Longing

Rebecca

Though now the clouds roll over me

as the west winds have blown

I find I long for distant plains

endless skies I have known

 

But what to me was east and west

and lure of many lands

could never replace the green grass

with tepid heated sands

 

For here was where I set my roots

bright summers in the glen

A-wash in colors of the fall

your heart shines now as then 

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Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Wonderful sentiment expressed in this poem of settled roots and longing Tate. Always a pleasure to read your work.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Chris “longing is my life’s stock and trade

[Elizabeth]

a lovely delivery, a lovely poem

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Elisabeth

[Lisasview]

Your lovely words speak volumes… feels as though they just flowed out of you. I know that feeling because that is how I feel when I write.
Is there someone on my shoulder doing the writing?
Perhaps pure writing is when one has felt real love?
But then again pure writing can also be when one has felt pain.
I loved your poem… the photo and the choice of music are perfect.
Lisa, on the train from. Galicia to home

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Lisa thank you. I have absolutely no idea where these poems come from in me. Most of them I dream up when I’m half asleep in the morning they ring through my head I run downstairs and I copy them down on paper

[Lisasview]

Oh Gosh Tate, That is exactly what happens to me.. I have absolutely no idea where I come up with my words...For example...Nymph and Innocence..so different from each other...I do not think you have read either of these?? The minute I put my pen to paper my words just flowed out...Some say it is my muse...but?? I love losing control to whatever it is..
Lisa, now home from Galicia, Spain

[Tate Morgan]

There’s something about the time when you’re dreaming and half asleep that makes creativity easier

[Lisasview]

I agree... My father, who died at the age of 96 was amazing. He wrote down his thought and dreams every day... He actually remembered his dreams!!
He spoke 11 languages and, wrote his dreams in 3..
I wish I could do that...
L

[Tate Morgan]

I often wondered about people who were bilingual do they think in the language they’re speaking in or do they think in English for instance and transfer it to Spanish?

[Lisasview]

Well, my father was Russian and grew up in Cairo...and, I believe he thought in the languages he spoke... as he learned all the languages when he was a child... Not at school. Perhaps that makes the difference. My first language was French and when we moved to Hollywood, California I was very young.. I was trying to learn English and so I was translating French to English..
Two years ago we moved to Spain.. No family here..just a huge adventure. I am learning Spanish from our contractors and I believe that it is becoming second nature to me. However, my husband is going to school and studying on the internet, so he is more or less translating from English to Spanish and back..If that makes sense...
Really great question you asked Tate..

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you I’ve often wondered how people manage more than one language whether or not they thinking that language or have to translate words into their native language?

[Lisasview]

As I am thinking this question over and talking with my husband about it I had a thought. When my father dreamed what language was it in? and, when he wrote out his dreams was he writing in the same language as he dreamt in?
I was having such a difficult time learning English that my father said that only English could be spoken in our home and because of that I lost 99% of my French... such a shame...

[Tate Morgan]

That tells me a lot. I suppose your father thought English to be the universal language. However had napoleon won in 1805 we and the rest of the world might all be speaking French. To this day Quebec Canadians refuse to speak English except when drunk when they cuss in English

[Lisasview]

Very funny...and who know what would have happened..He spoke French like a French man and everyone thought he was French. I wish he was still here to discuss this with him..

[Tate Morgan]

Just a simple observation How one incident in time set up everything that comes after

[Pete]

longing indeed. so very emotive. such strong imagery. sheer poetry in motion ... :)

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Pete. She is everything to me.

[Patricia Wedel]

A beautiful poem and a lovely Lady and Baby...
Your caring words keep a familiar tune to
dance by the light of the Moon. gently. Pat

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you so much pat

[Einstein Noodle]

ohhhhh my friend! you have outdone yer self! lilting .. exquisitely ... and subtly emotive .. love the pic and song choice as well ... evident the thought and work you put into this ... the metaphor is stunning says i .. a mature man hears the call of youthful wanderlust that use to be responded to .. now knows the joy and great peace that comes with roots ... one of my favorites of yours sir ... your bride should be well pleased ;)
E.

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Gene I sometimes read the things I write and I have no clue where they came from. Where does this stuff come from? Merci I feel sometimes as if I can’t lay claim to my own work. Because I didn’t consciously bring it into existence. These things tend to come to me when I’m half asleep I wake up in the middle the night walk over to the computer and type them out I think I’m possessed but it keeps me from being alone

[Einstein Noodle]

Bob Dillon was like that ;) Ed Sheeran is one my favorites as well .. nice job! :)

[Fabian G. Franklin]

What a lovely tribute to your wife. I enjoyed the read.

[Tate Morgan]

Fabian you sir are the personified collection of our collective conscience

[Seriana]

What a beautifully penned piece. I enjoyed the sweet rhymes and colorful visions in a poem of many longings. Lovely!

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Could be Dear I hope? It’s the café to possibly be coming back

[Robert Trakofler]

Tate That smile is a treasure worthy of a thousand more lines:) a longing in the belonging is a wonderful place to be

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you that’s my wife Becky. She is sure a peach I have written many many about her

[Relic]

You're a lucky man Tate. Not many are as blessed as you to have a wife and a place you've known since childhood. My best wishes to you both.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you relic. It took me 14 years to figure out that I really need to come home