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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2003-05-20 09:53 AM

Quietly Heard

the coming home part of my day
is strictly personal
the moment I bare
the raiment of
my outer soul
and divest the coverings
of strict
to don the
comfort of soft
and gather yielding
material to
warm the skin
and in so doing
a mental seeking to
comfort the inner me
as well

only then, after enough
nutrient to feed the
body,
I take favored pen
and stroke the feel
~balanced~
~smooth and sleek~
it fits my hand so
well and allows
me to feel
~ ~ graceful ~ ~
the first time of
the day that I
feel like a
scholarly lady

of course I do not
think as fast with
pen as I do
with keys clicking
but ponder more ~
it is most rewarding
because thoughts
of how others
would pen

the next line

comes to me
and I visit
with them momentarily
here in the softness
of my robed moment

and visit mentally
serving tea
or wine,
I might use crystal or plastic
but no one will mind,
and amid much laughter
of good times yet
to be shared
I may even
laugh out loud for a
brief moment

alone

at this picture in my
mind
for there are many of you
in my room
just now

the soft chattering of
all your poetic voices
cause me to relax,
become the
quiet soul
that I really am
because listening is
an art
and one that I
might be perfect in
and have perfected in
as I am still the shy duck
I've always been

so in the comfort
of my robe
here in thought
of all of you
whom have comforted
my inner me

I come and write
Thank You
yet again,
for giving me a
place to place
my silent voice

so that I may
always, quietly,
be heard

A brief thanks, again, first for allowing this repost.  I will soon be coming up on four years here, and in that time, a thanks, for all that Passions has given to me during that time...

Especially in the last three years, first by giving me the opportunity to assist as a Senior Moderator, a function that has been vastly enlightening; and then as an Administrator.  For having provided in kind, a form of payment in new and lasting friends, and what more could one ask?

To Ron, my humblest appreciation, for working so very hard to make Passions a Home for Poets, and Readers of Poets...no thank you is ever enough.  So please accept my continued attempts at poetry by which to pluck those heartstrings you allow everyone to share.

Karilea

QjQ
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1 posted 2003-05-20 09:55 AM

touching thoughts and memorys and a terrifect write about all

Poetry gives us relief, We give poetry reason.

El_Campeador
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2 posted 2003-05-20 09:59 AM

...alone...

Isn't that the way many poets feel? Emily Dickinson was a shy person who spent her time alone. I know that I have felt alone many times... Because we as poets want to reach out and touch a heart, but we either don't know how to do it, or are to shy to reach out, or we are just too "alone" to do it!

But I will continue to reach out - Shy as I am - and I am thankful for this place to share my poetry with other poets.

May blessings fall upon each person here.

~El Campeador

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

3 posted 2003-05-20 10:26 AM

at this picture in my
mind
for there are many of you
in my room
just now

Yes, oh, yes, I have felt this too! Maybe we poets have some kind of "connection" to one another. This is lovely Karilea. Your poetry brings such welcomed warmth. hugs, Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

Janet Marie
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4 posted 2003-05-20 10:28 AM

for there are many of you
in my room
just now

the soft chattering of
all your poetic voices
cause me to relax,
become the
quiet soul
that I really am
because listening is
an art
=========================

yes.....exactly.
Perfect time for this one to shine again Poetess Sun. Please allow me to thank you for your quiet grace and also to thank Ron for his unending efforts to make these pages a home built on respect. His patience is honorable and inspiring.
peace to poetry land.

I refuse to accept that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism & war that the daybreak of peace can never be reality.
MLK

Richy
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Posts 3050

5 posted 2003-05-20 10:30 AM

Karilea, that was beautiful! It brought such a calm and peaceful feeling, reading about you coming home and getting into your comfort zone. I feel on one hand, that I have missed so much not being here from the start. But, I’m just glad I was lucky enough to find it recently. One, because like you so nicely put, it is a place where your “songs of your heart” can be heard. But, even more so, which I think you also put real well. Is the general feel of this place. So many wonderful people, all helping to inspire, and appreciate, something we all enjoy doing.

Thanks Karilea, for all the light and warmth you have provided for so many...

Your name, Sunshine, truly becomes you...

Sincerely,

Richy

garysgirl

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Florida, USA

6 posted 2003-05-20 10:34 AM

Karilea, I sincerely thank you for being you
and for writing this heart-felt poem that we
all feel....right along with you.
And, I also thank you for being my friend.

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

7 posted 2003-05-20 10:42 AM

So many of us here feel this way Karilea..
a coming home of sorts.
Congratulations on your anniversary here at Passions...
For you truly are the Sunshine Lady of Passions.
~Hugs & Love, Nancy~

Martie

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8 posted 2003-05-20 10:48 AM

Karilea...I can see you there, quiet and comfortable with your pen, your heart in your words.

Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26

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Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

9 posted 2003-05-20 10:53 AM

You have the eternal glow Karilea, like the twinned equinox... of the light

This is a terrific write...

regards,
sudhir

Marge Tindal

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10 posted 2003-05-20 11:04 AM

Karilea~
Very nice~

'listening is
an art'

Indeed~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

11 posted 2003-05-20 11:21 AM

Sunshine, tears literally misted in my eyes as I read your graceful writing....there I now saved it in case I forgot to!...

Reading your poetry has always filled me with a sense of awe. I truly felt I was with you as you were writing this poem which has so much meaning for me--and most assuredly for every other reader as well.

P.S. You need not ever appologize for reposting a poem. It gives those of us who haven't had the opportunity of reading it, a chance to do so--and for those who may have previously read it, it allows for a doubling of their pleasure!

Morning hugs,
Linda

Patricia
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since 2003-04-06

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Missouri

12 posted 2003-05-20 03:56 PM

And I see you there, Karilea...in elegance and splendor with parchment on which your pen lay ink of revelations and quiet pasts which escape most poets' minds, but you are there and then here to willingly share your heart with us so that we may be inspired by your thoughts.

A great debt I owe to you. From the first time I posted my verse, you welcomed me into your circle of friends. Had you not, I may still be seeking peace and refuge from the world. Now I know where my peace lies; it lies within me. With pen in hand, I find the comfort my world does not seem to offer.

Thank you, elegant friend,
-Patricia

Duncan
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13 posted 2003-05-20 04:24 PM

'because thoughts
of how others
would pen

the next line

comes to me
and I visit
with them momentarily
here in the softness
of my robed moment

and visit mentally
serving tea
or wine,
I might use crystal or plastic
but no one will mind,
and amid much laughter
of good times yet
to be shared'

Cream and sugar, please! Kari, you are a sweetheart. Is is storytime then???

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

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14 posted 2003-05-20 06:01 PM

enjoyed this much

Margherita
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Eternity

15 posted 2003-05-20 06:25 PM

You are heard and felt with all the heart, dear Karilea.
This is beautiful, you are beautiful.
Love, Margherita

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

16 posted 2003-05-20 09:27 PM

You said it better than I ever could.

That is why so many of us visited and stayed.

hugssssss
M

Dark Angel
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17 posted 2003-05-20 09:53 PM

I hear you Karilea, you made me smile with familiar sunshinygirl.

Beautiful thoughts honey.

Maree

scorpio
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right...there

18 posted 2003-05-20 10:40 PM

It is we who thank you for your quiet voice...we alway listen...and in doing so share the creative experience with you..

believe in what your heart feels...

BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside

19 posted 2003-05-21 12:10 PM

~smooth and sleek~
it fits my hand so
well and allows
me to feel
~ ~ graceful ~ ~

Karilea~ You embrace the written word in such a gentle way. Not only do you draw the reader in, but you hold them close.

You are lovely you know~

Suetang
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since 2001-03-07

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Melbourne, Australia

20 posted 2003-05-21 12:21 PM

Hello Karilea

Your words warmed my heart and soul. Your contribution to PIP does not go unnoticed and I so very grateful for all you have done for me.

For you......

"The words of a poet
can speak volumes
'tho no words are actually spoken.
He has the ability to make
a connection with the heart"

Take care......Sue

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

Rick
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Victoria, Australia

21 posted 2003-05-21 08:39 AM

Karilea, the feel here was perfect and much enjoyed, you have found a place in all of our hearts, our imaginations run wild and we all share in the passion of poetry. Thank you for sharing this, very much enjoyed.

Sincerely
Rick

KristieSue

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since 2003-01-31

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22 posted 2003-05-21 10:01 AM

very visual...and I'm quite glad you have these moments to share with us who you are!

Failure isn't failure if a lesson from it is learned ~ KS

Larry C

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United States

23 posted 2003-05-21 10:15 AM

Karilea,
===========
I might use crystal or plastic
but no one will mind,
and amid much laughter
of good times yet
to be shared
I may even
laugh out loud for a
brief moment
===========

Well, if thank you's are in order than I owe you a BIG one! THANK YOU. For all you've done, for all you've been and for all you write. You have helped make this past year of my life bearable and I will be forever grateful.

&

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

passing shadows
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24 posted 2003-05-21 01:16 PM

beautiful!

Duncan
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25 posted 2003-05-21 09:14 PM

Different poem but I was wondering if there're birds yet? Did I miss the announcement?

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