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Seymour Tabin
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0 posted 2003-03-03 08:02 AM


Hail or Fail

What kind of cist can hold the soul?
Its mist and its future goal
What kind of dove, what kind of glove
Can hold the essence of a love?

I ask because I’m swept away
Each minute of each living day
Hedged within arranging rhyme
And pledged the edge of changing time

I live in life’s fraternity.
And question its eternity.
I cannot see beyond the dawn.
Nor behind the door I was born.

And now I’ve reached the stage of pox.
The paradox of alters rocks.
In the middle of a bend
And cannot see the start or end.

I can only sail to sight the whale
But never know its hail or fail.



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1 posted 2003-03-03 08:15 AM


And now I've reached the stage of pox.
The paradox of alters rocks.

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and that will by me WAAAY COOL line of the day...
So is your pox contagious?
I sure hope so LOL

*winkiewinkie*


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2 posted 2003-03-03 08:31 AM




Sy,

This is wonderful; lots of truths...
enjoyed greatly. Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
        "Desiderata"

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3 posted 2003-03-03 08:38 AM


Very lyrical read this morning Sy!
Much enjoyed as always...tea's on!
~Morning hugs~

~ Trace my body with your words..
And in doing so, you touch my heart. ~

Susan Caldwell
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4 posted 2003-03-03 08:56 AM


"What kind of cist can hold the soul?
Its mist and its future goal
What kind of dove, what kind of glove
Can hold the essence of a love?"

For lack of a better expression, Holy Crap!!  Those lines!! Made me ponder..I love it, simply beautiful.

Susan

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5 posted 2003-03-03 09:07 AM




(sigh) In the stage of pox, it can really be both I imagine, hail during the rainy season and fail during the dry season! (big hugggssssss) This is wonderful, sweet friend, well-done, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Seymour, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Seymour Tabin
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6 posted 2003-03-03 09:13 AM


Susan,
A wonderful reply, thank you.

Noah,
Isn't everything two? LOL

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7 posted 2003-03-03 09:28 AM



Ah Sy...you've yinged my yang again...

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8 posted 2003-03-03 09:31 AM


Beau-T-ful! I love it.
Especially that first section.. ahh brilliant!

Always, Alyssa

- And so it was that time stood still -
     (blink, breathe, stand, fight)

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9 posted 2003-03-03 09:37 AM


I live in life’s fraternity.
And question its eternity.

Ahh Seymour, Your words have made my mind wander off again this morning. Wonderful. Toast & Cinnamon spread alright with you? hugs, Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....
                  
                       -Emily Dickinson

Seymour Tabin
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10 posted 2003-03-03 10:15 AM


Sunshine
I've yinged your yang and heard the clang.


Alyssa,
Thank you sweet thing.

Chris,
Toast and Cinnamon spread is fine, hugs.

Nancy,
Tea is fine, hugs.

Pat,
Thank you glad you enjoyed.

JM,
Not only contagious, but outragious.
WWRS

Martie
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11 posted 2003-03-03 10:47 AM


Sy...To question, is to be alive!  
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12 posted 2003-03-03 11:14 AM


I love your internal rhyming...bet it's always inside you waiting to write itself.


M

Seymour Tabin
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13 posted 2003-03-03 11:41 AM


Martie
I guess that's what keeps me going. LOL

Maureen,
Sometimes it need a little prodding, LOL

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