good one

Ah, loved this, beautifully described, excellent Jude,

Reindeer

As long as you still have the bounce, you've got it! :-)

You know I think I saw you at a distance in the sky
did you see me
I was the red balloon

Wonderful talent..
Lynn Richardson

Gotta keep bouncing. Tigger knows too...

so that's what your full of... helium? oh, and wisdom, too. so just remember, you blue balloon you, how much hope and joy and common ground your floating life gives those of us who can't get off the ground. maintaining bounce in honor of a master poet high above, Dawn

Just keep that bounce going. As for Rita, she was a kitten here (see my report in my Events) and we are high and dry. You may get a bit of her today.

Ron

Engaging thoughts Jude, can my muse go with your balloon for a short ride, you know for a different perspective...excellent write!

peace and love, Carole

Thanks for the adventure....

Your poem is the perfect definition of resilience and grace, Jude, may your life always be blessed with both. This is an excellent poem that had me floating on the air with your fantastic images; A perfect read for me today as our skies here in Albuquerque have been colored with hundreds of Hot Air Balloons for the last week or so in anticipation of the annual Albuquerque International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta which starts next Saturday, when 1000 balloons will take to the skies every morning. There must be a poem somewhere inside me mixed with all that excitement, don't you think? ;)

Take care,

Sherry

Ahhhh sometimes it helps to simplify our lifes and just let our minds and souls break free for a little vacation and what better way to go then yours. Well done Jude/

Felix

...Ada boy! You just GOTTA, ain't ya? You is that big, bubbly red balloon of vision, after all - so no use you havin de blues, is it?! :)) Funny... as Linda says, reading this through my own filter, I woke up skipping along in my spirit with Vanessa Carlton this morning... must be all the good vibes comin my way! Thanks for holding onto my string today! :)) LOL K xx Off I go... up, up and away!

Aha...on the same page in some way...did you steal my balloon away???

Oh well you are on the otherside of the sun so I guess you can have it for a few hours....aslong as you send it back once every 24 hours OKAY!!!!!!!!!!

Love you poem....what a trip with a bouncy-bouncy ending!!

Love Tinka

Oh this one will resonate in all, no doubt Jude! "Battered but buoyant...Still maintaining bounce", fantastic lines and great choice of metaphors! Arn't we all afloat out here, made of the same stuff but differant colors and textures-our only tie to gravity and each other a string that often is pulled by others who allthough well meaning, just don't get us at all? Each of us sees through their own lens and it colors interpretation. This is probably one example! Yes, there are currents that take us into unknown waters and we are helpless to stop from "crashing". Life takes us on many detours. Some frightening and heartbreaking. Brava for your stubborn independence and faith in yourself! (I'm very tired so I'm probably not making any sense(:

You describe the feeling so well!Sometimes it's good to just float as long as you maintain your bounce;-)

Battered but buoyant
Still maintaining bounce

A very uplifitng message, poet
We must bounce back after the crash and start again
Thanks ofr sharing this wonderful, brilliant poem, Jude