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Like a Child
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Like a Child
 
I feel
like the wild daisies
that sprang up out back
are for me.
 
I smile
at the thought of being
able to make a memorial
to the oaks and maples
and cedars that graced
so long.  
 
Trip-encouraging burial
mounds I just know
contain spirits that try to help
blunt the teeth of roaring beasts
in coward yellow
when they come to destroy.  
 
Farther back,  white rock
rings trees like it is trying
to insure they survive.
 
I see
the rain has decided
to stick around.
 
Stay gentle.
 
Don't need to be a child
to need a rest
from glare,
I feel.

 

(c)  Phyllis Jean Green
     September, 2009
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 Reviews of "Like a Child"
Reviewed by Elizabeth Price
Reviewed on October 10, 2009
Awesome. Liz
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on October 2, 2009
YOU ARE RIGHT...WE DON'T NEED TO BE A CHILD TO NEED A REST BUT...WE NEED A CHILD LIKE SPIRIT TO ENDURE AND CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S NATURE ALL AROUND US...IN SPITE OF THE 'PRESS'. ANOTHER LOVELY WORK JEAN. THANKS FOR SHARING AND BLESSINGS.
JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Reviewed by Roger Ochs
Reviewed on September 25, 2009
A superb autumnal ode- especially this

"Farther back, white rock
rings trees like it is trying
to insure they survive."
Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
SO beautiful, (((Pea))) - Autumn bursts with vibrant colors and refreshment in these lines - GORGEOUS!! Looking forward to the end of the burning season, which this summer seemed to be - older I get, harder it is to take the heat - thank you for the celebration that is Fall. Well done.

(((((HUGS))))) and love, Karla.
Reviewed by Carole Mathys
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
This makes me feel like walking through the wild daisies in a gently rain shower...two of my favorite things to do. A gentle, beautiful pen, Pee.

Carole~
Reviewed by Sheila Roy
Reviewed on September 18, 2009
This one reminds me Anne of Anne of Green Gables. You capture the feel of an innocent imagination with no boundaries. Great work!
Sheila
Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on September 17, 2009
makes me want to just lay myself down and rest!
Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on September 17, 2009
Great write Phyllis.
Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on September 17, 2009
Love the way this one makes me feel so alive...perhaps fall is in the air but your words are always sunny.
fee
Reviewed by Marcia Miller-Twiford
Reviewed on September 17, 2009
Absolutely beautiful tribute to fall approaching. BRAVO Phyllis.
Have an inspired day,
Marcia
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