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RMW
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since 2001-03-21

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0 posted 2004-05-25 12:15 PM

Before Church

Awaking early from a sleep
that leaves the weight of my body
momentarily conformed
within the posture-perfect mattress,
I rise and tiptoe through the dark,
briefly conscious
that my toes are behaving shamelessly
with the carpet.
Outdoors,
the exposed deck slips around a corner of the house
and screens itself.
Sparsely clothed beneath a quilt
I sip green tea and repeat the ritual
of trying to imagine
'the voice of the Lord
walking in the garden'.

RMW

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-05-25 12:22 PM

briefly conscious
that my toes are behaving shamelessly
with the carpet.

~*~

That's the way
to pull me in...give your poem
some tactile feel.

Well done, Sir!

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2004-05-25 12:23 PM

"I sip green tea and repeat the ritual
of trying to imagine
'the voice of the Lord
walking in the garden'."

Your imagery here Robert is fantastic..
you took me there to the garden..
I could taste the green tea.
Well done!
Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain~

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2004-05-25 12:39 PM

beautiful

RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

4 posted 2004-05-25 12:58 PM

Sunshine, Enchantress and Passing Shadows ..... thank you very much. Have a good day. Bob

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

5 posted 2004-05-25 01:02 PM

Superb!
TD

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2004-05-26 12:21 PM

Lovely.....James

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

7 posted 2004-05-26 12:54 PM

I enjoyed each line of this. Love the toes and the carpet.

Smiles -- Susan

The whole of the Universe resides within each individual heart.

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

8 posted 2004-05-26 04:46 PM

Bob - I had to go find your writings - and yes, oh yes, I remember your ease of words.
Thanks again. hugs, Chris

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
Hans Christian Anderson

NewEnglandlazurlu
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since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

9 posted 2004-05-26 04:48 PM

I enjoyed every word of this and could see you in the garden with your green tea!

A great bit of writing ... hugs, Marti
If you truly love Nature, you will find
beauty everywhere.
~Vincent Van Gogh ~

RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

10 posted 2004-05-26 05:15 PM

TD, James, Susan, Chris, Marti .... Thank you all for words that encourage. Bob

Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

11 posted 2004-05-26 08:28 PM

This is lovely and serene, Bob.

Corinne

GG
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since 2002-12-03

Posts 3532
Lost in thought

12 posted 2004-05-26 09:37 PM

This is just beautiful!
One of my favorite hymns is "In the Garden" by C. Austin Miles... "and He walks with me and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own..."
I sing it alot while trying to imagine The Lord being so near to me. Now I'll have a poem that will remind me of it, too

Thank you...

Always, Alyssa

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Joyce kilmer

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