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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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City sidewalks never did match my stride, and the last time you saw me you couldn't remember my last name. Funny...but I still remember how many steps it took to walk from my house to your door and how the yarrow grew tall alongside the wobbly picket fence that begged for the stroke of a paint brush, much as I once begged (silently) for the stroke of a gentle hand across my cheek. Do you still drink chamomile tea on sleepy Saturday mornings watching sunrise songbirds flitting between the pines as humble holliehocks and poppies burst forth in a riotous splash of brilliance? (mocking my foolishness, I think) But perhaps it was just a silly dream. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Liking the soft feel of this... welcome home, Kacy... |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Whispering thank you, Lady Karilea Sunshine. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Whispering thank you, Lady Karilea Sunshine. LOL, but I hit that button twice. Double thanks.   [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (08-23-2003 07:56 PM).] |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
thank me once or thank me twice I thank the thrice for a poem so nice and only offer that sometimes when someone flummoxes me i forget their name too... maybe dreams maybe not but nice to see you kacey |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
thanking thrice then, kind gentle man and flummox is a really cool word [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (08-24-2003 01:43 PM).] |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Kacy, no, not a dream, far from it but some days I sure do wish it was again, a reality This is lovely xxoo |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Sue, we just need to keep our eyes open for new wildflowers. |
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ctowen Member Elite
since 2001-10-18
Posts 2286Green Mountains of VT |
My thoughts ... closed eyes are where dreams begin opened eyes are where they live for a lady with bare cupboards, your dreams fill such hunger! (back at ya!!) |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
LOL, you're making my cupboards overflow, Craig. |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Yarrow, like poetry, can be used to bind a wound. I hope getting this out does make things feel better. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Smiling at that reply, Mr Icebox. So true, so true. And yes, poetic release is always cathartic. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Kacy - YES and the key to that statement is wild . . . hehe |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
 OK, so what city should we meet in to start this fun search? LOL, I have a feeling we could get into some trouble if we start in your home city or mine, so we better go off somewhere no one knows us. Hey, maybe we could start in sister Serenity's hometown? |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Such an undercurrent of longing and serene resolve... A beautiful voice though painful in description. It simply sucks when what we think should be was never meant to be. -MVS You CAN make a difference: |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
YES, I always wanted to be arrested, again OOPS . . . LMAO |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Beautiful writing, dear friend! This brought back memories of lazy Saturday mornings and chamomile tea...thank you for the images that flitted back through my mind...~S~ Accept these small gifts from my gypsy heart ~~S~~ |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Midnitesun - never did like those busy city sidewalks either. This did bring memories back... BC |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
well, i try to branch out and read other authors but i can't help paying more attention to your work...i dig your writing! |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Lessee? Kacy and Susie In N'awlins... Jess dunno bout dat, nope. Smilin' atcha Kacy! Ed... |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Smiling at these comments, waking up to the sound of too many cars in the city, but still having my morning coffee with friends at Pips, like I did in my quieter Alaska mornings when I first joined this board. Thanks to all! and Kaile, c'mere for your early morning hug! I've missed you around here...welcome home! |
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