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Spring Rituals
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Spring Rituals |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
They fly in low; how do they know, Fresh meals abound where furrows turn? What lures the seabirds, far from oceans When dame April calls the farmer out, To turn in chaff with horse and mold-? * Some tilt and land, some choose to wheel, All squawk!... when close comes near, The tiller by the landed rise again To only circle 'round and 'light behind. * Nearby, the wife of him that plows Emerges from their house To pin white sheets to lines, That dried above the stove all winter; Acting out a ritual, like gulls. * Down she bends to basket, then Up she rises once again Mocking birds that lift and land, Out in the field, in timed repeats. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ford, how apropos... did you know the seagull flies in from the coast and sets the sea down on its host to pick the ground then fly in air as tide and shore are in repair... that Kansas sees the whitest wing and sounds are heard from ocean's spring and cows? they sound to complete the din that's when we know, our spring is in...  |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
I liked this...it has several layers...and they are all good...you have captured the cyclic nature of all things quite well |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Ice, what can I add to Sunshine's excellent response and that of Steavenr's, as well. (Both of which I believe were right on.) Ah..........I liked the motion picture that I read and watched in slow motion!  |
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froggy Senior Member
since 2003-06-23
Posts 1893Michigan |
Hello Ford, Your poem sounds like my neighbors down the road who own a farm. Thank-you for giving me a smile after 8 painstaking hours tonight. :-) Ps.The poem is wonderful |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
 nice! |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
i liked the open airy effect and how do they know, i also wonder? but they do, they just do |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
nice poetry - enjouyed reading the complexity you write - Paul |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Loved this Ford...I could feel the wind in my hair. Hugs~ ~The breeze that kissed you on the face, |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
enjoyed  |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Karilea It delights me when a poem of mine is answered with another.. A wonderful reply, Thank you * steven "Layers", "cyclic nature".....Thank, You I like those words in a reply... * iliana... ."motion picture" more words that make me feel real good....Thank you * Froggy...Thanks, hope you have a good day at work.. * Dixie Thank you ... * inky Yes, they just "do"... Thanks for commenting...* Goodnight Thank you, Paul, for the nice comment * Nancy "I could feel the wind in my hair" Then the poem works... Thank you.* MGROVES Thank you for reading and the smiley.... |
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Soleil Noir Senior Member
since 2001-12-19
Posts 688USA |
A very good read, Sir... past moments reflected well, so well, they deserve a second viewing |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
I can see and hear the sheets flutter in the breeze carrying Spring. Love your piece much. Love, Margherita |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
the aroma of the fresh nature of spring, sprigs an abundance of all things new, green and yawning....lovely write |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
ice Wonderful tie in with birds, land and sheets being hung out to dry...enjoyed this so much! |
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