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Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

0 posted 2006-11-08 08:05 AM

You should see my mountain,
there's beauty everywhere
It's down in Alabama
A site beyond compare.

Leaves of many colors
God's beauty extraordinaire,
Nature's glory showing
For all of us to share.

Chameleon's can change color,
Lilacs turn to blue,
Fall brings out how nature
Can change to glorious hues.

There's little that can compare
To what our eyes can see,
It can't be purchased anywhere,
That God gives us for free.

Kodak cannot reproduce
The colors that he'll show ya
Nor a box of simple crayons,
Offered from Crayola

Colors hallucinogenic,
And no drugs you have to take,
Just look down my mountain top
God's splendor can't be faked.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2006-11-08 08:21 AM

OhDearToeMan~
You come *gifting* us with such beauty ...~
How ya' doing, my friend ?
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email - [email protected]

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2006-11-08 08:33 AM

Toerag
And that ones for the Gipper. Enjoyed

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2006-11-08 08:45 AM

"Just look down my mountain top
God's splendor can't be faked."

Hey Toe!! Good to read you here!

This is beautiful, and on this rainy day
I would love to look at the splendor
from your mountain top.

Hugs~Nancy

No spring, nor summer beauty
hath such grace...
As I have seen in one autumnal face.

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

4 posted 2006-11-08 10:29 AM

It sounds wonderful. Kind of unfair you get such splendor, and I get brown grass.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

5 posted 2006-11-08 10:55 AM

'Bout time you crawled out from under that toad stool and shared some of your miniscule talent with us really good poets

I loved it, you rascal!

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2006-11-08 09:55 PM

Toe, sweet Poet [oops, sorry about that...]
where HAVE you been keeping yourself?

Too much summer?

Too much fun?

LOL...inquiring minds want to know!

'Bout time you came HOME.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2006-11-08 10:29 PM

well I ain't got no mountain but I know what yer talkin' about

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

8 posted 2006-11-09 03:49 AM

Being from Connecticut I well remember this time of year. Good to see you here Toe, martyjo

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

9 posted 2006-11-17 10:00 AM

Toe, you are equally adept at writing on the beauty of Nature, as you are at writing witty ditties.

You are not just another pretty face, you are a man of substance and charm. This was a lovely expression of your inner beauty and illustrates your appreciation of the natural beauty that surrounds us.

Sending you a warm, loving hug this cool November day,

Linda

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

10 posted 2006-11-17 12:32 PM

Hey there Toe, how are ya doing? Its nice to read you again...and in this poem you certainly paint an autumn array
Never been to your neck of the woods, but I've seen Shenendoah...so, I'm pretending while reading you, that your views are somewhat the same spectacular brush strokes of God.
Thank you for sharing.

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

11 posted 2006-11-17 02:23 PM

sweet home Alabama
where autumn is really autumn
and oh so lovely

thank you Toerag
for the picture of your mountain

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

12 posted 2006-11-17 04:29 PM

So when are you going to let me visit? *S*

This is beautiful, my friend... so beautiful! *S*

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

13 posted 2006-11-18 07:18 PM

Ahhh ... I enjoyed this greatly. Your beautiful write increases my longing for my own mountains in Switzerland.
Love,
Margherita

wredgranny
Member

since 2006-11-18

Posts 493
Ky. USA

14 posted 2006-11-18 08:23 PM

O;siyo Toerag there is in truth nothing more beautiful than what is made by Creators hand,vsigi for sharing your beautiful place it was an honor to read!

granny!

VAS
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since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

15 posted 2006-11-19 11:45 PM

Love the rhythmic rhyme and flow of this, Toerag. Not a bit of forced rhyme until the last stanza.

Pictured superbly for the mind's eye and it helped me learn that Alabama can have enough cold to have autumn colors. Have to admit, my erroneous thinking had me believing it too hot that far south.

Thanks for the lesson.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

16 posted 2006-11-21 04:35 PM

fantastic...James

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

17 posted 2006-11-22 12:20 PM

Toe...I always knew you were a painter!

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

18 posted 2011-09-05 02:32 AM

I am loving this poem. Thank you, Toe. I miss you.

Alison

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