Icefishermen, Mid December

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ice
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since 2003-05-17

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Pennsylvania

0 posted 2003-12-25 09:54 AM

"A test of what is real
is that it is hard and rough…
Joys are found in it, not pleasure.
What is pleasant belongs to dreams."
Simone Weil...
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Icefishermen, Mid December
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Wind north west,
Fifteen to twenty
In a battle, above
With a warmer breeze.
The south-easter,
Is pinned down
And bleeding,
Frozen rain pellets
On hard-eldorado
Cold-metal;
Regardless, below...
Prospectors keep digging,
Round holes in ice
Not ground.
*
Spectators honk by
On the lakeside highway.
Cushioned dreamers
In heated cars,
Driving towards pleasure.
They do not understand:
Our intentions are not gold
Not fish, but a celebration
Of joy, and our object
Is not to show Macho;
But to only live real
In the time we are given...
And by this feel more alive.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

1 posted 2003-12-25 09:56 AM

ice...I understand this elemental need...you explain it well in this vivid poem. Merry Christmas!

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

2 posted 2003-12-25 12:27 PM

wonderfully done

wintertao
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 366
Okaloosa Island, FL

3 posted 2003-12-25 04:35 PM

very nice

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2003-12-25 06:17 PM

Very beautifully told. The connection to Nature sometimes is demanding, but surely always rewarding ... with that feeling of joy. A primordial need maybe.
Love, Margherita

Steve Motuel
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since 2003-12-19

Posts 72
Bergen auf Ruegen, Germany

5 posted 2003-12-25 06:38 PM

from one angler to another....

Great poem and tight lines...

Steve

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2004-01-11 02:48 PM

(smiles) Yay! Oh Ford, I agree with you and Simone so much, dearest friend, I always love going fishing with my grandpa every year and it is not the rare catching of a fish that brings joy to our hearts but sitting there by the lake together and bonding in heart, yay! (big angel hugs) God Bless You, sweet friend, this is so beautifully heartwarming, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ford, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

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