My newest poem...To Balance On the Wind...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Up on a column of air
The gull does
A balancing act

The wind shifts
And rolls beneath him
He jockeys to stay aloft
His wings flutter and dip
As he rides

It’s the surging wind at the end of the day
We always get it here

The flags snap
The trees bend and sway
I hold my jacket closed
Against it.

The gull seems to pause
As he climbs against the sky

He’s balancing
Upon the wind

[arcadian]

1. Wind surfing

I used to love wind surfing. I haven't done it in a long time.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Sounds like fun, my dear arcadian!

:hi:

[PaddyBlueEyes]

3. Awesome Pegs

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear PaddyBlueEyes!

Oh, thank you, sweetie...

I hope the crowd at the open mic tomorrow night will like it as much as you do...

:hug:

[mcctatas]

5. Wow Peggy!

I usually refer to gulls as rats with wings, I may have to rethink that now, that is beautiful! :applause:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear mcctatas!

Ah, I love gulls! I love how the sun catches their wings...

I'm so glad you like my little poem, sweetie...

Thank you!

:hug:

[Lionel Mandrake]

17. Gulls are not rats with wings.

Pigeons are.

"It takes but a smidgen to poison a pigeon"
- Tom Lehrer

[av8rdave]

30. Pigeons...I prefer to think of them as turds with feathers

Now THAT'S poetic!

[malta blue]

7. Beautiful Peggy!

:applause:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear malta blue!

Oh, thank you, sweetie!

So glad you enjoyed this...

:hug:

[NanceGreggs]

8. Lovely, as always!

:applause:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear Nance!

Oh, thank you!

Sorry it's not erotic this time!

Maybe next time...

:hug:

[bluesbassman]

11. Lovely Peggy.

You'll blow them away at open mic, balancing on the wind!:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear bluesbassman!

Aw, you are too sweet...

I'm so glad you've enjoyed my little work...

I hope to favorably impress them!

:hug:

[RandomThoughts]

13. Thanks for the smile

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear RandomThoughts...

You're welcome...I hope the smile meant you enjoyed it...

:hi:

[RandomThoughts]

24. yes of coarse.

It was a good poem, very moving.

:)

[crimsonblue]

15. Another classic from the inestimable Peggy!

Is it me, or do they keep getting better and better? Maybe you should think about sending a collection of your poems to a publisher. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear crimsonblue!

Aw, sweetie...

You are really too kind...I hope this is good, but I can't really tell.

You know I did get two published, but the next ones I sent got rejected. So I have less confidence now than I did...

:hug:

[crimsonblue]

19. In what did you get them published?

I'll be sure to write to the publisher and tell them how much I love your work. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. They were published in the journal "The Bellowing Ark."

It's based out of Seattle.

You are too kind!

:hug:

[Gonzo Gardener]

18. Peggy, my dear...

you are "pretty well a one-in-a-million bird".


I'm sure that your Cartel comrades will enjoy this one! :thumbsup:

Do you have plans to record more of your readings to post on youtube?


:hug: :loveya: :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. My dear Gonzo Gardener!

Ah, thanks!

They normally like my stuff, but they have told me they prefer my erotic works!

I don't have any immediate plans to do any more recording, but it certainly could happen...

:hug: :loveya: :hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. That made me smile...

I love to watch the gulls ride the currents whenever I cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. :hi::loveya:

Beautiful poem, Peggy! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. My dear GoddessofGuinness!

Oh, I'm glad!

I love to watch them too...and watching one of them do what I wrote about was the inspiration for this...

Thanks, sweetie...:hug:

[denbot]

25. Excellent Miss C-P

How are you and your hubby?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. My dear denbot!

Thank you...

We are well...

Glad you enjoyed this!

[Wetzelbill]

26. very nice

You can still tighten it up a little, maybe eliminate some of the "to" parts of it. I "jockeys" as a verb, it's strong and muscular. Excellent job.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear Wetzelbill!

I really do appreciate your very constructive criticism...

I plan to look it over some more, and tighten it up a bit more...

Editing is a very useful and often difficult task.

Thank you!

[Wetzelbill]

29. oh yeah editing sucks

It takes a thick skin to write and continue to grow because you have to constantly be critiqued. It's the nature of the beast. Keep working hard, you're doing well. Read lots of poetry too. Just reading top notch poetry makes you better because it rubs off on you.

[av8rdave]

31. That's a great one!

Evokes some great images. Thanks for posting.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear av8rdave!

Thank you!

I tried very hard to show what I saw...

It's not easy, not one little bit!

:hi:

[Callalily]

32. Very nice Peggy,

very visual.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear Callalily!

And visual is just what I wanted it to be...

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you, sweetie...

:hug:

[Arugula Latte]

35. Nice! I can just picture that gull.

I love watching seagulls. Sometimes we get them inland here in Portland, and it always makes me happy to hear their cries. I imagine I'm at the ocean. :loveya:

Yesterday I was listening to the Shin's "New Slang" and the line I was concentrating on was this one:

And if you'd 'a took to me like
A gull takes to the wind.
Well, I'd 'a jumped from my tree
And I'd a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11Kr1-q-pA

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear Arugula Latte!

Thanks for the great song...I loved it!

And I'm so pleased my poem makes you see the seagulls...that was just what I was trying to get you to see!

Thank you, sweetie...

:loveya:

[Arugula Latte]

37. Glad you liked the song, Peg!

It became popular because it was on the soundtrack of "Garden State" ... a good movie if you haven't seen it.