Lol  deri, LA is about 450 miles from Oakland!  but yes,  we are a bit more
far along to springtime. Thanks, glad you liked it.  as to a theme,  how
about "life goes on" Time marches on?  Mag, who turned 48 on Friday.

Tamar Magenta Raine
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Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities


> [Original Message]
> From: Deri James <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date: 3/22/2004 1:39:22 PM
> Subject: Re: mag's new spring time poemm
>
> On Sunday 21 Mar 2004 02:32, Tamar Raine wrote:
> > The scents of spring bring joy,
> > The orange blossom trees secrete their sweet,
> > Strong fragrance in the coolness of the evening,
> > One cannot help but feel intoxicated,
> > Ready to fall in love -
> >
> > Along a busy street, other sweet scents greet me,
> > Baby birds make their first flights,
> > The warm weather awakens my soul,
> > There is joy, there is hope,
> >
> > At a nearby pond,
> > The waterfall causes shadows to move
> > In mysterious ways,
> > Almost like the Aurora Borealis
> > The light in the trees shifts and bends,
> > Sparkles and shimmers, like a dancer
> > Wearing a transparent golden scarf.
> >
> > The earth’s magnetic force is heading south,
> > As it has done every several hundred thousand years,
> > Navigational equipment must be recalibrated,
> > And people in the southern hemisphere
> > Will see the stunning aurora borealis
> > Until, once again, Mother Nature returns
> > These lights to the north
> > Just as she brings back spring.
> >
> > March 9, 2004,
> > Tamar Raine
> >
> >
> > Tamar Magenta Raine
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> >
> > Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities
>
> Very evocative Mags. Figure LA a bit further advanced in the Springtime
stakes
> than cold dank UK!!
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri