-02-20 05:51 PM

Thank you so much for letting me show a little Canadian pride, there are not that many of us that i am aware of anyway on site, and wanted to do a little holiday promoting too - your dollar is worth $1.505 right now, so you would enjoy it more!

Lighthousebob
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California

9 posted 2003-02-20 06:44 PM

You certainly have much to be Proud of here, my poet friend, having so much beauty and inspiration beaming right outside of your window. (OMG) All of this is Gorgeous from your descriptive writing to the splendor and pride found within your homeland. I loved it!!!

-Bob

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

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United States

10 posted 2003-02-20 07:15 PM

Sharon,
You make me home sick for the northwest. I'd love to be a closer neighbor but my wife can't handle the weather! Such an excellent write. And here's a vote to put my money where my heart is.

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

vandana

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USA

11 posted 2003-02-20 07:18 PM

nice

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

12 posted 2003-02-20 07:20 PM

Beautiful Sharon. My oldest son used to fly a commuter plane, for Baxter Airlines, from Vancouver Island to the mainland..it is amazing out there..just amazing.
Truly God's country.

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

Jason Lyle
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With my darkling

13 posted 2003-02-20 07:42 PM

Beautiful imagery.
Jason

Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

14 posted 2003-02-20 08:15 PM

Thank you for reading this one as I said this home, my family and faith are the closest things to my heart. And Larry, show your wife my email I just took the picture 5 minutes ago of a sunset here. Funny, I can't stand the heat in the desert at all, but that is what makes us all so different.

good thing too.

~* Carpe' Diem *~

[This message has been edited by Mysteria (02-20-2003 08:16 PM).]

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

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Louisiana

15 posted 2003-02-21 02:32 PM

Okay, that does it! *G* I'm packing my bags and coming to visit! LOL

Of course, I'll be 108 yeas old by the time I walk there... but I'll stay focused on your poem so I'll know it's worth the effort. *S*

Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

16 posted 2003-02-21 03:04 PM

Well that is a threat I like Suthern, you are welcome any old time, and I mean that!

[This message has been edited by Mysteria (02-23-2003 02:02 AM).]

SEA

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with you

17 posted 2003-02-21 09:48 PM

"Here tall cedar trees sway a light ballet
as a breeze whispers down a forest path.
The sea itself waltzes into the shore,
then lazily ebbs out again in sun’s bath."

I hope to see this with my own eyes one day

skyshine

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Posts 3058
Beneath the northern stars

18 posted 2003-02-21 09:54 PM

Sounds like you live in a truly beautiful place, Sharon. Thank you for the scenes of it you have shared with us!

--Liz

It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got...
--Sheryl Crow

vlraynes
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Somewhere... out there...

19 posted 2003-02-22 12:39 PM

This is beautiful, Sharon.
"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

aries_luv_ppl
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Universal Mind

20 posted 2003-02-22 12:42 PM

Yeah.....vote in. I live in BC Canada.

~Every girl has a dream within.

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

21 posted 2003-02-22 01:11 AM

Beautiful place and absolutely great comments for which I thank you muchly

No place like home, and yours is the same I bet?

Bill Charles
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highways, & byways, for now

22 posted 2003-02-22 01:35 AM

Mysteria - I did make it to BC OK, and here I am voting on another one of your writings. It is beautiful here, and wow, it never ends...

BC

Duncan
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Posts 5455

23 posted 2003-02-22 10:15 AM

What a view! Great choice Sharon and a fitting inclusion.

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

24 posted 2003-02-22 12:24 PM

Well you certainly do live in God's Country! Breath-takingly beautiful photo and poetic expression!

Warm morning hugs,
Linda

Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26

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Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

25 posted 2003-02-22 12:34 PM

Splendid descriptive writing... beautiful...

Regards
sudhir

Poet deVine

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Hurricane Alley

26 posted 2003-02-22 01:09 PM

Beautiful!!!

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

27 posted 2003-02-22 04:17 PM

I am so glad this came to me before this ended, as it is really hard to figure what to put in here, your friends, family, your feelings, your home? This is a true story, I used to come every summer to stay with an Aunt and Uncle, and one summer I came when I was old enough to make that decision, and never went home. I left everything behind for what lay ahead, and I have never once been sorry or looked back. You have made my day liking this.

Bill, now you know how I feel about this place right? Kit is coming in March and I am going to dazzle her socks off!

Thanks everyone.

~* Carpe' Diem *~

Nan

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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

28 posted 2003-02-26 07:35 AM

How could I possibly NOT vote for such an exquisite sight... One I was fortunate enough to see for myself... and... My personal story of settling on Cape Cod is pretty much the same... just a different aunt and uncle....

Charisma

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lost in blue pages

29 posted 2003-02-26 03:41 PM

Wonderful description of your Canada.....and how i desire to visit it. thank you for sharing dear Poetess

Charisma

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

30 posted 2003-02-26 03:46 PM

Mysteria, I love this...the poem, the picture, and the enthusiasm for your home. How I missed this one, I'll never know. I thought I had already voted for all of yours...Well, I didn't miss it this time....

"Love makes the world go around"
~with love and hugs from Ethel__GG~

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

31 posted 2003-02-26 05:48 PM

I love Vancouver! It is the most beautiful city honestly, come visit and see for yourself. Thanks to all of you for voting or reading.

catalinamoon

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The Shores of Alone

32 posted 2003-03-02 05:21 PM

Wish I lived there. You sure make it sound beautiful.
Sandra

Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

33 posted 2003-03-02 05:30 PM

Sandra, you can always visit, and see for yourself, welcome mat is out!

angsana
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34 posted 2003-03-03 01:08 AM

I wanna be there too!!

angsana

Paul Wilson

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United States

35 posted 2003-03-03 08:07 PM

Mysteria~ Sounds like you need to open up a Bed & Breakfast with all the folks wanting too come visit LOL. Places like where you live are what dreams are made of.
Enjoyed the poem...Paul

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

Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08

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Pennsylvania

36 posted 2003-03-03 08:12 PM

Sharon,
I loved this when it was first posted and I enjoyed it just as much this time
You do live in a beautiful place
Liz

Mysteria

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Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

37 posted 2003-03-04 01:29 AM

Angsana - I keep telling everyone your dollar is worth $1.53 here so save and come on up!

Paul ~ Don't think the idea has not crossed my mind and thank you.

Liz ~ I will be rolling out the red carpet for you next I bet

NewEnglandlazurlu
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A Mountain Paradise

38 posted 2003-03-04 10:20 AM

Sharon ~~ You so make me want to visit your world. I have always loved the pictures you post and this one is just stunning, along with your words.

Canada should hire you to promote tourism.

Huggles, Marti

Dwelling on the negative simply
contributes to its power.
Shirley MacLaine

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

39 posted 2003-03-05 03:54 PM

It does sound beautiful from what you and other Canadians have expressed. *s
M

KristieSue

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since 2003-01-31

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PA, US

40 posted 2003-03-05 08:44 PM

I remember when I was living in the San Juan Islands. I was 8 miles from Victoria. I would lay on the beach and just stare across the 8 mi. of ocean into B.C. It was incredible and amazingly peaceful.

Great portrayal of something so beautiful...

KS

Mysteria

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Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

41 posted 2003-03-05 10:58 PM

Martie - same offer goes to you anytime!

Maureen - It is the mountain air, how clean it is, and crime free I guess that makes this city what it is, hope you get to see it one day.

KristieSue - Ah yes, San Juan Islands are paradise that is for sure, and the beaches there are increidble as well for miles just surf and sands.

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

DawnG

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since 2000-06-23

Posts 1494
United States

42 posted 2003-03-09 10:13 PM

This is a beautiful poem Sharon.

Thank you for sharing a piece of your daily life with us as well.

Dawn

Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

43 posted 2003-03-15 11:49 PM

Really glad you enjoyed it Dawn, one day I will hit middle American and see your neck of the woods too!

Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

44 posted 2003-03-16 07:47 PM

Dawn, glad you enjoyed it and also the video of my home town I sent

Thanks for reading it.

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

Martie

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California

45 posted 2003-03-20 07:34 PM

Sharon...yes, you do sound proud..and I can see why. I hope one day to see the beauty for myself (maybe from your yard?)

WhiteRose
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somebody's dungeon

46 posted 2003-03-20 08:00 PM

Wow, this is just fabulous.

waldopepper
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Tennessee, USA

47 posted 2003-03-20 08:14 PM

Absolutely stunning. Your love for your home is abundantly apparent in the carefully chosen words recalling the splendor and variety of the land. My parents took a bus tour through Western Canada a few years back and they returned home with many wonderful visions to share. Thank you for posting this wonderful poem.

Skyfire

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Riding

48 posted 2003-03-20 09:01 PM

BEAUTIFUL

I wouldn't trade living in BC for anything!

Red
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Ca

49 posted 2003-03-20 11:21 PM

I grew up in Northern Ontario and have also lived in BC, Alberta, and New Brunswick, and I must say that Canada's beauty is vast. You capture it so well in this poem! You make me miss home

--- A Canadian temporarily displaced in California

Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

50 posted 2003-03-21 02:51 AM

Martie - the door is open for you anytime, and that's a fact!

White Rose - Thank you kindly and yes I am very proud of the place I hang my hat.

waldopepper - Too bad you didn't tag along it is a fantastic ride up this way.

Skyfire - Now I KNOW you know

We've got it all here have we not?

Red - I hope you find you home again in the not too distant future - but I guess if I was going to be displaced, California is not the worst place to be.

Thank you all for reading my poem.

Sharon

Midnitesun

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Gaia

51 posted 2003-03-21 04:10 PM

Oh boy, do I remember that tram ride with you last summer! And you are the #1 best tour guide...not to mention one of Passions very best poets!

Auguste

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By the sea

52 posted 2003-03-21 08:59 PM

You've painted such a lovely scene that I one day must visit your area of the world. Here's my vote, "click"

The stars will shine when I am gone,
the earth will turn on as before,
the gulls, still race along the shore,
the morning star, still kiss the dawn

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

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New York

53 posted 2003-03-25 08:32 PM

Mysteria - dont know how I missed this one - is absolutely breathtaking! What pride you have for your home and what beauty - hmmmmm - think im moving . . . lol - amazing job here xxoo

Bill Charles
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highways, & byways, for now

54 posted 2003-03-25 10:37 PM

Mysteria - now I love the west coast, but this place is just, well, perhaps, well, maybe, well, ah what the heck, it's really beautiful up here in mountain country...

BC

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