Swimming in this skin

My beautiful Annushka & you would be right there too, I just know it... how carefree & joyful that would be eh?! It was written during a horrible time of heart break for me this one, but I was thinking about my women in my choir & how I would feel if it were one of them feeling like that... & this is what I came up with. You would love them I think, we are often wicked & laugh our heads off most irreverently much of the time... I sometimes record the sessions & the tapes (hah, how outdated that term is now) are full of explosions of laughter & hysteria between all the lovely harmony... I am very blessed, in the 7 years I have been leading that group there has NEVER been a mean soul, they have always quickly crept into my heart & I them, & there have been changes over time, but still, we always seem to get the best women in town all ages & styles, it is a beautiful community. Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

Dearest gentle Cat, thank you, you are always so kind. I will be back (have a big weekend of performances of all kinds starting tomorrow so a quick visit just now) to pop this into poetry form as opposed to song. I took it to the choir & they loved it, but I think they are a tad biased. Yes, I like the middle 3 lines of the ones you have picked here too. It doesn't take much to make me happy... I trained myself to be that way & it has paid off. Singing & dancing are particularly inspiring of joy don't you think? In good company especially, a bunch of really good women do wonders for melancholy. Take care Cat. Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

Kelsey, I was OVERJOYED to see you here again, I have missed you terribly (& have had v little online time... noticed the other notice... will get to that soon too.. been working towards this festival weekend so it is nearly over)... Yay for Ewok visits!!! You always have such sensible input Kelsey... you are right, since I am asking evening to kiss me... it kind of merrits a persona... though it is wierd to me, it is almost like I am stating the obvious in my head... since I feel evening kisses me as it rises in this instance... do you know what I mean, I'm sure you would... but no, it isn't a typo for kiss me in the evening... though I am not averse to such with the one I love, but I digress. Now I need to think about the matter of question marks for the time place etc. (I do find it frustrating that I can't refer to the poem as I reply, I need to go back & look, my sense is that those words are part of a greater query, rhetorical or perhaps answered in itself... which doesn't mitigate having a questionmark somewhere... it is a good point you make (as always). I have run out of time here now, but I will come see what you have been up to (yum, can't wait!!!!, hope there is lots!) as soon as I recover from the weekend. Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

Yes... I fancy you a mermaid & a siren for sure... in fact that is how I see you very much, your siren song is a potent poetry that often takes us under dear Anna... as potent as they come, that is exactly what I think that whole mythology was born to describe, a beauty or wisdom or both that was so devastating one could hardly bare to stay in this world in it's presence..... & you have it for sure... plus I don't care how often you suggest you feel like my mother, I always see you as gorgeously lascivious & graceful in my image you are 30's at most & walking on the beach or at least swept by it's winds as you gaze over a balcony to a brilliant sunset. But I confess to a bit of an obsession with sirens & have written too many songs referring to them.. I suppose I have my own connection to them, in a myriad of ways... Still I had a mandate to work this one, so I indulged. You would be most welcome in this mermaid frollic dear Anna, toss up a few worries & transform them in good company. As for hearing it... when the CD is finished (I wrote it for my choir & the new CD we are planning) I will see about getting a site you can visit with it on, there are several of my songs on it (will be) singers indulge me so! & a number of other siren & mermaid flavoured songs. Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

Hiya Gee, thanks you sweet thing, I am glad you were able to visit the shores of siren sung wonder & mermaid abandonment, it is a good place to spend a little time I think... & yes almost some warmth, though I still have the heater on most of the time! still only between 10 & 15 degrees celsius, I'm afraid... though the school newsletter is advertising bushfire prevention sessions already, I suspect the heat will fast bloom & suddenly we will be at the lake as often as possible (mermaid spotting no doubt). Be well dear Gee & write lots so I can read them when I am over frantic performance season.. Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

Thanks BG I am scrambling to catch up here with little time for poetry (sadly), I will come visit you as soon as I can. Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama