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willow

by Ellenna 

Posted: 01 July 2003
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meeting with resilience
a bending willows tendrils
try to coax surrender
to the green

I try in the same way
to bend convention
to loosen the rules
and yield to my heart


but at every tug and tease
the solid thoughts
defeat my freedom
and leave that
inevitable urge to please






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olebut at 14:26 on 01 July 2003  Report this post
ellie

yes we probably are

nice words again and very gentle

david
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bluesky3d at 15:42 on 01 July 2003  Report this post
Yes, wouldn't it be great if we could all be willows in the wind ... rooted but flexible

…not ridged old sticks-in-the-mud, fragile and breakable and taken along by the current of the river or the tides of the sea and dumped like flotsam.

Nice poem Ellie

Andrew :o)
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Ellenna at 16:23 on 01 July 2003  Report this post
thank you both:)

errr rigid or ridged ? lol or BOTH!andrew...
seriously heartfelt thanks, :)

heehee Ellie
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poemsgalore at 18:55 on 01 July 2003  Report this post
I love the images you have conveyed in this poem Ellie, a brilliant piece of work.
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Ellenna at 19:21 on 01 July 2003  Report this post
Kathleen , I am really grateful for all you have said over my poems , thank you so much.. i feel less like i am stumbling in the dark ...

Ellie:)
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