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[aid] => mick
[title] => Walking the Land
[time] => 2008-08-23 19:45:13
[hometext] => inspired by a solitary walk on the cowboy's 20 acres in New Mexico, 2007
[bodytext] =>
Just walk.
take a sturdy pole for poking at things
and stretch your legs over the terrain.
Feel the sun on your face,
the breeze on your skin.
soak in the grand vista of clouds and sky.
notice the trees encroaching on you
-your pulse quickening with
the disparate sounds;
the still anticipation.
Watch your feet as they
find their own way;
step-step-step
the crackling of branches
and bark hard in the silence.
Sense the hum of the earth
through the soles of your shoes;
suck deep the good air
and feel glad to be alive.
[comments] => 11
[counter] => 346
[topic] => 27
[informant] => spike
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[score] => 25
[ratings] => 5
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
[topicname] => NaturePoetry
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Walking the Land
Contributed by
spike
on
Saturday, 23rd August 2008 @ 07:45:13 PM in AEST
Topic:
NaturePoetry
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Just walk.
take a sturdy pole for poking at things
and stretch your legs over the terrain.
Feel the sun on your face,
the breeze on your skin.
soak in the grand vista of clouds and sky.
notice the trees encroaching on you
-your pulse quickening with
the disparate sounds;
the still anticipation.
Watch your feet as they
find their own way;
step-step-step
the crackling of branches
and bark hard in the silence.
Sense the hum of the earth
through the soles of your shoes;
suck deep the good air
and feel glad to be alive.
Copyright ©
spike
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2008-08-23 19:45:13]
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Re: Walking the Land
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 23rd August 2008 @ 11:29:37 PM AEST
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This must have been such a serene experience for you. Terrific imagery, I feel like I was there, or at least saw a really great picture :o).
~Jesse |
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Re: Walking the Land
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by Crow on
Sunday, 24th August 2008 @ 12:57:52 AM AEST
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| I`ve been through your country many times, always alive with life. Lane |
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Re: Walking the Land
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by Jenni_K on
Sunday, 24th August 2008 @ 01:15:36 AM AEST
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Ahhh.. The peace and tranquillity of a solitary walk in the country... lovely picture painted here...
Jenni |
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Re: Walking the Land
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by brew on
Sunday, 24th August 2008 @ 05:10:30 AM AEST
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Yes nice walk......Could feel every min. with the words penned. Such images.
Smiles
Brew~ |
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Re: Walking the Land
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by Dom on
Monday, 25th August 2008 @ 12:10:57 AM AEST
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I don't think humans were necessarily designed to settle in one place, and whilst I feel very tied to where I live whenever I go for a walk I always find myself wanting to know what is round the next corner, or past that horizon. As a result I know "my land" very well indeed.
Lovely write Spike, I can relate to the sentiments.
Dom |
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Re: Walking the Land
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by Former_Member on
Tuesday, 26th August 2008 @ 10:25:41 AM AEST
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Thank you for taking us on that walk with you. Very serene.
Take care,
Tim
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Re: Walking the Land
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by Former_Member on
Wednesday, 27th August 2008 @ 11:16:42 AM AEST
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Hey .. where'dja get them boots pilgrim??
God Spikers. This feels soooooooo intimately serene to me.
Just a glorious feeling of euphoria and it was so wonderful to
live it again, I'm sure, through your words. I long for the day
I can take these kinds of walks whenever I damn well please,
you know?
Away from the responsibility and strife of the ordinary and just
soak up the surround.... planning, dreaming, or just breathing.
I especially adore the last stanza. It sums up the emotion of this
walk for me. Too exceptional to resist. Life is magnificent, is it not?
gorgeous piece, poet.
~ Breezy
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Re: Walking the Land
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by Eternal_Dreamer on
Thursday, 4th September 2008 @ 11:46:43 AM AEST
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Spike~
Bravo dear poet. Thanks for
the journey you took us on
with you. I can just close my
eyes and through your words
experience what you have my
dear friend. Such a serene
feeling you leave your reader
with. Breathtakingly beautiful.
You never cease to amaze me~
Well done Master Spike~
huge hugs from your fan,
sue m
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Re: Walking the Land
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by ladyfawn on
Tuesday, 9th September 2008 @ 12:24:19 AM AEST
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makes one feel free to read this, beautiful poem,
hugs n' love nessa |
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Re: Walking the Land
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by wizard on
Tuesday, 9th September 2008 @ 12:53:58 AM AEST
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excellent post spike,
keep writing...
wiz |
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Re: Walking the Land
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by zenith66 on
Tuesday, 9th September 2008 @ 09:50:06 AM AEST
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| i am loving this spike. its the most calm despcritoin of natures beauty. your are telling us what we need to know. to embrace nature, to just let it be and to admore its majesty, your worlds speak of oneness and it helps that the poem itslef is outstanding. very brilliant writing freind. keep it up!!! |
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