Sighs

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elizabeth e. May 25, 2007, 6:00am EDT

Wind chimes hang from my porch
to note the passing of a friend.

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Pat M. May 25, 2007, 7:18am EDT

Quality over quantity Magi. Well done.
The vegemite is working wonders on you today.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 7:52am EDT

Elizabeth, we think alike!

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 7:55am EDT

Thank you very much, Pat.

I set myself the challenge of three lines of four words, just because.

Vegemite works wonders! LOL

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Lydia O. May 25, 2007, 8:41am EDT

Storm swings the chimes
and the music
becomes alarm

We had a front go through yesterday, can you tell? :) Thanks, Magi, good one!

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Jennifer Oliver May 25, 2007, 9:32am EDT

Oh, I really loved this one!

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Faith H. May 25, 2007, 10:30am EDT

Precise and peaceful, Magi.

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Wilma M. May 25, 2007, 12:32pm EDT

This is just delightful. It would be neat to have it hanging on a small plaque from a wind chime.

I couldn't find Carolyn's article explaining vegemite so ended up doing a google search. It sounds rather nasty! Would like to taste it sometime to see, though.

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Sheila Deeth May 25, 2007, 5:31pm EDT

Good old vegemite, Magi. Three piece chime with one line on each piece.

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Charles Lennox May 25, 2007, 6:47pm EDT

This is beautiful and sad all at once.

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Kathryn E. May 25, 2007, 7:00pm EDT

Delicate and very well said, Magi~

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 7:45pm EDT

Thank you, Lydia. As I type, we have a front going through here in West Oz.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 7:47pm EDT

Thank you, Jennifer.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 7:48pm EDT

Thank you, too, Amy.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 7:50pm EDT

Faith, it is somewhat surprising to see what 12 words can do. And thank you.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 7:52pm EDT

Thank you, Renda. My front verandah and back patio are festooned with wind chimes.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 7:57pm EDT

Wilma, now that's a thought - the plaque idea. Carolyn Madden has any number of articles on all things OZ. I assure you, Vegemite is quite addictive, once one has acquired the taste.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 7:59pm EDT

That's a good thought, too, Sheila. Perhaps a wind chime business could open the way to fame and fortune for you and Wilma.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 8:01pm EDT

Thank you, Charles. At times, wind chimes convey that to me.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 8:03pm EDT

Thank you, too, Kathryn.

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Beryl Singleton Bissell May 25, 2007, 9:18pm EDT

Yes! To toll the passing of a gentle breeze. Wind chimes tinkle madly to proclaim the coming of a winter freeze.

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Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. May 25, 2007, 9:22pm EDT

sad Magi.. but isn't all of life?

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 10:00pm EDT

As they do, Beryl - thank you for coming along.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 25, 2007, 10:02pm EDT

Much of life, Lloyd. Thanks for sharing.

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manoj sanyal May 25, 2007, 11:01pm EDT

lovely imagination indeed...

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Carolyn Madden May 26, 2007, 5:05am EDT

aww, sweet but sad. The breeze will be back for sure!

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 26, 2007, 7:49pm EDT

Thank you, Manoj.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 26, 2007, 7:52pm EDT

Nylorac Neddam, thank you, too. Upside down icon, back to front name ...hmmm. Can't be a breeze in Brisbane but blowing a gale. LOL

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 26, 2007, 10:49pm EDT

Thank you, Marianne. Some challenges simply aren't worth bothering with. LOL

With numerous of my poems, I have exactly the same number of words per line and identical number of lines per stanza - with the challenge for me being to have that structure go completely unnoticed by the reader. Call it an exercise in writing discipline or idiosyncrasy. Or just plain insanity. LOL

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gautami tripathy May 27, 2007, 1:13am EDT

The title desribes this to a "T"

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 27, 2007, 5:57am EDT

Thank you, Gautami - you are most kind.

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Mark Rast May 28, 2007, 9:41pm EDT

I've now read a total of two (2) of your writings.

They were both perfect.

Write on.

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Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again May 29, 2007, 6:04am EDT

Mark, what a lovely compliment! Thank you very much, indeed.

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William Dotani Sep 22, 2008, 4:44am EDT

I have never associated wind chimes with sadness or death as your verse relates. I love the sublime feeling of that mystical when I hear, what to me, is a beautiful sound.

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