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Frogs On Summer Nights
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Frogs On Summer Nights |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
After rain, on any summer night... Frogs seek heat of roads; Raise their throats, risk their lives Seek comfort, on warm macadam. * Bug eyed, unaware, sans fear They float, dark rivers of gravel; Nearby, their friends, rolled flat (lack former Cheshire smiles) Them, that moved too slow Veneer the pressed in stones; Marmalades of green and yellow Amphibian ghosts, Through shroud's of mist Make dark im-prints; Like pulpy cloths of Turin. * To be warmed, ....they've come far; Only to dry, then disappear Tomorrow, in the grease Of August melted tar. * end [This message has been edited by ice (02-28-2004 08:50 PM).] |
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Goldenrose Member Elite
since 2003-05-30
Posts 3665 |
Sad but your poem speaks with realness...you show that life within the natural world and humans sometimes has a deathly end...unusual subject..but then i like unusaul subjects..so thanks.... Goldenrose. ''Each soul is potentialy divine..the goal is to manifest that divinity'' |
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Youngatheart Member
since 2003-12-30
Posts 333 |
I love the summer evenings and there is a special place near my house where the frogs are very abundant and their sound is unbelievable. I love going there and sit and listen to them. They bring back memories of long warm evenings when I was a little girl and being able to stay out "late" to play. Thank you for reminding me of good things to come...soon I hope. |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
I may not be able to look at marmalade in quite the same way...but do be sure, I shall not stray from the orange variety toward a more green. Fantastic launguage and parallels, here. I am wondering a bit on "there've" never seen that done before. Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big angel hugs) Oh Ford, this made me tear up as I never like to see things die and pass away as I also love frogs sooooooo much! (sigh) As a little boy I had frogs for pets and loved them sooooooo much and never wanted them to go, God Bless You, 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 |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
um...wow...this would have gone over better if I wasn't eating breakfast, lol seriously, this is sad, good write makes me want to find them some other source of heat |
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froggy Senior Member
since 2003-06-23
Posts 1893Michigan |
A Ribbit for you from me. Love it :-) |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
When my son was little. We went to the park with a little pond and it was filled with hundreds of frogs. Tim was so excited and happy. So we went digging in the trunk of the car and found a few bags and brought several home. My mom had a little cold frame for growing new plants so we put them in there. We fed them all summer and in the fall we turned them lose.We went back the following year but never run into the frogs again. Good one. Bon-Bon  |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
unusual write, but as always very well done. We used to call them peepers, matter of fact, I still do. Love that summer sound. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Love this...great write. Hugs~
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Ice, so true, so true, and so well said -- poor froggies. Somehow, though, I couldn't help but think as I read what a tremendeous analogy this is to the human heart seeking love/warmth, and sometimes being smashed as a result. |
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froggy Senior Member
since 2003-06-23
Posts 1893Michigan |
Had to read this one again. Ribbits :-) |
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dingusjr Member
since 2003-09-24
Posts 415Missouri |
Thought I had commented on this...found I had not...wished I had....It is VERY WELL DONE and admired by one who could not do as well. THANKS> |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Goldenrose * Youngatheart * Vas * Noah * Dixie * Froggy * Bonniej * LeeJ * Nancy Lee * iliana * dingusjr * Thank you all for reading and commenting....Sometimes humans set traps for wildlife and don't even know it....Summer pavement is one of those things we don't think about as being a "trap" but when the frogs get cold they seek the thermal mass of the blacktop...I go slow when I can on the nights that they do this....see them in the headlights and try to swerve around them....It is amazing how many are killed this way, especially when a road runs along a swampy area...Once again, thanks to all... ......ice...... |
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Kahlil Senior Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881 |
Ice: I watch out for them, too. They are already singing around our ponds, and I know we'll be seeing them on the pavement as it warms up. Unusual and thought-provoking write. I might look twice at my green pepper jelly........ ~K~ |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
loved the word imagery especially in this great stanza: "Bug eyed, unaware, sans fear They float, dark rivers of gravel; Nearby, their friends, rolled flat (lack former Cheshire smiles) Them, that moved too slow Veneer the pressed in stones; Marmalades of green and yellow Amphibian ghosts, Through shroud's of mist Make dark im-prints; Like pulpy cloths of Turin" |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
good thing I decided not to kiss that frog would not have wanted to come across him as my marmalade |
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