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and I am thankful
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and I am thankful |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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...and I am thankful ...for peace and for pinwheels, for prayer wheels and bicycles, for nights we think are cold though they’re really not, and fall days with warm promises in the hearts of them, ...for flowers like dandelions that we simply can’t keep from blooming, and for people like them who simply won’t let us extinguish their smiles even with our nastiest tools, ...for friends who last the years and for years that are kind enough not to outlast all friendships, for friendship itself, which can be more complex than love and in some ways more rewarding; and for the sense to hold on to such a basic part of life that so easily slips away, ...that even in a desert paradise there are seasons, and flowers that know when to open, leaves that go gold when it would be so easy to stay green until the spring, ...for sand among other things, and all it means: blessing and grinding powder, bright, forgiving, softly symbolic endgame of mountains, that we play on, make glass and time and even skyscrapers from because cement won’t work without it, that gentles any shore and brings happiness to everyone on it, ...for life, and yes, for living, for the souls we know so little about though they seem so very important when we don’t forget them entirely because they are so hard to feel, ...that there is such a thing as poetry even though, like the soul, we can’t ever define it adequately despite its being so very important when we don’t entirely forget, ...for music, poetry’s sister, and the way it speaks to us more clearly sometimes than words, though we can’t truly express the full meaning of what it told, that is, without singing, ...that even though it’s so very rare there are still times when – even once upon a lifetime – there is a resonant spirit, someone who can share what we are at the core, because they are made of the same substance and we had the luck or blessing to find them, ...for families, especially the ones we have made with such spirits, who share and care and overcome with us, who drag us back yelling from whatever brink we’re on today, and who will be there to do the same for even longer than we live, ...for words, and for there being more good in this world and the people in it than all my words can say, I am thankful.... _________________________________________ RP -- for Thanksgiving, of course.... |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Happy Thanksgiving Ed! What wonderful inspiration you have shared here. Enjoyed your write very much. TD |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Absotively...positutely.... and right on! oops.... Write On! . |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed I love the all of this poem, but especially the spirit that wrote it. I'm thankful to have him as a friend.  |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Ed, you amaze me. Where else would I have found the soft and loving hearts true men hold within, if not for you and a few others here on these pages of blue? You are appreciated for these lines and of all you are thankful for. I add another: I am thankful to have found such true hearts, who are man enough to share the soft sides of themselves. But for these readings I might have never fully known...... Thank you martyjo |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
I truly wish more people could read this and believe it because you touch the core of life with your words - and life, unfortunately, is most times taken for granted. Thank you a touching and meaningful piece of poetry. Helen |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Yuh Dun realllllly gud with this. Yes Ed, we have much to be thankful for and so little to worry ourselves about IF we just take the time to reflect properly. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
And I am thankful that I found your poem, you, who are man enough to be gentle. I loved how there was so much to ponder, with so much of the unexpected, like mountains eventually being ground down into sand. I love the way you coined "gentle" as a verb. What are "prayer wheels"? I am going to read your poem over many times, and although I am often aware of my blessings, your poem will make me even more aware of them and some that I have missed - not to mention giving me pleasure because of the benign aura of the poem and the poet. Thank you. - Owl |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Ed, you heart flows through this so beautifully....what a trememdous gift of gratefulness to share with us. THANK you for being you......jo |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
this is a  LOVE IT !!! hugs, Chris |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
[i]for flowers like dandelions that we simply can’t keep from blooming,[/i} loved those lines. Also love how open and heartfelt this is. Corinne |
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luminosity Senior Member
since 2005-11-18
Posts 813 |
beautiful, even more so than last year's |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Did I ever tell you this is one of my very favorite poems... ever... of all the words I've ever read? It is... and I've read a lot of words. *S* This season, I've read it many times already... and each time I feel gratitude slipping from me, I read it again... I am thankful for the reminders of blessings both great and small... and for the man who wrote such beauty. This... is perfection, my friend... as fine as poetry or a heart gets. *S* |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Wonderful write Ed! Hugs~Nancy ~ Trace my body with your words.. |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
me to Ed, thank you, oh hugs to you for this, well needed write today. Thank you |
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Misty Lilacs Senior Member
since 2005-11-15
Posts 1060White Birch Forest |
and I am thankful for you and your writing. This is spectacular. I don't know where you live, but I wish I could give you a huge hug. Hmmmm...maybe not, my hubby might not like that. Just know you have a new fan. |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Heh-heh-heh....that's better'n a hug! ((...it is??? Eddie-boy, it's time we had a little talk.....)) ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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