zen walking on Ridge road

Its the middle of the night here and I felt this solitary walk with you Anna taking each step,poignant sadness in this one ... I love the line where you say you dont buy anything you dont need , made me think ... Love and hugz Jayne x x I could wait with you in the raindrops I love standing in the rain .. thank you for sharing this one Anna .. P.S edit I forgot the stars that time ... "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

Sorry have missed a few of your poems and stories therein of late, but with you there is no problem as the flow is great, the words are great and the theme is great. Waiting in the raindrops is a time to watch that life is sometimes to fast. Lovely write as per, Yours Ian.T

Congratulations Anna, spotlight !! love and hugz Jayne x x your one of my favourites ... I am so happy you are here !!!! "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

I don't know what to say, as this poem has certainly knocked me off my pins. I have often noticed the horrid state of our flag, outside of businesses and it angers me. Senator Kennedy... such a good man... Always, Cat

For years upon years, Canadians found it difficult to identify who they were. More than French and English. An industrial modern state, but there seemed so many. The most complex democracy in the world, yet that seemed no asset. We hated being the haulers of water and hewers of trees. In those years, we comforted ourselves that we were not, definitely not, the U.S.A. It was one of those discriminatory compliments. We, the mouse, worried about every twitch of the elephant, determined that we were proud that we didn't want to roll over and squish the poor beast. Prior to the latest of the Bushes, that stance changed. We described ourselves in assertive terms, rather than in what we were not. We invented peace keeping, play hockey, are multicultural, bilingual, own medicare, harbour the most complex democracy in the world, have gone metric, have the most dynamic economy in the western world, support our allies but not to the extreme, involve conscience in foreign policy, and are the world's leading immigration destination per capita. In short, we decided that we like ourselves. American's scare the shit out of us. That win one for the Gipper, we have the biggest thermonuclear penis, train the marines (if nothing else) to pull the trigger, Fox news, why not elect George W. Bush, free trade until it doesn't help us, spy the hell out of everybody, simply scares the shit out of us all (except Albertans). And yet we like you guys and gals. We hope for you. We watch CNN, disgusted that it isn't the CBC, addicted all the same, and happy when it switches without chagrin from leaning Republican to supporting health care reform. We gasp at your deficits but think this amazing new President is doing the right things. We think that America has reinvented itself electing Obama past the stereotypes, the civil war history, past the bigotry - for it was the middle class that ensured his election. And we want to say things are going to get better. Thinking softly about you. Brian

Removed the duplicate comment. Brian

There are no words to describe how beautifully you write. This is such a pure poem it also conjures many images. Excellent work Chrys

by the time I read this to the end I forgot wat the title was and I was trying to think of the word to descrbe how I felt..peaceful? silent? and then I scrolled to the top and read the title again and the feeling I had was the same as when I sat for a straight hour in front of a japanese zen garden staring at the perfect parallel lines with the white stones getting lost in meditation your piece made me think and feel this. you are truly an amazing artist anna. -diatom shells

~A, I've been low for some time. No composition,or participation. Then, I come in to Neopoet,and you are one of the few poets I must find and read. In Zen, all of this ugliness and beauty are one, naturally. Your poem is wonderful. wcw

You have a lovely heart and a great way of putting it into words, which has made us think of the words you have written here.Sad but well worth the read. Thank u for sharing. Lyz.x.