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Rated: 13+ · Book · Biographical · #1317094

Enga mellom fjella: where from across the meadow, poems sing from mountains and molehills.


Enga mellom Fjella




Sentinel

         Marked
                   as if you own me
I bow before the Bitterroots
and just like you
                   my rocky soil, my withered grass
                   lays prey to the empty sky.

© Kåre Enga 2007 "Sentinel" Open in new Window.

Daffodils from Mandy.

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FACES



PLACES




Yellow cheer from sarah




 Kåre *Delight* Enga
~ until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow! And I let the fish go.
~ Elizabeth Bishop
The Fish
August 17, 2021 at 4:18pm
August 17, 2021 at 4:18pm
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I imagine myself dying unknown in an unknown place. *Shock* Sound sad? Not if I get to travel around the world with my home on my back for the next 20 years. *Smirk2*

By then I'll be past my expiration date.

Old bones are best buried.

But I've also dreamed about a small cottage somewhere where no one goes. No mountains or beach to entice the tourist. No highway to bring them to my door.

There are small towns in Kansas that come to mind. Like Lone Elm.

I'd need a car though.

To be surrounded by prairie, that sea of green grass beckoning me to enter its loneliness while listening to the wisdom that wheat whispers... that's my dream.

An edited response to "Invalid Entry" Open in new Window. by {suser_id:}

And my response to my response...

We make choices. I've been known to overstay my welcome. Have you?

I've zigged when I should've zagged never realizing until years later that I could've zogged.

In 2008 I had to choose between Emporia, Seattle and Missoula. I chose Montana. That worked for awhile. In 2011 I moved to Costa Rica, keeping my options open to move back. Thankfully moved back.

But now?

Have I stayed here too long? Are my traveling days over? I left my heart in Kansas. Have I been away too long? Where is home?

Do I overthink then whine too much?

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