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Try as I might
I isolate myself often.. until I have to come up for air from my fellow human beings.. you inspired me today my friend
posted by
Blue_feathers
on April 1, 2007 at 1:07 PM
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Thank you linter!!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 1, 2007 at 12:33 PM
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Yes, Bhaskar, you have understood that very well.
It's natural for us all to work together in units of some kind to help the species. I suppose there are alternatives to the nuclear family, but there should be more emphasis on the extended family as well as just the nuclear family so that there is always a support system in place to guide the young through the early years and difficulties of getting to grips with life. If that is lacking then they become like birds who haven't been taught properly how to fly, or at least to fly together rather than on their own.
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 1, 2007 at 12:33 PM
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Thanks Teddy!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 1, 2007 at 12:30 PM
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very beautiful !
posted by
linter
on April 1, 2007 at 5:52 AM
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Hi Tony
Again an exquisite subject to discuss: individual vs. society. Josephine, the sole bird...if I have understood correctly, with its wings broken must strive to fly, which she could not have, without the support of the family and/or the society.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on April 1, 2007 at 4:58 AM
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Beautiful work, my friend!
posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on April 1, 2007 at 1:25 AM
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Thanks Carl!
posted by
Antonionioni
on April 1, 2007 at 12:49 AM
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Nice poem, Tony!
posted by
cpklapper
on March 31, 2007 at 5:40 PM
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Thanks Neil - it's true, I was lying in the spring sun seeing all these
feathered friends circling around. I started writing the poem about something else, and then these birds just flew their way into it!
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 31, 2007 at 3:43 PM
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Thanks Joy Mary - what can I say?
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 31, 2007 at 3:41 PM
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Hi Chris - thanks, nice of you to say so!
posted by
Antonionioni
on March 31, 2007 at 3:40 PM
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Birdwatching wisdom? None in my limited reading asked: bird or feather-gr8!
This time i saw and heard some internal rhyme. I loved it, and imitate it when I am able, from Maya Angelou (very much a part of African American culture and idiom, including sermons & gospel songs). Though I may have generalized for any who is expert at American anthropology. shalomfromneil
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on March 31, 2007 at 3:33 PM
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Tony
This is my favourite to date. Mother and father, yes. You absolutely amazed me, today. Well done! Joy!Mary
posted by
FoliageGold
on March 31, 2007 at 2:10 PM
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Hi Tony-well written-quite thought provoking.
posted by
Scramble
on March 31, 2007 at 2:05 PM
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