Beethoven 6

Awakening to the shout of the sun
Animals scurry in the underbrush
As I step out, barefooted, into the damp grass.

Alive and blood coursing
Through my veins, I am 
Astonished at how fresh I feel.
All aglow with red cheeks shining

And now I hesitate as 
My memory fills with all the cares I carry
But the birdsong is too much for me
And I begin to hum along with them.
A lone human voice 
Joining the concert that is Nature
In all its delight and wonder.

Why should I burden this beautiful dawn
With all that so often weighs on me?	
The joy of the day is greater than 
Anything that we contrive 
To distract us from the music of the firmament.
The eager embrace of the warm sun
And the anticipation of the possibility of 
All that is to come.

I dance to the possible
To the unknown and unforeseen, whatever it may be.
To live is to see with constant wonder 
What we never knew could be.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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May 20, 2014 at 11:01 PM
Hi Barry,, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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May 20, 2014 at 6:19 PM
Welcome to Poetry Soup, Barry. Wow, I love the positive emotion in this poem.. Hope you find much support here. Comment on the poems of other members and they will return the favor. Best wishes.
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May 20, 2014 at 1:52 PM
Barry, such a beautiful poem. Beethoven, by dawn... , A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join, March 2010. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry ha-ha a special pair:) here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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May 20, 2014 at 1:53 PM
Thank you Anne-Lise for your kind words. I will read some of the poetry here and comment on it. I look forward to hearing what others have to say about my efforts.
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May 20, 2014 at 1:36 PM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Barry :) - I choose your first great written free verse - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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