tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643950.post5245235949723073551..comments2023-10-22T10:13:18.925-04:00Comments on Author Lindi Peterson: Sappy Love Poem Contest---Day 2Lindihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109206610786414955noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643950.post-79091862640146397462007-06-16T12:04:00.000-04:002007-06-16T12:04:00.000-04:004 June 2007After the storm, my mind cleared.And a ...4 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>After the storm, my mind cleared.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And a high wind arose and blew the tropics north.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>running quartz crystals through a blender.<BR/><BR/>sand through your engines.<BR/><BR/>bubbles in your bays.<BR/><BR/>estuaries reaching out toward forbidden seas...<BR/><BR/>sand through your eyes.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>5 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Calm as baby's breath<BR/><BR/><BR/>as peaceful as the storm's eye<BR/><BR/><BR/>Clouds spread and drawn with rough strokes of stratospheric winds<BR/><BR/><BR/>a warm and windy tropical day.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>7 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/>Black water at dusk.<BR/><BR/>Lighting on the horizon.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Warm winds coming in across the darkening waters.<BR/><BR/><BR/>A flash of white wings as an egret takes flight.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And Thunder like God clearing his throat.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>8 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Morning star in the still of the clear, dark waters.<BR/><BR/><BR/>a sky as clear eyed as a young girl.<BR/><BR/><BR/>bruised and tattered storm remnants limp off in the gathering light.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>9 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Tickled her fancy.<BR/><BR/><BR/>giggling all the day long.<BR/><BR/><BR/>pretty good for a Saturday.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Clouds on the lake floating aimlessly by.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>She smiled big--grinned really.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>12 JUne 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/>A silver sky<BR/><BR/>ripe for the mirror.<BR/><BR/>you can not see yourself in this mirror<BR/><BR/>you can only see others<BR/><BR/>moreover, you can only see what others choose to expose.<BR/><BR/>Their houses, their boats, their sea-doos.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Birds skimming low over the water could<BR/><BR/>like as not<BR/><BR/>see them selves if they were to look down<BR/><BR/>as they skim low over the water<BR/><BR/>but they never do.<BR/><BR/>Rather they allow their reflections to chase them<BR/><BR/>quick and sharp over the still, glistening waters<BR/><BR/>while the bird's mind remains ever fixed on <BR/><BR/>food, or other birds, or escaping those damn noisy humans.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>A dense forest impenetrable as a gaze.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>13 JUne 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Like angry bee's eyes<BR/><BR/>the metal screen seen through the bamboo blinds.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>A million insects dot the lake spreading micro ripples<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>14 June 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Of Fly Catchers and hidden lakes.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Of sleeping lizards and morning dew.<BR/><BR/>It is of birdsong and misty dawns <BR/><BR/>and fleeced clouds floating in a still pool.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The waters ripple awake in the gathering morn.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The first water birds head out for the far shore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643950.post-73873220826136524972007-04-20T15:47:00.000-04:002007-04-20T15:47:00.000-04:00Oh Yay! I need new earring! I hope your hubby pick...Oh Yay! I need new earring! I hope your hubby picks me again:-D<BR/>AngieAngBreidenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193337694193623903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643950.post-70354591574200806982007-04-19T23:14:00.000-04:002007-04-19T23:14:00.000-04:00Jill,You are the winner!!! Yeah..Your name goes in...Jill,<BR/><BR/>You are the winner!!! Yeah..Your name goes in the drawing.Lindihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109206610786414955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643950.post-38076641323464461122007-04-19T07:58:00.000-04:002007-04-19T07:58:00.000-04:00To keep me warm all the days of my lifeTo keep me warm all the days of my lifeJill's Jibberishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17163827124834426897noreply@blogger.com