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March 14, 2011

I Am The Wind

I am the wind
tickling the tree tops

I am the wind
brushing green grass

I am the wind
whispering in your ear

I am the wind
blowing through your hair

I am the wind
warm and gentle

I am the wind
brash and bold

I am the wind
harsh and cold

I am the wind
reckless and wild

I am the wind
fierce and cruel

I am the wind
twisting destructive

I am the wind
taker of life

I am the wind
reluctantly dying

I am the wind
slowly subsiding

I am the wind
calming and slow

I am the wind
I've got places to go

29 comments:

  1. That totally blows! (har har har)
    I loved it. The cadence and the energy dwindling from it as I read it. Very nice. Very dynamic.

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  2. nicely played eric...do we blame the wind for where it blows?

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  3. I so relate to this poem as we lived for 3 years in a house overlooking Little Traverse Bay in Petoskey. The wind roared and crept by us, day and night. When we were moving in, we watched tornado clouds approach from the water and pass over our house. It did strike downtown Boyne City! Yes, I know all about wind. Nicely done.

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  4. We each can be so many things; so many that seem the same, but are not.

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  5. yeah - you can't see it - and yet - so many faces - quite the ode to the wind eric

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  6. Loved it much, and you needn't pay the penny as the pleasure was all mine! :)

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  7. Absolutely beautiful, remided me of a song we used to sing when we were little translated into English "the tickling wind feels all loves all and tells nothing!" We welsh are odd people...

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  8. "...reluctantly dying / ...slowly subsiding / ....calming and slow" Really great job ending this poem to fit the way wind calms down before you have it pick up and leave in the final line.
    Very nice combination of form & concept.

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  9. The wind is a wondrous element, nicely said, Eric.

    Pamela

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  10. and we wouldn't have you any other way :)

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  11. you're the wind
    taking us away

    you're the wind
    allowing us to breathe

    you're the wind
    setting words free

    Peace, hp

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  12. Yes, the wind is always moving and has somewhere it needs to go...bkm

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  13. At first, I was like what-no that the wind was dying. Then I realized what you were doing and loved it. The first line will stick with me forever. :)

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  14. A wonderful portrayal of the wind Eric. Nicely done.

    Anita.

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  15. Thank you everybody! :)

    Your comments are a big reason why I write.

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  16. You gave us a lot to think about... the wind is something often ignored.

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  17. Hi Eric

    So soft and simple and yet very beautiful flow.. I liked the lyrical quality of it...
    Thanks for sharing...

    ॐ शांति ॐ
    Om Shanti Om
    May peace be... praying for People of Japan
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  18. Here in the desert, the winds can be fierce. I've often thought of wrting about it. No need to now. Your poem expresses the many facets of nature's truth.

    Eric, I wanted you to know that I loved the poem, "Earth Mother's Song" in the poets united anthology. Your poem is one of my favorites. It lends the book the quality of true art.

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  19. Oh yeah. I wouldn't want to stand in teh way of the wind when it blows.

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  20. A fundamental forces of nature...the wind...and this piece. Vb

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  21. Oh yea.. many facets to this amazing force.. sometimes gentle, sometimes fierce!! All we can do is appreciate and respect this beauty...

    Very nicely put, Eric!!

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  22. What a free flowing windy poem this one is!
    I feel caressed by its breeze already :)

    Hugs xxx

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