Open Poetry #32 |
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Just A Farmers' Market In Avila Beach |
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Ratleader![]()
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass ![]() |
Just A Farmers' Market In Avila Beach it’s simply not the produce smooth- skinned, organic nor even the shaved ice booth sending its pinkish dribbles down faces and pavement or the multicolor bunting of other people’s children squeaking about the sunlight all around the edges of this day not fish tacos or green touristas dodging gull poop along the worn-out pier it is the waffled sound of a thousand effervescent conversations of neighbors' talk on the benches blended syllables of simply everybody served up with powdered sugar sprinkles so that even strangers any other day now are sudden friends because today is and they can’t be anything else [This message has been edited by Ratleader (06-29-2004 12:39 AM).] |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
RatL., What can I say? Enjoyed this, but it left a heavy feel. Your friend,sad or light. miscellanea |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed I've stayed at Avila Beach...I hear that it has been rebuilt because of a water surge a couple of years ago. I loved it...the old town...a place that served wonderful food, and music...and a couple making love on the beach late at night covered by fog. It is a magic place and I can see it again in your words. Thank you for taking me there. ![]() |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
it is the waffled sound of a thousand effervescent conversations of neighbors' talk on the benches blended syllables of simply everybody served up with powdered sugar sprinkles so that even strangers any other day now are sudden friends because today is and they can’t be anything else ~*~ Oh, smiling, smiling, smiling.... |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
Oh this is very nice, a pure pleasure of a read. Thanks. ![]() Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind. |
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suthern![]() ![]()
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
This is beautiful, my friend... your words lead us gently down the page of sheer enjoyment... coming to rest at the truth of how circumstances bring us together... If only this entire world could share that companionship... because today is. *S* |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
This almost dances down the page... thanks for the smile! Hugs~ Something tugs at me, I've no doubt of that. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
I always begin reading your poetry with an air of expectancy and anticipation of where I will be transported to. I don't just read your words ~ I experience them! ![]() ![]() EA |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
I love going into town to our Farmer's Market. The smell of fresh fruit and vegetables. The smiling faces and the laughter mingling in the air. Also here we have an old Cider Mill. It is a yummy place when the season of cider rolls around. The aroma of apples being crushed. The smell of fresh donuts in the making and people bumping into each other and smiling as they skirt around each other. Love the picture you have painted here RL. Hugs BonBon ![]() |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
Great write! Eric |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
I felt like I could taste that powdered sugar on my tongue -- such a great, evocative piecie.........very much enjoyed the smooth visual sensation of this. ![]() |
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suthern![]() ![]()
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I visited a great farmer's market this morning... and the purple onions, yellow squash, green cucumbers, red tomatoes, etc. made such a lovely picture I thought I must surely inhale the very atmosphere... NOT a good idea for someone near a stall where chili peppers were being ground. *G* So... my sneezing self came home to enjoy the vicarious... and safer... joys of your visit! *S* Poetry vs. peppers??? There IS no choice! *S* |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
I haven't thought of Avila Beach in many a year, but the memories are great. Thanks for this. KJ Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
loved the format here! |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
"blended syllables of simply everybody" Yes, and well blended! ![]() |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
because today is and they can’t be anything else you have as always once again created a beatifully rich canvas...very much enjoyed. |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Enjoyed ARCTIC WIND |
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