The silence, the almost endless joyful silence,
That's what I remember most looking back,
Silence and belonging, companionship,
Not in Nature so much as part of it,
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ok, i like this much better than the first time i think i read it, weeks ago. didn't i comment; guess not, or it was too harsh and got dismissed? yes, i like this, though i may not follow all the meaning in the first stanza. well, there was silence AND music. i guess. why not? i too would like to swim in air and sleep on tree limbs, as long as i got enough fruit and bugs to eat! to MyPoemList. my favorite lines: Ardean hooked me with his music, I swallowed that bait whole, so deep, It have would killed me to retrieve the hook.' at BJ's request, this poem will be put into my A Showcase For PH Poets (March edition) . your 2nd one (if there is a 2nd one in March) should be roughly 24 lines or less. thanks for your poem. bri :)
my preference is 'fishing with younger women'! :)