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Unread 08-29-2017, 10:49 PM
Cally Conan-Davies Cally Conan-Davies is offline
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Hello Everyone!

I thought it might interest you to see something recently gone live, by David Mason. It was written for Colorado Tourism. They wanted a love letter to Colorado. Under the YouTube video itself, you can read the text of the poem. Just click on SHOW MORE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2vlI0_zEZ8

I hope you enjoy!

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Cally,

The poem is beautiful and, together with the images, must have been beyond Colorado Tourism's wildest dreams. Kudos, David Mason and thanks so much for sharing, Cally. <3
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Wow, this is fantastic. Thank you, Cally--and thank you, David.
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Dave, that's great! You're bringing poetry back to the people.
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This poem will speak to people. The images go with it beautifully, conveying emotions beyond words.

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Nice. Too bad we can't get one from Baraka for New Jersey.
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It's beautiful. Sort of Whitmanic. The video is gorgeous.

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Very lovely indeed. Hi Cally!
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Hi again. Great to hear from you all!

You're right, Cathy -- the Colorado people are rapt. So glad you like it!

Aaron -- I think Davey always writes and speaks with a sound and touch that lets everyone in.

Hi Mark! You know the land. I'm happy this moved you.

Susan, yes, I think so, too. Something beyond words.

Rickster, you give us love letters from NJ all the time -- better than anyone else could do.

Thanks, Nausheen!

G'day, Sharkey!

We had 24 hours to write it, and it was written in a small cafe in Salamanca Place, on the waterfront in Hobart, Tasmania -- as far from Colorado as one could be, in many ways. Seeing through distance really involves the heart.

Oh, and come to Colorado . . . !!!

Cally
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Her great rivers get up and grow.

They carry the topsoil of the soul
to the primal ocean far below.

I love the bluebird and the whisky jack,
the black bear and the antelope,
the cattle drive, the buffalo.

I love the canyons of the Ancient Ones.

Maybe they vanished, maybe they’ve never gone.




This!
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