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I Love You, My Sylvan Chapel
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I Love You, My Sylvan Chapel |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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I LOVE YOU, MY SYLVAN CHAPEL 13 December 2001 I love you, my sylvan chapel, with your rain-lit, native leaves a greenmost clean, and today’s grey sky pulled down, blanket-warm, around your branches and rain-life soft on my bare shoulders, as, hungrily, with slow caution, I ease the slender, blackjack root-tips from your floor and pile the weeds triumphantly like spoils of war, and, my forest, how your wet-earth elixir infuses my space, and how my lungs sing wildly of damp-earth secrets, as I uncover your eager carpet of prize Digitaria diversinervus in its finger elegance and grace, self-flowing wide from small beginnings, as though it knows where it belongs, as though it knows how welcome it is, as though it knows how I have nurtured it, and watch it spread, like a proud parent … glowing. Amongst my children’s precious gifts from time long gone, to me and you, now reaching branches deep into the sky, I note some humble pioneers in funereal dignity graciously bowing and returning at nature’s pace, in solemn beauty, into the earth from whence they came, to make way for your young, climax forest growth, and I, sad for their passing, pause and remember their beginnings in holes, square-fashioned by my young son’s hands. My native, garden forest, a thought arises - tell me what safe-house protects your avian bursts of colour and of song when the rain rains long? Later, in my dry-roomed house, I shall smile, deeply, and slow-blink my eyes at my cat, who knows, and feel you, my forest, alive inside my soul. And oh my forest, my forest, my African forest, Namaste, I celebrate the place where we are one. - Owl |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Awesome, inspiring...humbling...just to name a few...your reverence to something you cherish cannot be misread or misunderstood, it is yours and your are part of it as well. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Magnus, your response is poetry-beautiful and so very heart-warming. You have truly understood my relationship with my indigenous forest garden. Thank you. - Owl |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
quote: YIPPEEE! I love this, am keeping it wish I could PLANT this poem and make it grow right here  |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
"Later, in my dry-roomed house, I shall smile, deeply, and slow-blink my eyes at my cat, who knows, and feel you, my forest, alive inside my soul. And oh my forest, my forest, my African forest, Namaste, I celebrate the place where we are one." Bravo Diana!! Oh my this is wonderful...so very beautiful. Some day I hope to see your forest for myself. This is going into my library. Hugs~Nancy Don't bring me down now, |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
“and today’s grey sky pulled down, blanket-warm, around your branches and rain-life soft on my bare shoulders” Oh Diana. Your words are so exquisite and full of love I could see your forest, smell the moist earth and watch as your Digitaria diversinervus grows and spreads. This is a hymn of devotion. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Someday, Diana, I would like to see this remarkable piece of magical forest... how well you tend it... how beautifully she grows! Wild and free... marvelous! |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Oh my, oh my, oh my! What beautiful, beautiful responses from so many people who love and understand the soul of my forest! Nancy and Karilea, does that mean you may one day visit South Africa? That would be so wonderful! Thank you, Kacy. Giggles at planting the poem/forest over there! Thank you, Nancy (from Tigger, my cat, too!) for feeling the ambiance of my forest. Thank you, Kate for being right here with me in my forest. And smiles because of our email conversations about Digitaria diversinervus. I have actually taken photo's of it so you can tell me the difference between your Digitaria species and mine. I will send at least one of them some time, but will have to dig a moment out of somewhere to do so, but it will be reasonably soon. I also have photo's of my forest, and will send some to you and Bary, Kacy, Nancy and Karilea and anyone else who would really like to see it. I probably won't be able to afford to send more than one at a time, though. Thank you all for loving my indigenous forest. It is small, but oh, so special to me. - Owl |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Oops! Sorry Barry. That was a typing error, spelling your name with one r in my last response. I can't edit it now, because I can't get to my response directly yet. I can only see it in the Print version. - Owl |
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