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Array ( [sid] => 175360 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Ripples on the water [time] => 2013-03-06 12:43:19 [hometext] => Regarding a recent extended weekend holiday at Loch Ness. [bodytext] =>

''What a beautiful morning'' someone chimes
as I step outside for my first cig with my first coffee.
I can still feel the snugness of my recently vacated bed,
but frailties have to be catered for.

We're housed at the top of a mountain;
the sun dazzles and glistens,
feigning an impending warmth
over a frost-covered Devonian-shaped Highland landscape.

There, stretched out before me
the eternal attraction for believers and non-believers;
the Loch of Lochs - the Ness,
the Scottish crown jewel of myth, or of monster.

I stand there shivering;
in awe of its beauty, its grandeur,
its magic, its magnetism,
and its secrets (if there are any).

I think of nearby Urquhart Castle
that stands by the loch's edge.
If only its ancient walls could talk,
or are they also part of a silent collusion.

Wondering and pondering.
Then - ripples on the water
and suddenly I'm fully alert ....

.... I can smell breakfast.

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Ripples on the water

Contributed by spud on Wednesday, 6th March 2013 @ 12:43:19 PM in AEST
Topic: Holiday Poetry

''What a beautiful morning'' someone chimes
as I step outside for my first cig with my first coffee.
I can still feel the snugness of my recently vacated bed,
but frailties have to be catered for.

We're housed at the top of a mountain;
the sun dazzles and glistens,
feigning an impending warmth
over a frost-covered Devonian-shaped Highland landscape.

There, stretched out before me
the eternal attraction for believers and non-believers;
the Loch of Lochs - the Ness,
the Scottish crown jewel of myth, or of monster.

I stand there shivering;
in awe of its beauty, its grandeur,
its magic, its magnetism,
and its secrets (if there are any).

I think of nearby Urquhart Castle
that stands by the loch's edge.
If only its ancient walls could talk,
or are they also part of a silent collusion.

Wondering and pondering.
Then - ripples on the water
and suddenly I'm fully alert ....

.... I can smell breakfast.

Copyright © spud ... [ 2013-03-06 12:43:19]
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Re: Ripples on the water (User Rating: 1 )
by ScribereHabeo on Wednesday, 6th March 2013 @ 06:48:56 PM AEST
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Love the vision in this poem, great read

Re: Ripples on the water (User Rating: 1 )
by Sagefairy on Thursday, 7th March 2013 @ 03:19:48 PM AEST
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What a wonderful read! I've seen photos - the place is beautiful enough even without Nessie... This is beautiful. Blessings, SF

Re: Ripples on the water (User Rating: 1 )
by Spike on Friday, 8th March 2013 @ 07:44:31 AM AEST
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Holy Plesiosaurs Spudman!

that's some lovely nature you were laying lyrical, even with the cancer stick inclusion. Man, I would like to see that place first hand, and Nessie too, in all her ancient, gynormous majesty.

Now I'm thinking about breakfast, and its only 1am here...

S.

Re: Ripples on the water (User Rating: 1 )
by northernlights on Monday, 11th March 2013 @ 05:58:35 AM AEST
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The way to a man's heart is through his stomach A saying to reiterate the importance of that last conclusive line. Before sustenance a feast for the eyes and the heart of a poet singing out a across the beautiful Lochness and away into the highlands You packed us into your writing Suitcase and you took us all there in a veil of mysticism and we are all now believers in your writing talent xx

Re: Ripples on the water (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Tuesday, 23rd April 2013 @ 10:49:53 PM AEST
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My aging brain was wondering where my original comment went and then it hit me...oh yeah, you had the original posting removed. Yayness be mine that my memory isn't completely gone and with that, I also remembered that I liked this poem then and I still like it now. See me no fickle!

Always a pleasure to read TOMMY!!!!

Re: Ripples on the water (User Rating: 1 )
by unknown_utopia on Sunday, 13th April 2014 @ 08:32:00 AM AEST
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wow
How did I miss this master piece?
Good stuff.....

Re: Ripples on the water (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Friday, 14th November 2014 @ 01:24:18 PM AEST
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enchantingly beautiful,

hugs n' love nessa

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