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Re: shobana
Oh, thank you, shobana. It was beautiful, for many, but not all. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 10, 2016 at 2:01 PM
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What a beautiful love story Presta, you brought me step by step through it
posted by
shobana
on November 10, 2016 at 5:37 AM
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Re: Nautikos
How Very true. Thank you.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 9, 2016 at 5:00 PM
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RP
No matter how stark the old home, the longing for it never dies...
posted by
Nautikos
on November 9, 2016 at 3:52 PM
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Re: TAPS
Yes, beautiful. So I have that scene from family on both sides... I have a similar name in my family (married in, generations back). There are about 5 spellings of it, including "Smith."
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 9, 2016 at 12:18 PM
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I love it.
It describes the Bohemian Forest of Czech Republic. My Grandmother Jelinek used to tell me stories of it.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 8, 2016 at 7:39 PM
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Re: UKUSA
Great photo! Thank you.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 8, 2016 at 7:12 PM
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Winning trumps whining! shalom shalom & hallelujah. America wins too
posted by
NocrossJustchristmas
on November 8, 2016 at 6:03 PM
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Re: Annicita
Thank you.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 8, 2016 at 5:54 PM
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I love the shape...almost like a tie
posted by
Annicita
on November 8, 2016 at 5:31 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Kabu
You're welcome, sweet Kabu. It has made me happy to post them.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 8, 2016 at 4:33 PM
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Re: Re: Kabu
Thank you. I love your posts.
posted by
Kabu
on November 8, 2016 at 2:33 PM
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Re: UKUSA
Such a beautiful poem, and a beautiful response. So nice are your words. You are quite poetical. Many thanks. Shalom and bless you.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 8, 2016 at 2:32 PM
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continued -
Yet this is a story for every race
And she told me a delicious secret:
The first Gentile born in a Jewish hospital!
My own was Oakford Priory, among indentured peoples
Who had no school, let alone a hospital:
The angel nuns who delivered me, perhaps, prayed:
LORD JESUS Ukusa Deo belongs to you. He called!
shalom and amen! (Thanks for the inspiration/s)
posted by
NocrossJustchristmas
on November 8, 2016 at 1:01 PM
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A poemly response, to a Home-ly poem (no, not a HOMILY):
She wrote of home, as I hear the elongated "om" in H O M E
It builds to a crescendo, then eases into a semi-dirge
"WE lost angel souls in the middle passage ..."
Rises like a Tsunami sized wave from the ship's belly -
They may have not sung "Amazing Grace
posted by
NocrossJustchristmas
on November 8, 2016 at 12:58 PM
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Re: Katray2.
Thank you, Katray2. I think it is true.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 8, 2016 at 11:35 AM
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Re: FSI
Yes, it was, for some.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 8, 2016 at 11:34 AM
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Re: C_C_T
Yes, this is right. Though my family came after the covered wagon days...
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 8, 2016 at 11:34 AM
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Re: UKUSA
Thank you. I feel you should write poems if you are inspired to do so. You will do quite well, for you have a fervent belief in your words and mind. To me, I see now that my words are often nothing but worthless self-serving worms, and not of a level like Aba's or Shobana's, or other poets here. I do appreciate your compliment very much though. And yes, may Sheltering Wings wrap themselves around this world. Shalom, shalom, dear UKUSA. Did you know I was the first 'Gentile' born in a certain 'Jewish' Hospital?
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 8, 2016 at 11:33 AM
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Excellent, true love is patient and rewarded..
Lovely verse, RPresta! 
posted by
Katray2
on November 8, 2016 at 7:05 AM
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The waiting is the hardest part.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on November 8, 2016 at 6:39 AM
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Times must have been hard in other countries for men to seek a fortune or even a homestead. The woman as tough as nails to endure the wait and the eventual sea voyage. This poem is an example as you suggest of those early pioneers. Well I hope this is right.It is how it reads to me after you explained it and it rings true. Well done RP.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 8, 2016 at 6:07 AM
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Seems wonderful - but I am a novice at this. But I can say: when I read you
or Aba's & Shobana's poems, I feel inspired to try writing one myself. Thanks & Shalom, shalom for His Sheltering Wings over us and US all this day and in r lives
posted by
NocrossJustchristmas
on November 8, 2016 at 4:28 AM
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Re: Aba
Oh, dear Aba, not to meet there; he'd left her there, in his homeland. Not spooky, just harsh with stark beauty. (Had to change the white wolves though; they are Arctic.) There was a time when men left their homes and their ladies to come to America (US) to earn money on its streets of gold. Some returned to their Motherland; some delighted in the leaving, opting to stay here; and some brought their ladies here... My grandmother stayed over 4 years, waiting, though I don't think she minded.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 7, 2016 at 9:29 PM
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Oh, I now understand. That explains the diaspora of it all. Thanx a lot, dear Presta.
posted by
anib
on November 7, 2016 at 9:28 PM
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Re: Kabu
Hah! He DID leave her there, and still she waited. That's partly the point. And it is partly true... Thank you, dear Kabu!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 7, 2016 at 8:41 PM
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What a place to meet, among the gnarled trees, white wolves hiding, desolate mountaints, the summer sun, cold ... I do love such mystic places but they seem quite spoky, ineeded! 
posted by
anib
on November 7, 2016 at 8:17 PM
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oooh sounds like a scary place...I'd leave her there to wait. Well written for your description is so realistic I can see it.
posted by
Kabu
on November 7, 2016 at 3:14 PM
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