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John Yaws
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since 1999-10-09
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0 posted 2002-02-19 04:10 AM



By request, with pen in hand-
I sit, I muse, alone-
Then write of lost, exotic lands
Forgotten, dried-out bones.

Of kingdoms long since turned to dust
And souls that long since fled...
And ask you if you'd dare to walk,
The concourse of the dead!

Yon palace once housed Tamarlane...
You'd call him Genghis Khan.
And yonder is a merchant's keep-
Blood-bathed is every stone.

And, aye, I'd walk the GLORY ROAD
And taste her every dream...
A magic land, with magic folk...
Who're never as they seem.

So, write! My pen! And weep, mine eyes
You've yet a tale to tell...
By yonder candle's guttering light...
I'll try to cast my spell.

© Copyright 2002 John R. Yaws - All Rights Reserved
Larry C
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1 posted 2002-02-19 04:13 AM


Gunslinger,
Hey dude. That is an excellent write! I like it.

Startime
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since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918
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2 posted 2002-02-19 12:32 PM


*sigh* Oh gosh...my eyes always weep when I read your tales...you touch the heart so deeply that tears flow freely...Keep telling your wonderful tales, dearest man...**big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

amusemi
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A State of Disarray
3 posted 2002-02-19 06:14 PM


Good job!!!
Wanda
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4 posted 2002-02-19 06:17 PM


G.S. I do so enjoy these tales of adventure you share.  Wanda
Larry C
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5 posted 2002-02-19 11:08 PM


*bump*
Balladeer
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6 posted 2002-02-19 11:11 PM


Many tales to tell in your pen, 'slinger...and every one excellently told.
Enchantress
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Canada eh.
7 posted 2002-02-19 11:46 PM


Yes, you have many more tales left to tell !!
Write on!  Excellent one my friend.
~Hugs, Nancy~

~Love, like magic, depends on believing.~

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14
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Canada eh.
8 posted 2002-02-19 11:46 PM


Yes, you have many more tales left to tell !!
Write on!  Excellent one my friend.
~Hugs, Nancy~

~Love, like magic, depends on believing.~

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