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wranx
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Moved from a shack to a barn

0 posted 2004-03-08 09:28 PM

This is the time of year
When some of us get the notion of flight
Blown into our heads by March winds

And so, we set about constructing
Our flying machines

From paper and cloth
Sticks, wire, ribbon and string

Sending them aloft
To sing spring songs in the language of semaphore

So that picnicking Seraphim in heavenly punts
Can look down into the lake of our sky
To watch our kites write poems in looping cursive

And read the calligraphy they etch upon the bellies
Of clouds

And will, on occasion
Reward a favored author by reaching down
To touch his tether

Setting him free

"In looking Northward, I see a light"

[This message has been edited by wranx (03-09-2004 07:05 AM).]

aujussy wolf

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since 2003-08-09

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Michigan

1 posted 2004-03-08 09:39 PM

one hell of a ride , thanks big W

-Wolf

Midnitesun

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Gaia

2 posted 2004-03-08 09:52 PM

now you've brought back a fun memory
thanks wranx

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2004-03-08 09:59 PM

wranx,
An excellent write, enjoyed.

Martie

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California

4 posted 2004-03-08 10:29 PM

Ed...To fly a kite, is to reach further and to play with the wind, is a wonder. Loved this!

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

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5 posted 2004-03-08 10:37 PM

Ya know, I've always liked kites. Had the same one for years and I flew it often. Then finally I lost it in a literal field of thorns. A friend and I drove his car halfway into it, trying to rescue the kite but with no luck.
I finally replaced it today. Gotta make some use of these cornfields...

muted

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since 2004-01-15

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Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

6 posted 2004-03-08 10:47 PM

oh, i REALLY enjoyed this!

~yep, my kite keeps getting hung up in the trees! suppose thats high enough

serenity blaze
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7 posted 2004-03-09 12:05 PM

I'm feasting on the words of gentle men tonight, yeti.

"To watch our kites write poems in looping cursive

And read the calligraphy they etch upon the bellies
Of clouds"

smile. I find myself remembering lying on my back, watching the drama of the sky changing, and yanno? There's not a bit of fear in me as I do.

Now that's amazing.

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

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New Brunswick Canada

8 posted 2004-03-09 12:28 PM

Yes, they do reach down sometimes and the feeling is indescribable.
Some wonderful metaphors in this piece.

Eric

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

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USA

9 posted 2004-03-09 01:25 AM

"Picnicking Seraphim in heavenly punts
Look down into the lake of our sky
To watch our kites write poems in looping cursive

And read the calligraphy they etch upon the bellies
Of clouds"

Wranx -- Awwwwwwsome! Awwwwwwsome! Awwwwwsome!

Cpat Hair

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Posts 11793

10 posted 2004-03-09 07:51 AM

Ed,
to be one with and forget for a moment the behind us.. perhaps sets us free..
Zen... an act of zen and of ritual...

hope things are well along the river sir..I am longing greatly to visit my own.

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

11 posted 2004-03-09 08:36 AM

Ed, this is so incredibly beautiful it gave me goosebumps!
Oooh to touch the wind once more.
Hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me ~

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

12 posted 2004-03-09 09:45 AM

Brilliant!

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

13 posted 2004-03-09 11:59 AM

Oh, yes! I love flying kites! ~ and whenever someone tells me to go fly one ~ I do!!!

Fly high! Fly free!
EA

passing shadows
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displaced

14 posted 2004-03-09 12:40 PM

ah...you took me back

Dark Angel
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15 posted 2004-03-10 06:38 AM

Ahhh you're flying high dear. Excellent as usual

M

Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
(by Virginia Woolf)

inkedgoddess
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since 2002-11-19

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Ohio

16 posted 2004-03-10 10:36 PM

totally mesmorizing and taken off in flight

green_itchy_stuff
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New Caney, Tx

17 posted 2004-03-10 11:46 PM

Still getting a ton of responses and for good reason too. I enjoyed this write as all the others I've read from you.

GIS

Sadelite
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since 2003-10-11

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18 posted 2004-03-11 12:30 PM

Wranx,

   Your title got my attention because I've always pictured myself as string on a kite, sometimes sagging, sometimes tight.  I really identified with this write.  You have
wonderful perspective and imaging.
   Enjoyed the excellence!
                     Sadelite

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

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Ala bam a

19 posted 2004-03-11 07:47 AM

Yea, I was flying a kite the other day....it was going all over the place...my wife told me I needed more tail....that really pissed me off....it was just the night before I asked her for some and she told me to go fly a kite?...

J.Samm
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since 2004-01-12

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Iloilo City, Philippines

20 posted 2004-03-11 07:52 AM

made me look at flying kites in a whole new view. i savored your lines, they were magical!

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