The town’s population has almost doubled this Easter break. Big smiles on pale faces tell us who escaped from city life. They are prepared for all manner of Scottish weather and delighted to see the sun.
“Who’s this little Speedy Gonzalez then!” says a bearded man in a Glaswegian accent. Eivor looks deep into the man’s eyes. He does not understand the words. He understands the energy and warmth behind them and touches the man’s hand with his nose.
energy of love
in timbre of a warm voice
the universe sings
© Xenia Tran
Lillian at dVerse invites us to incorporate the song title of a top song from the year we were born into a poem, or from when we were between five and ten years old. A month after I was born ‘Speedy Gonzalez’ by Pat Boon was number one in the Dutch charts and held its position there for four weeks. I had to smile when I saw this as several people have referred to Eivor as ‘Speedy Gonzalez’ over time.
When I was ten years old a Dutch ‘prog-rock’ band called Kayak appeared on the scene and performed a song on television called ‘See See The Sun’. I did not speak any English at the time and could not understand a single word, yet to me it seemed they were channelling something very special from a place much bigger than I could ever imagine.
Below is a video clip where Kayak bring us an emotional rendition of ‘See See The Sun’ at Paradiso in Amsterdam during a tribute concert for Pim Koopman, a founder member of the band, who had passed away the previous year.
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, setting: Action, 1/800 s.
dVerse Tuesday Poetics: Oldies but Goodies, No Matter the Age
Daily Prompt: Pleased
Andale andale Arriba Arriba epa epa yeehaw to the speedy Gonzales. 💖💖💖
I was thinking about speedy gonzales’ dialogue this morning and I check WP now to find you write about speedy Gonzales. 😀😀
Much love and hugs to the speedy Gonzales, princess pearl and Xenia 🙂🙂
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Hahaaa, how funny dear Rekha, some magic synchronicity here! ;o) Much love to you from all of us here xxx
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💖💖
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:o) xxx
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This is a lovely haibun. And oh yes….having had two German Shepherds for many many years; and then two standard poodles for years more….I know well how dogs respond to the tenor of your voice. You can recite the alphabet to them in a very harsh way and they’ll cower as if being scolded; or recite in a very upbeat excited happy way and their tails will wag like crazy. 🙂 Thanks for the memories here of those days long past.
I very much appreciate your explanation here of the songs…..and the video is wonderful.
So very glad you posted for this prompt! Thank you!
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Thank you for your kind words Lillian and for taking us down memory lane with your wonderful prompt. The love that carries words and songs are so tangible and dogs and children are extra sensitive to the energy. Being able to understand the lyrics of ‘See See The Sun’ today has made me see even more why I loved this song so much as a child xxx
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Lovely work, well done, Xenia!
Happy Easter 🐣🐰🐣
wishing you relaxing holidays,
Dina & co 🌼
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Thank you so much for your kind words Hanne and we wish you all a wonderful and very Happy Easter :o) xxx
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Whippets are speedy dogs. You can see their greyhound brothers in the sleek body. Si si, Senor Speedy!
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Muchas gracias Señor Walter ;o)
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ees ok
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😎👍
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Same here with the population explosion 🙂 Lovely post and haibun. Thanks for the song, it was new to me and very beautiful. Much love to you all xxx
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Thank you for your kind words Cathy and I am glad you liked the song :o) I hope you still have places for peaceful walks despite the crowds and much love to you all xxx
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💖 xxx
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They have great energy. Love to see them running so happily! 😄
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Thank you so much for your kind words Amy :o) xxx
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💖💕xxx
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Most Glaswegians I know are full of love…or is that Whisky? 😉
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Most Glaswegians I know are full of love too and their cup runneth over even more after whisky 😉
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What a fun poem and such a wonderful video. I do not remember Speedy Gonzalez except as the character in the looney tunes cartoons. Fun poem! Love to Eivor and Pearl and to you as well. Happy blessed Easter/
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Thank you for your kind words Toni and we wish you a wonderful Easter too!🐤 Much love to you from all of us here 💖 xxx
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Lovely photos and Eivor has such a quality of empathy 💞 wonderful words and beautiful Pearl too 🐱xxx
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Thank you for your kind words Samantha and we wish you all a very happy Easter 🐤💖 xxx
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Thank you – you too 🐣xxx
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Thank you Samantha :o) xxx
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This is so sweet!
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Thank you kindly Emilie :o)
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I do remember speedy gonzalez and that arriba, arriba sounds ~ A lovely photo and haibun, thanks ~
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Thank you for your kind words Grace and we wish you a very Happy Easter :o) xxx
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There’s communication even without understanding the words. Nice song by KayaK.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Frank and I am glad you enjoyed the song :o) I left a comment on your post yesterday and it may have ended up in your spam folder.
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Yes, I just retrieved and approved it. Thank you!
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Thank you Frank! The Happiness Engineers at WordPress seem to have fixed the problem so hopefully all is back to normal now. Thank you again for your help and we wish you and your family a very Happy Easter :o)
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SMiLes.. my FriEnd.. Xenia.. while
now most of the mammals on eArth..
WeLL.. actuAlly.. all of the animals oN
EARTh except hUman Mammals.. ‘see’
Song and Non-Verbal Language iN
Chords of Voice over words of
course NoW as MusiC Equals
SonG Equals Voice of
EmoTioN
equals
HeaRT
of thaT EmoTioN NoW
As spiRit SinGS oN aS Words too..
And Dance of Non-Verbal Language
even more.. With Surely Whales and
Dolphins and Dogs heArinG and
SinGinG hiGher notes of Spirit
heArT.. wHeRe soUL comes
aLiVe for a wet nose
or flipper extending
A HeARt FeLT connection
as oxytocin Love come alive..
in social bonding Force of Puppy Love..
it’s true.. so.. sadly.. i must admit i have known
some Dogs more human than the two footed variety at times.. my friEnd..
AnyWay.. Dogs and other Mammals are not bound by words to miss A SonG oF heART..:)
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Thank you my FRiEnD Fred for your wonderful words from the heart. ‘Dogs and other Mammals are not bound by words to miss A SonG oF heART’ is so beautiful! Sending you smiles across the miles dear friend and wishing you and Katrina a very blessed Easter :o) xxx
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To you as well
My friEnd
With eYes
OF Dogs
As Easter
FriEnds too..:)
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Thank you my friend ☺💖 xxx
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:)!
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Beautiful dogs, words and song! 😃🐻
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Thank you so much for your kind words and great to hear you enjoyed the song too :o)
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Such sweet stories and fun photos of your beauties.
I enjoyed the video too.
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Thank you for your kind words E.C. and so glad to hear you enjoyed the video too ☺💖 xxx
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It is nice to see and hear the variety of posts and music to this prompt..educational, too, to learn about the dogs.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kathy, I am really enjoying the other contributions too :o)
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Lovely post. Eivor is so good at reading people, it seems. Glad you are having great weather and adventures.
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Thank you so much for your kind words. We hope the weather is kind where you are and wish you a wonderful Easter 🐣💖 xxx
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You too!
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Thank you ☺💖 xxx
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A beautiful story, haiku and images all bundled up together in happiness.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Denis ☺
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What a gorgeous Haibun. Thank you!! 🙂 “The Sound of Love” – sure inspired that inside of me, Xenia.
Debbie
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Thank you for your kind words Debbie 💜 We send you our love and wish you a blessed day ☺💖 xxx
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