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The Joyous , Lake By Isabella Fiske Mc Farlin

by Yvonne Hofstetter

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This is a reading of the beautiful poem written by sublime ©Isabella Fiske McFarlin 2023; The Joyous, Lake . Thank you for listening beloveds. Voice of, Track Image & Audio Arrangement by ©Yvonne Aliquo. Ambient Background Track by Alex Productions

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Transcript

The joyous lake,

Summer at Kurt's pond.

The joyous lake,

Here under heaven.

An ancient dar's dream is born again.

White lilies open wide at the light of dawn,

Close gently at twilight.

Sunset reflections slide silver water,

High clouds above the trees and small mountains Waver in loveliness,

Widened and magnified.

At night,

A splash,

A croak,

The sole chant of hidden frogs and late summer crickets.

Call one forth to wonder at water and stone,

Which is real,

Which reflection?

Is it a dream,

This world,

This glimmering lake like Arthurian legend?

Yet all the more real love,

Compassion,

Friendship,

Kindness,

Found unexpected,

A blue jewel of wisdom For all who may need it.

Water lilies open to sunny mooring,

Dragonflies,

Trees of the distant island,

Speak all to me of gladness.

How once again,

In the midst of sorrow and alteration,

The changeless Eternal,

Mirrored by the water world,

Manifests forth unquenchably joyous.

This beautiful poem was written by Isabella Fisk Macfarlane,

Also known as Lady Belle.

She wrote this on 16 August 1987.

This was especially for Trudy Boyles.

Isabella wrote this during a stay in the home of Trudy Boyles on the pond in the Maple Corner,

Gallus,

Vermont,

After the sudden death of her uncle,

Classical composer,

Milton Fisk,

In July 1987.

Isabella and Brian's son Andrew was conceived during this visit.

Thank you Isabella.

Thank you all.

Until we meet again,

Thank you.

I love you.

Meet your Teacher

Yvonne Hofstetter Paarl, South Africa

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Recent Reviews

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Isabella

March 7, 2024

Perfect, dearest Yvonne. Thank you so much! You have the most beautiful voice💕. And, to everyone who hears this And is moved to leave kind words. I’m grateful and very glad you liked it. Thank you! (Please give us a 5 star rating if you like the poem?) Much love to all. And infinite love to Yvonne❤️ my dear friend always🐸🐸 ! Some listeners said it was hard to hear because of the frogs, so Yvonne❤️ made a version with words only. Check it out on her page. --This was not easy for her, because the frogs protest all night if she doesn't put them in each poem! 🐸🐸🐸 I hope you enjoy them both. Thank you so much, everybody! SO Happy you enjoyed it!! Curtis Pond's dam is being rescued ! For more information, www.curtispond.org.⭐️ Dearest Yvonne❤️! Thank you for making my poems sound so beautiful.🎂 Happy birthday dear one. I love you more than I can say.❤️ Always! Dear friend,I'm so glad that you're happy 🌝!Big hugs to you with all my love.❤️💚

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Creative

December 15, 2022

Beautiful, and very well done! Thank you both.🙏💖🙏

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Michelle

December 15, 2022

Yvonne this was breathtaking, thank you! 🙏🏼♥️♥️♥️

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Scott

December 10, 2022

Beautiful 🙏 I have seen and heard loons while swimming in and paddling on Curtis Pond…

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Melina🌸

December 8, 2022

What a surprise! well written and lovely voice beautiful ladies ❤️ sometimes a little bit difficult to hear but will listen again and again..

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Kirsten

December 7, 2022

That was lovely! ✨❤️🙏🏻

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Emma

December 7, 2022

Beautiful voice, beautiful poem. Very evocative. Would like it to be a touch louder, it was occasionally drowned out by the audio for me and I had difficulty understanding a couple of words, but that is nit picking. I loved it. 😍

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Wildstar

December 7, 2022

Truly Beautiful ✨💜✨

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Iga

December 7, 2022

Ooohhh, what a delightful poem and your voice, dearest Souls Yvonne and Isabella 🙏💝🌈🌟🎵🌸🦋💚Thank you for the emotions and sensations that I could feel all over me. I am grateful 🙏 ✨️💖🌼🌹🌞💚🙏🦋🌹

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Giuseppe

December 7, 2022

Many thanks🙏

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Frank

December 7, 2022

Oh that was lovely! Thank you so much. What a lovely voice you have. The audio track was perfect.

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Elise

December 6, 2022

Such a lovely poem! It was served so beautifully by your soft voice, Yvonne. Thank you for sharing it!

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Claude🐘

December 6, 2022

Absolutely wonderful, magical. Thank you Yvonne, Isabella. I will come back to be enchanted again💜💜💜💜💜✨✨✨✨✨🙏

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Xiomara

December 6, 2022

So relaxing and peaceful meditation. Thank you Yvonne 🙏🏻

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Sheri

December 6, 2022

What a wonderful collaboration ladies. I loved it! ✌🏽❤️🙏🏽

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