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ivordavies
Senior Member

since 2007-01-10

Posts 739
Chester, England

0 posted 2007-01-25 12:07 PM

Love Story

With heritage of dragon lore,
and hills and valleys shore to shore.
From the land of leeks and daffs,
there came a lass born of a Taff.

Roman walls built strong and bold,
surround a fortress very old.
From English city of great fame,
came a lad with a Welsh name.

This girl named Joan had lived to love
the Celtic ways as all Welsh should.
Now Ivor born of English greed,
had lived his life at lightning speed.

But race and culture cannot tame,
love’s strong flame in any game.
So when this lass and lad did meet,
they swept each other off their feet.

So English mad and Welsh so wild
came together and bore child.
A girl as beautiful as night,
with mother's spirit, father’s fight.

Before their daughter was quite one,
our couple then produced a son.
A lively lad who screamed for fun,
his mum and dad, rolled into one.

Through history, it seemed a must,
to save each race from others lust.
But now our pair combined as one,
their cultural change had just begun.

As their two children grew to teen,
two more children, our pair wean.
Not by birth, they came their way,
but sheltered from their darkest day.

An Arab boy of noble blood,
who never knew his mother’s love.
The other dark with curly hair,
who carried genes from everywhere.

So now, as family of mixed race,
they show the world a better face.
It isn’t colour, race, or creed,
that binds together Mankind's seed.

So shed your mindless prejudice,
for in it you will find no bliss.
And look beneath what you see there,
your eyes will just find skin and hair.

The truth's much deeper than you see,
unless within your mind you're free.
All mankind came from the 'whole',
so ‘feel’ their presence with your soul.

Now Ivor, Joan, and their family,
accept each other and are free.
It matters not from where you came,
beneath the skin we’re all the same.

So try and open up your heart,
and let your inner fears depart.
Your culture then may join Mankind,
now that’s a gift, for you to find.

Ivor G Davies

The moment created this second, is a moment that's going to last.
It lives the full spectrum of time, the future, the present and past.

trutodaraiders
Senior Member

since 2006-12-02

Posts 820
CA

1 posted 2007-01-25 12:12 PM

Just awsome. I love poems with a postitive message. This poem is a fond reminder of the poem i wrote "All Colors Seem The Same" You did a nice job. I felt a little forced flow, but i cant say much because I do it as well. Im saving this poem for my personal library.

ivordavies
Senior Member

since 2007-01-10

Posts 739
Chester, England

2 posted 2007-01-25 01:39 AM

Trutodaraiders,

This is an earlier autobiograqhical poem around my family, the appearance of forced rhyme actually comes from the AABB rhyming pattern which sounds far too hard for the theme.

I thought I would put it on site, unaltered, as an introduction as I am still a newbie here.

When posting old pieces it is always difficult to decide whether to rewrite as this in some ways could be construded as altering the work of the poet, even though it is the same person!

(Does that make sense?)

Ivor

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2007-01-25 08:02 AM

Ivor,
I have no critic here you told a delightful story and I enjoyed the read. Rules were always meant to be broken. Have a good one.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

4 posted 2007-01-25 08:44 AM

The truth's much deeper than you see,
unless within your mind you're free.
All mankind came from the 'whole',
so ‘feel’ their presence with your soul.

Now Ivor, Joan, and their family,
accept each other and are free.
It matters not from where you came,
beneath the skin we’re all the same.

So try and open up your heart,
and let your inner fears depart.
Your culture then may join Mankind,
now that’s a gift, for you to find.

this gave me chills, made me feel so happy to read, and know, there is always hope for mankind....

Hugs to you for this

ivordavies
Senior Member

since 2007-01-10

Posts 739
Chester, England

5 posted 2007-01-27 07:30 PM

Seymour, LeeJ,

Thanks for the comments, I certainly hope there is hope for Mankind with all the rules we are breaking!

Ivor

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