<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13983442</id><updated>2024-03-13T21:15:31.899-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Athena00181 - Fuschia Moments and Poetic Visions</title><subtitle type='html'>For long you live and high you fly&#xa;and smiles you&#39;ll give and tears you&#39;ll cry&#xa;and all that you touch and all that you see&#xa;is all your life will ever be. &#xa;- Pink Floyd</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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through my window pane&lt;br /&gt;and splinters into manifold&lt;br /&gt;the dazzling colors stained on&lt;br /&gt;a small piece of glass&lt;br /&gt;the Light falls on my baby&#39;s face&lt;br /&gt;roses upon her cheek&lt;br /&gt;and leaves upon her nose&lt;br /&gt;as I watch her sleep&lt;br /&gt;in the afternoon glow</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/feeds/113838499693434948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/13983442/113838499693434948' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/113838499693434948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/113838499693434948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/2006/01/verse-4.html' title='Verse 4'/><author><name>Athena00181</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16629152344307707437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EwQXt1BPYHU/TEJTXW9MJbI/AAAAAAAAeO4/bwrcpZWuLzw/s1600-R/102320095.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13983442.post-113838485105510678</id><published>2006-01-27T09:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T18:51:55.191-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Life throws us new challenges&lt;br /&gt;And waits around the corner&lt;br /&gt;peeping out on occasion&lt;br /&gt;To watch us&lt;br /&gt;As we struggle, and muddle,&lt;br /&gt;and sometimes take a fall&lt;br /&gt;If in an abyss,&lt;br /&gt;it finds a way&lt;br /&gt;to get us over that wall.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/feeds/113838485105510678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/13983442/113838485105510678' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/113838485105510678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/113838485105510678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/2006/01/life-throws-us-new-challenges-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Athena00181</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16629152344307707437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EwQXt1BPYHU/TEJTXW9MJbI/AAAAAAAAeO4/bwrcpZWuLzw/s1600-R/102320095.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13983442.post-113838430601029096</id><published>2006-01-27T09:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T18:51:55.065-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Baby Dreams</title><content type='html'>I long to see your face my baby&lt;br /&gt;growing inside me&lt;br /&gt;your every moment a new experience&lt;br /&gt;making a new memory.&lt;br /&gt;To hold you and kiss you&lt;br /&gt;and wrap you in all the love in the world&lt;br /&gt;To show you all the things that wait on this side&lt;br /&gt;To teach you whatever I can&lt;br /&gt;Although I know you&#39;ll teach me more&lt;br /&gt;So many people wait for you my baby&lt;br /&gt;not just your daddy and me&lt;br /&gt;but grandmas and grandpas, uncles, aunts and cousins&lt;br /&gt;so until we see you, our lovely child&lt;br /&gt;take your time to grow and be.&lt;br /&gt;We&#39;ll wait.&lt;br /&gt;We love you with all hearts&lt;br /&gt;Our baby&lt;br /&gt;Part of our family</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/feeds/113838430601029096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/13983442/113838430601029096' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/113838430601029096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/113838430601029096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/2006/01/baby-dreams.html' title='Baby Dreams'/><author><name>Athena00181</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16629152344307707437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EwQXt1BPYHU/TEJTXW9MJbI/AAAAAAAAeO4/bwrcpZWuLzw/s1600-R/102320095.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13983442.post-113838410599209236</id><published>2006-01-27T09:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T18:51:54.915-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>It&#39;s hard to believe how time flies by&lt;br /&gt;and yet when you go through each day&lt;br /&gt;some seem long&lt;br /&gt;those that never end&lt;br /&gt;and others just slip away..&lt;br /&gt;sometimes it feels like a blur&lt;br /&gt;of faces, objects and memories&lt;br /&gt;and at other times, an experience&lt;br /&gt;to be savored&lt;br /&gt;in all its glory..</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/feeds/113838410599209236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/13983442/113838410599209236' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/113838410599209236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/113838410599209236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/2006/01/its-hard-to-believe-how-time-flies-by.html' title=''/><author><name>Athena00181</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16629152344307707437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EwQXt1BPYHU/TEJTXW9MJbI/AAAAAAAAeO4/bwrcpZWuLzw/s1600-R/102320095.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13983442.post-111984041316097562</id><published>2005-06-26T19:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T18:51:54.783-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Strange Eyes</title><content type='html'>I look into the eyes of a stranger&lt;br /&gt;And see loneliness there&lt;br /&gt;Where once was Life&lt;br /&gt;A deadened sense of duty&lt;br /&gt;A death&lt;br /&gt;where once was Life&lt;br /&gt;Questions float through my head&lt;br /&gt;As I drift into reality.&lt;br /&gt;My consciousness seems to ask&lt;br /&gt;Seems to ponder&lt;br /&gt;About the mysteries&lt;br /&gt;that surround this ancient soul.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/feeds/111984041316097562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/13983442/111984041316097562' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/111984041316097562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/111984041316097562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/2005/06/strange-eyes.html' title='Strange Eyes'/><author><name>Athena00181</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16629152344307707437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EwQXt1BPYHU/TEJTXW9MJbI/AAAAAAAAeO4/bwrcpZWuLzw/s1600-R/102320095.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13983442.post-111984038148844923</id><published>2005-06-26T19:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T18:51:54.665-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Autumn</title><content type='html'>The wind stirs through the trees&lt;br /&gt;and I lean on him&lt;br /&gt;the mountains etched in my eyes&lt;br /&gt;the soft rustle of leaves&lt;br /&gt;The crunch at my feet&lt;br /&gt;Red,Gold, RedBeauty&lt;br /&gt;for all to behold&lt;br /&gt;grass as tall as me&lt;br /&gt;Corn that gleams as gold&lt;br /&gt;Far better&lt;br /&gt;the wisdom in the eye of a doe&lt;br /&gt;The power of Nature&lt;br /&gt;Beauty for all to behold&lt;br /&gt;My life, a tapestry of colours&lt;br /&gt;of voices, peopleplaces.&lt;br /&gt;Yet none as beauteous as Nature&lt;br /&gt;Its richness manifold&lt;br /&gt;What glory in nature!&lt;br /&gt;Power in Destiny!&lt;br /&gt;Beauty for all to behold</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/feeds/111984038148844923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/13983442/111984038148844923' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/111984038148844923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/111984038148844923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/2005/06/autumn.html' title='Autumn'/><author><name>Athena00181</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16629152344307707437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EwQXt1BPYHU/TEJTXW9MJbI/AAAAAAAAeO4/bwrcpZWuLzw/s1600-R/102320095.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13983442.post-111984035095884892</id><published>2005-06-26T19:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T18:51:54.572-08:00</updated><title type='text'>An Indian Bus Ride</title><content type='html'>Chugging away&lt;br /&gt;I am jolted from here to eternity&lt;br /&gt;The busy streets flash by&lt;br /&gt;And my senses are assaulted&lt;br /&gt;by the pungent odor&lt;br /&gt;Of vegetables and fish&lt;br /&gt;As the bus rolls to its final stop&lt;br /&gt;The cry of people&lt;br /&gt;Pushing and shoving&lt;br /&gt;Hot and sweaty.A blast of hot air and&lt;br /&gt;A couple of pokes laterI alight.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/feeds/111984035095884892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/13983442/111984035095884892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/111984035095884892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/111984035095884892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/2005/06/indian-bus-ride.html' title='An Indian Bus Ride'/><author><name>Athena00181</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16629152344307707437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EwQXt1BPYHU/TEJTXW9MJbI/AAAAAAAAeO4/bwrcpZWuLzw/s1600-R/102320095.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13983442.post-111984031701018018</id><published>2005-06-26T19:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T18:51:54.393-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Winter sets in&lt;br /&gt;A silent stillness infused in white&lt;br /&gt;crystals drop across the grass&lt;br /&gt;as I watch from my window... a passerby.&lt;br /&gt;Sparkling, shimmering beauty&lt;br /&gt;stark and cold outside&lt;br /&gt;a bird cries,&lt;br /&gt; then flies,&lt;br /&gt; across the frozen mirror&lt;br /&gt;a splash of warmth,&lt;br /&gt;a sparkle of life&lt;br /&gt;on an anotherwise dreary night.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/feeds/111984031701018018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/13983442/111984031701018018' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/111984031701018018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13983442/posts/default/111984031701018018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/2005/06/winter-sets-in-silent-stillness.html' title=''/><author><name>Athena00181</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16629152344307707437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EwQXt1BPYHU/TEJTXW9MJbI/AAAAAAAAeO4/bwrcpZWuLzw/s1600-R/102320095.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13983442.post-111984024694715030</id><published>2005-06-26T19:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T18:51:54.312-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Winter&#39;s Verse 1</title><content type='html'>sitting by my window to watchthe dancing patterns of autum flit by...&lt;br /&gt;and instead find myself&lt;br /&gt;fascinated by my ladybug friend&lt;br /&gt;who crawls through her seemingly mundane life&lt;br /&gt;her shiny black and red surface&lt;br /&gt;her beady little head&lt;br /&gt;perfection unto itself.&lt;br /&gt;she slowly winds her way up what she thinks to be outside&lt;br /&gt;along the urbane lines of my window</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fuschiamoments.blogspot.com/feeds/111984024694715030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link 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