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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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SUN CIRCLES 29 June 2006 Winter-gold warmth comforts my shoulders like a memory scarf and I reach out stroking discussions with you of seasons and day and night and succulent grass and the cloud messages Gilbert sent us and my breathing hurts my smile. - Owl |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Yes, sometimes melancholy co-exists with pleasant feelings and you expressed this very vividly, dear Diana. Very beautiful. Love, Margherita |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
So gently penned, and so very much enjoyed. Hugs~Nancy Don't bring me down now, |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I echo both ladies above |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you Margherita, Nancy and Dixie for your kind, gentle comments. It is Winter in South Africa and I was enjoying the winter sun and as it wrapped itself around my shoulders it took me back (as so many things do) to when I used to walk Flicka (my horse, as I am sure you will remember). I retired him about 10 years before his death and so I walked him every day to exercise him and we use to talk about all sorts of things. Just a few of these were the revolution of the earth around the sun (to explain the seasons to him) and the rotation of the earth on its axis (to explain to him how day and night were caused) and the meaning of "succulent" with regard to grazing and also the grass I cut for him. Gilbert, the head groom, died on 13 January of the same year that Flicka died on 28 April (2002). He had been a groom at the stables for over 30 years and was much loved by everybody, including the horses, especially Flicka. We were all devastated by his death (he was knocked over by a car). I wrote him a poem (in the form of a Zulu praise poem, but in English, except for a few phrases with which I had a bit of help from a Zulu person) called "Gilbert Khuzwayo, We Will Look At The Sun And Remember You" posted in one of the archives at Pip. After Gilbert's death, Flicka and I used to read Gilbert's messages to us in the clouds, and particularly the sunsets. Remembering both Flicka and Gilbert in the same breath is very painful, and it affects my bravado smile and my real, but bittersweet-memory smile. - Owl |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"Winter-gold warmth comforts my shoulders like a memory scarf and I reach out stroking discussions with you" Your lines speak volumes Diana. Sorrowful, yet beautiful. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank God you read minds. I followed throughout the poem and felt it had to have something to do with your fine horse. Then Gilbert snuck in, and I wondered... and then, the answer was there. You are a remarkable woman to work your life around horses, and your memories, too. In the last few days, I watched again, A Man from Snowy River, and Return to Snowy River. I have a feeling that if you don't know these movies, you will love them. Let me know... and if I have to, I shall send them to you. Because a woman like you needs to know them, fully.  |
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rosepetals25
since 2000-05-31
Posts 3076PA |
I really like this, especially the last 2 lines. Great job. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thanks, Kate for feeling the depths of my poem. Thanks, Karilea. You know my darling, Flicka well. I don't know the movies, A Man from Snowy River, and Return to Snowy River, at all. If you think I will love them, then I know I will. I really appreciate your very kind gesture very much indeed. However, I don't think my computer will handle receiving such large emails, even if you send them in separate emails. But thanks, anyway, for the very kind thought. I am particularly honoured by your last sentence: "Because a woman like you needs to know them, fully." In spite of not knowing the movies, I know you well enough to know that means a great deal. Thank you. Thank you rosepetals. I am glad you enjoyed it. - Owl |
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