Above the transom

Above the transom

Above the transom

 Eyes above the transom

stood upon her chair,

looking out over the garden

where just last night, she is sure,

were pixies and fairies bright.

And over there elves counselled with Oberon.

*

Now pixies are buttercups, fairies daisies.

Where the elf king had sat, a dandelion.

Dandelion, dandy, LION!

startled, she hears a roar

she jumps down with a cry of alarm

“Mummy help! there is a lion outside the door.”

*

An extract from “The Merry Endeavour”  http://gentledove2.wordpress.com/the-merry-endeavour 

December 28, 2008
Categories: children, classical music, fairy stories, flowers, literature, nature, poetry, walz, wild flowers, wildlife . Tags: , , , , , , . Author: The Totton linnet

13 Comments

  1. Comment by gmarie on December 31, 2008 2:21 am

    This is just another world…the art says it all-

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  2. Comment by soulintention on December 31, 2008 3:04 am

    Absolutely love this piece —- I must read more of the Merry Endeavour

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  3. Comment by The Totton linnet on December 31, 2008 11:26 am

    @gmarie In a sense the art work is like the poetry, the inspiration is 1st class but the performance needs a great deal of work yet, I visited but was blocked from commenting because I was not signed in, I’ll come back to it. luv Suz.
    @ Barbara Last time I was over I was just getting set to read about that poor christmas tree and I got called away, so I’ll get back to you too. :)

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  4. Comment by nectarfizz on January 25, 2009 5:18 am

    How I do doo love the pixies. Lovingly done as usual.

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  5. Comment by The Totton linnet on January 25, 2009 12:19 pm

    We pixie people :o

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  6. Comment by Internet Business on February 5, 2009 5:15 pm

    Such a nice blog.Keep Blogging.

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  7. Comment by The Totton linnet on February 5, 2009 6:48 pm

    Thank you, it’s nice to meet you

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  8. Comment by Walter on February 6, 2009 5:14 am

    Very good, and I love dandelions

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  9. Comment by The Totton linnet on February 7, 2009 11:17 am

    I blew upon a dandelion
    my thoughts flew into the air
    heaven’s wind will carry them
    to land and lay, who knows where?
    (a bowl of cherries)
    *
    :)

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  10. Comment by zunnur on February 27, 2009 1:31 pm

    “heaven’s wind will carry them
    to land and lay, who knows where?” – so beautiful!
    How are you my friend? Hope evrything is well, love to hear from you.

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  11. Comment by The Totton linnet on February 27, 2009 6:11 pm

    Hello dear Zunner, sorry about your fungi problem, the problem with fungi are the spores and I believe they are a very serious health hazard-very serious, do getexpert advice there, I tried to comment on venom of despise, it reminded of a poor canary I once saw who had escaped but the british dowdy old sparrows sure didn’t like his bright yellow coat and chased him. :( take care, stay well and good wishes. :)

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  12. Comment by Leofina Jane on May 20, 2009 1:51 pm

    Hello there Suz,

    how’s it going? :-) i missed reading your wonderful poems, looks like you’re getting better and better, :-) . Keep it up girl! :-)

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  13. Comment by The Totton linnet on May 20, 2009 5:06 pm

    :) Oh it’s my ol’ friend Jane, how are you, I don’t get on line so much these days-busy bee-’s funny you should say but I haven’t had a poem for 6 months or so, goned it has, like a tap turned off. I don’t mind, I’m quite pleased with my little achievements, Leofina you might look at “Beautiful” on “My quiet place” on Yack [which still gets an average of 100 views a day BTW] I would LOVE for somebody to put this song to music, it’s very precious to me. http://gentledove.wordpress.com/in-the-bleak-mid-winter I will pop over to see you soon [bloggy I mean] :) last time I was over you seemed to have spread out and diversified enormously-quite a ministry there. congrats. I hope you are well, God bless you.

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