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I have found my roots

 

I've lived in a city, I've lived in a town,
in a sixteen high flat, with antennas as crown.
I've lived in the States, in my own home land,
but there's one thing I want you to understand.

In none of them places my soul came to rest
and mind you, I was trying my utmost best.
But cities are noisy, they rush without looking,
got fat at fast food, missed my own home cooking.

Then one day I found us a sweet little farm,
in the South of my land, where bees still swarm.
Where I can pick apples, right from the tree
and where nature's beauty is overwhelming me.

I actually can feel the seasons go by,
when autumn storms fiercely roam the sky
and winter is painting the land all white,
while summer displays her colourful sight.

I hear early birds sing their songs of love,
some larks swirl down from clouds above.
Hedgehogs and mice eat the fallen fruits
and I am at peace, I have found my roots.

 

 

 

 

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  • Xianaria gold member
    December 6, 2008
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    Thank you for entering ~ very nice rhyme & flow, lovely images & message.


  • lindaburns gold member
    November 18, 2008

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    I like your poem. Especially the happy ending. The background is beautiful but there are places where the background and the poem are the same color. Is there any way to fix that? Good luck in the contest.


    • JustADutchie gold member
      November 19, 2008
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      Thanks for the comment. Must be your monitor is showing different colours than mine, because I can't see any place where the poem is the same colour as the background.


  • Ellis gold member
    November 17, 2008
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    Delightful -- Well Written

    Enjoyed this. Know what you mean; have lived in the city as well as on a farm.


  • feetus
    October 21, 2008

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    This was beautiful! Your rhyme is awesome. Glad you have found your home & that it brings you what you were looking for. Thanks for sharing & g'luck in the contest


  • storiesuntold gold member
    October 20, 2008

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    Beautiful write here

    Yes I love a small town and live just outside of town where the silence is laced with crickets and song birds on the air

  • davidwright silver member
    October 20, 2008

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    Nice travelogue. Many of us are lucky and fond a way back home. Lovely poem - good luck in the contest and happy trails.


  • quantumsurveyor
    October 20, 2008

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    I enjoyed this kind of nostalgic poem that you have penned - we want to be their with you picking the fruit. Nicely controlled rhyme scheme.

    But, I have a nit to pick with you, (and this, sadly, applies also to your home page) The background is nice but for those of us with poor sight (one-eyed in my case at the moment) The words vanish into the background in places. this means that I have to resort to "Hide Background" in order to read the words which, I am sure, is not what the poet wanted.


    • JustADutchie gold member
      October 20, 2008
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      Thanks for your comment. I'm sorry your one-eyed at the moment. I'm a bit of a colour freak, I like my text to match my backgrounds, but never thought of the poets with poor sight of course. Sorry.

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