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Published: 2008-12-13 08:05:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 207; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 2
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Description This morning, early rain so sweetly kissed
my face, while all around me spicy leaves
commenced to fall. The shifting air is bliss:
a twirling cirque soleil that sharply weaves

and flips. I long to join that acrobat
who wheels and beckons me from far above:
the autumn's fading stories landing flat
upon my head as if to offer love;

a spinning, wheeling, circling of scent
and sight and flight that flings my rusty caw
aloft on winds of amorous intent;
I spread my shaky, tattered wings in awe;

then quaking, shivering, turning in delight,
I join my lover's early morning flight.
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Comments: 5

maenad77 [2008-12-14 02:28:07 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely wonderful, Russ.

I cannot begin to describe how it makes me feel, knowing that my writing has inspired you.

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themapper In reply to maenad77 [2008-12-14 18:48:42 +0000 UTC]

Well thank you, Carolyn. And I CAN describe to you how good it feels to find my words coming back again. It feels GREAT! Fantastic!

I'm not sure why your work resonates so well with me, but it really does. I just wish I could take more time to write more often.

In this case, reading through several of your works, quite suddenly, while in "First Flight", I felt that unmistakeable inner niggle that says, "poem wants out".

This one does need some polishing - I can see that clearly. But once again, it never would have come had I not been inspired by your own lovely words.

Thank you, Carolyn.

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maenad77 In reply to themapper [2008-12-15 23:05:34 +0000 UTC]

That's wonderful, Russ!

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ironhenry [2008-12-13 14:21:08 +0000 UTC]

I really like it Russ. I was at "rusty caw" before I caught on that this was inspired by Carolyn. In spite of this Crow image/sound, the last line for whatever reason sent me a vision of an old monogamous Canada Goose pair. Rusty honk

PS. I'm running in a few hours, and I'm thankful that we didn't get the predicted one foot of Canadian snow. Down by the Spokane River (race location) it is just wet this morning. I'll update soon. Thanks again, and how goes your visual art?

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themapper In reply to ironhenry [2008-12-13 17:35:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Ben. I actually still think Carolyn's is better - her phrasing is fresher, mor eopen, for one thing... while my words are somewhat derivative. Still, I am grateful to her for the inspiration. I DO like my own, I just think hers is better.

I am off outside to do some serious snow-plowing. I got a snowplow for Christmas (though I had to pay for it myself ) and now it is time to clear the driveway, plow some paths to outbuildings, and to other places on our property.

I am actually in the middle of a strong new piece - a drawing I've begun. I may scan it and upload to scraps. It's actually a study but one that I am pleased with... Yes, I will scan it and upload, then send you the link. I've so little creative time available right now, and that bothers me. Well, we need the money, so I am burning all candles at all ends and in the middle to get them done on time. The sonnet was a surprise to me. My head was too full of text for a handbook I am writing, I was surfing some of Carolyn's stuff, when I felt that unmistakeable inner tug that said, "sonnet wants out". I stayed up late drafting it, and then went to bed pleased with the results.

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