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Rex Member
since 2000-06-29
Posts 482Houston, Texas 
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I'm weary and spent and long to rest In the grass by an age old tree... Where a waiting breeze sings of tender things, Lilting and swift and free! Ah, there would I lie, serene and calm, And watch the branches sway... And never give heed to a hungering need For a love that has passed away! There would I find my soul again, There would I know release... And there would I stay for a long long day In infinite rest and peace! And no one would know how I came to roam, Nor where I chanced to be... Save the tall green grass and the breeze that passed, And an ancient twisted tree! |
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Deborah1 Senior Member
since 2000-06-22
Posts 653New Hampshire |
Save a place for me!! Im out there too in a hammock swaying.....Gosh this was excellent and i could feel the breeze while reading it, nice images!!! |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Hey Rex any chance of giving me directions to your little paradise. Sounds wonderful. Your words made me feel I was there. "monuments put from pen to paper turns me into a gutless wonder" Manic street preachers |
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Jeremiah Johnson Senior Member
since 2000-06-08
Posts 1223Brooksville, Fl, U.S |
yes this place does sound so great i want to go there with you and just sit and share poems under that tree. nature is great and i love it. P.S if you don't mined i'm going to email you. I'm a dying romantic and when i can no longer write i can no longer live -Jeremiah Johnson- |
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lotharingia Senior Member
since 2000-06-04
Posts 897saarbruecken, Germany |
Rex, what a beautiful poem! Your style reminds me of the German romantics. Lotharingia "For God's sake, he's a poet. Poets are meant to feel miserable. Otherwise, what the hell are they here for? What are they going to write about?" Tom Holland |
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taramw Senior Member
since 2000-06-08
Posts 738 |
Rex, this poem is wonderful! *sigh* An old tree seems to evoke a feeling of comfort, of security... and all at once, allows you to also dream, reflect, and find oneself!  Loved it! |
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Colin Senior Member
since 1999-06-05
Posts 596Callington, Cornwall, England |
Rex, the "love that has passed away" is sad, but the will to find peace and happiness shows a great deal of hope. Nice poem. Eric. "We are the music makers and we are the makers of dreams." - Willy Wonka. |
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demoninlove Member
since 2000-02-11
Posts 211Dehradun |
REX!!!! This takes the cake! The poem is just lovely. A depth of feeling;a mastery of metre and rhythm; the lilting cadences of "Annabelle Lee";wonderful structuring;terrific development of the theme. Congratulations on creating this masterpiece! I am going to learn it by heart! Deepak |
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Hardrock Senior Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 948New Hampshire, USA |
Rex...this is so Kiplingnesque. The cadence, the....all the stuff Deepak said so well. I agree...a masterpiece. I can see high schoolers everywhere reciting this in English lit. (The sentiment was not lost here either). Hardrock |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Me too Rex me too!! Save a place under the ancient tree for a kindred souled traveller such as myself. Rex hon, this is indeed a masterpiece, the descriptions of the haven we all seek.. Bravo!!  I'll tell you this...... No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn..... ~Isis~ (Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit) |
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kynder Senior Member
since 2000-04-11
Posts 537Tallahassee, Florida |
wow rex. you never cease to amaze me. reminds me of a poem i have posted here called majesty. also about a tree. they speak to me. thank you for this perfect piece. you are so very talented. kynder Sunshine can not bleach The snow, Nor time unmake what Poets know. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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