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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light 
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I'm sitting in a snow bank, with my assets freezing cold. Old man winter’s blown his top, and he has me in his hold. I missed the bus to nowhere, in the middle of this storm. There is no place for me to hide, where it's safe and warm. A candle burning brightly, used to flame my inner fire. But raging winds have snuffed it out, in these times of dire. My spirit’s up and left me, so I sit here all alone. I'm going nowhere fast, as I weep, and wail, and moan. Northern winds are whistling, through the naked, barren trees. And my force of life is waning, as I slip away and freeze. Please Note: Just poetry folks!  [This message has been edited by Earth Angel (12-09-2004 04:37 PM).] |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Earth Angel Who can compete with an Angel? Excellent Happy freezing. Maybe a  will warm you up. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Just rain down here Linda...drat! I love the snow...wishing it were here. ~Warm winter hugs coming your way, Nancy~ ~ Let peace begin with me... ~ |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Mr. T. ~ Oh, my! That kiss was just what the doctor ordered! Now I'm all nice and warm and cozy! Thanks for putting the pink in my cherubic cheeks! And here is one for you!  EA |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Nancy ~ We don't live that far from each other, but it is a winter wonderland outside my window! Mind you, it is a dull, gray day! Warm hugs to you, Dear Enchanting One! Linda |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
brilliant! Actually...you made me feel cold |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Wonderful write Linda, and I am with my sister Enchantress - send some snow this way. I feel like I should be out building and ark !! hugs, Chris |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Lee ~ I was cold while I was writing it! I was wearing flannelette p.j.s and a cozy bed jacket and big fluffy slippers with pom poms on them! ~ and still I felt cold in my basement office! Brrrrr I think I'll go make myself and nice hot mug of mulled cider!   Linda |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Hi, Chris! It is so good to hear from you! I wish I was with you and Nancy sharing a pot of chai tea and some homemade cranberry muffins! Mind you, I do prefer our snow to your freezing rain! lol Warm hugs to both of you! Linda |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
Great write...thanks for the smile. Eric |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Eric ~ Freezings greetings! Frigid hugs, EA |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Enchantress ~ Oh, I spoke too soon in my reply to you! It WAS snowing ~ now we have the freezing rain that you are having! ~ and all the beautiful snow has turned to pools of icy water. YUK!  to  December huggums, Linda |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
i just knew it couldn't be true... not you, with such sunken spririts, i guess you took some poetic license, and are just enjoying a ho ho hoax on us  |
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scorpio Member Ascendant
since 2002-10-02
Posts 5178right...there |
And wonderful poetry at that. I felt the chill of winter winds. Brrrrrrrrrr. believe in what your heart feels... |
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*Alli4000*
since 2004-03-21
Posts 3188The World of Poetry |
What a "cool" write! ~Alli~ Happy Holidays! |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
It's your sensitivity and compassion that allow you to capture such intense feelings others experience. Very beautiful and touching, dear Linda. Love and hugs. Margherita  |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
Brrrrrrr - now I need a good steaming cup of chocolate - SusanHappiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Goddess ~ Your reply was adorable! ~ Just like its author! Thank you! Season's Freezings! EA |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
scorpio ~ Yeppers! Brrrrrr! Care to join me in some hot mulled cider?  Leo |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Alli ~ Loved your play on words! hohoho Warm hug and a big smile, EA |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Margherita ~ I appreciate your kind and thoughtful response to my poem. Your words apply to you, Dear One! Love & Light, Linda |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Susan ~ One cup of steaming hot chocolate coming right up! ~ and topped with lots of whipped cream and shaved Swiss chocolate! Come & get it! I even put a cherry on top! Linda  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I know the feeling |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
p s I know you have...  EA |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Well, Linda, all I can say is that it takes one with great empathy and understanding to pen something like this one. Hope you are well...I've been dealing with a bit of a crisis here...so I sure would appreciate some EA prayers. KBHBLY.......lily |
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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state |
Hi Linda, with rain over freezing rain over snow here I can understand how you feel..nothing like a warm hearth though..enjoyed the read |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
iliana ~ Oh, lily, I just read your email and words cannot express the empathy and compassion that I feel. I will write to you later today. In the meantime, prayers are fervently being sent to Our Father. KBHBLY2 Linda |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Ecrivan ~ Oh, yes! A warm hearth sounds soooo inviting! Care to join me in a hot rum toddy by the fire? Linda |
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NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
Well, come on in and I'll make you a hot cup of tea and give you some warm gingerbread. We survived the ice storm and someone painted my mountains glistening white! Sending you a warm hug ... smiles, Marti A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows. |
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skyshine
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
Well, I am glad to hear it is just poetry! You had me worried for a minute there. Well done, Linda!  ~sky So you go and make it happen |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Marti ~ Now that is an invitation that I would definitely like to take you up on! ~ something warm to wet my whistle; something to fill my bread basket (a euphemism for my tummy); and some mentally stimulating conversation with a soul mate while we take in the splendour of your snow-laden New Hampshire mountains! Sounds like a bit o' heaven to me! Loveya! Linda |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Hi, sky! Good to hear from you! Yes, I am doing quite well, thank you. ~ I hope you are well as well! lol Happy hugs, Linda  |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Burrrr!!…. JL |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
I love seeing how your writing ability expands far beyond the things you know and feel, but you can imagine yourself in the painful shoes of another and write of it wonderfully! Awesome...Always, Alyssa He was a man of sorrows |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
JL ~ Yeppers! "Brrrrrrrr"'s the word! lol EA |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
GG ~ Hi, golden girl! That was a lovely response you wrote. Thank you, Alluring Alyssa! Warm hugs for a warm heart, Linda |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Yup... nodding sagely... *G* Of course it's fiction... for it's not that cold here... otherwise, I'd swear you were writing my biography! LOL Excellent poetry, my friend. *S* |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Well done, Linda! |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Great images and tight writing. No wasted words. Well done. Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Suthern ~ Aww, your suthern breeze just warmed me up! Thank you, Belle. Lovin' hugs, Linda P.S. I would hope that this is not your life story, Dear One! You deserve fun and sun and lots of lovin'!!! |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Sunshine ~ Why, thank you muchly, Dear Author!!! Loves 'n hugs, Linda |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Ken ~ I appreciate the kind critique! Merci beaucoups! Warm hugs 'n smiles, Linda |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big angel hugs) Oh Linda, I'm glad that in your experience it's just a poem, but sadly there are many who indeed live like this every day, alone on the streets, homeless, cold, without shelter or loved ones to tune to for the holiday season! (wipes tears) Each day there are usually at least ten people who ask me, "Do you have any spare change?" with honest looks like they really need it, and even when most of the time I have none with me, I feel like a crook or guilty that I have nothing to offer. They are the ones I feel the most of all during the holiday season, and that is why every holiday season I volunteer at the rescue mission, and this is my first year in Portland so I'm excited to help out there for the first time beginning this weekend! (sigh) God Bless You, sweet friend, this is a very heartwarming, compassionate poem, you have a golden heart, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Linda, 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 But if the bright lights don't receive you You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20 |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Noah, like you, I have compassion for the homeless. It saddens me the number of people who are destitute and sleeping under train trestles and in the parks. Many of them freezing to death with no one to mourn their loss. It breaks my heart. God bless you, Angel Boy! Loving hugs, Linda |
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