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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2003-08-01 06:12 AM

Still, More Branches….

And now, I long-leg a walk
after the storm
which came down on my borrowed ground,
too brief, too brief,
not much relief, just a fleeting wash
then gone, in backlight of thundering
flash, drifting southward,

cut-break winds came, too,
as did the need, to swell a lost spirit, to get out,
and breathe in, lift this muse
that had been walled in too many days
from either extreme heat
or dawn to dark work…

and it was good, because now I searched more
than sidewalks or sky, in a new study of branches ~
those johnny come appleseed trees that grace earth,
as I passed underneath,
or bowed my head to limbs still heavy
with thunderdrops

we think branches
only hold leaves, a spring reverie with the
fall bringing chores

but here were red budding curves, in artful
grace,
life forces of
stick-to-it-ive-ness reaching high in
oak leaves gracing young growth,
elms glittering in sunset, and cottonwoods
in shimmer

here were the Kansas pines, softly sighing
as the last winds feathered their edges,
giving ballerinas dance lessons

while each new branch growth held names
of aspiring poets, and such

tender reachings and hangings
as word thought described grace, and
bow

serenity followed me, or leapt before me,
enticing me, write of the walk,
the notice of

branches

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

1 posted 2003-08-01 07:46 AM

but here were red budding curves, in artful
grace,
life forces of
stick-to-it-ive-ness reaching high in
oak leaves gracing young growth,
elms glittering in sunset, and cottonwoods
in shimmer

here were the Kansas pines, softly sighing
as the last winds feathered their edges,
giving ballerinas dance lessons
=============================

ya make a tree hugger smile with this lovely write. love the imgery in this...and the analogy of "stick-to-it-ive-ness"

clever clever...

Now, Im gonna make like a tree and leave
(wakka wakka)

I know I know..but come on --its EARLY

"How could I stand here with you and not be moved by you."

LH

serenity blaze
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Posts 27738

2 posted 2003-08-01 07:50 AM

Wide smiles...

Sunshine through the branches...

and now serenity is trailing BEHIND, saying, "HEY...Wait up!"

A lovely poem to wake to Sunshine.

Thank you

Patricia
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since 2003-04-06

Posts 2160
Missouri

3 posted 2003-08-01 08:01 AM

cut-break winds came, too,
as did the need, to swell a lost spirit, to get out,
and breathe in, lift this muse
that had been walled in too many days
from either extreme heat
or dawn to dark work…

K...this is exquisite work. My goodness there is so much I could have quoted here, but when I read the words above...I knew precisely the feeling.

You are one incredible talent, my friend. My eyes are on you...as I continue to stretch and grow in my own writing. I have so much to learn.

Smiling at you this morning!

Patricia

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Canada eh.

4 posted 2003-08-01 08:48 AM

Okay..you talked me into it!
How about we take a long walk this new day
and stretch our legs while looking at the sky
through the branches of the cottonwood..
cause I've never seen a cottonwood...
and maybe if you have a raintree?...
I could see that one too?

Beautiful read this morning...
~Smiles...and I'm gonna go hug a tree!~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
Has held me in the same embrace~

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2003-08-01 09:02 AM

Sunshine
And that you did in the loveliest of lovelies.

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

6 posted 2003-08-01 09:05 AM

Karilea, I'm loving these branches, aren't you?

In fact, I'm in the middle of another one...a branch triolet??
Just tryinmg to get it just right.

Hugs

Ethel

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

7 posted 2003-08-01 05:34 PM

enjoyed

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

8 posted 2003-08-01 06:30 PM

here were the Kansas pines, softly sighing
as the last winds feathered their edges,
giving ballerinas dance lessons

serenity followed me, or leapt before me,
enticing me, write of the walk,
the notice of

branches

Sighh Karilea, you collapse me.

this is a

Maree

fate is not just
whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

(Ani DiFranco)

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

9 posted 2003-08-01 07:42 PM

those johnny come appleseed trees that grace earth,
as I passed underneath,
or bowed my head to limbs still heavy
with thunderdrops

So, beautiful ! I am putting this one directly into my library. Thankyou for this Karilea! hugs, Chris

"The suspense is terrible.
I hope it will last!"
-Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

10 posted 2003-08-01 07:49 PM

here were the Kansas pines, softly sighing
as the last winds feathered their edges,
giving ballerinas dance lessons

I think you have a special relationship/connection with trees ... I always love your words about them very much.

Very beautiful.
Love, Margherita

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

11 posted 2003-08-01 07:53 PM

Karilea...and you have reminded me how much worth there is in trees, and in your words.

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