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Magnus
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0 posted 2004-07-18 04:10 PM


Night came on padded feet
as a desert chill covered
a star filled blackened eve
as a wanderer slumbered.

Such was he this wanderer
who traipsed the desert floor.
A true sage among men
in search of treasure’s lore.

To find the gold and jewels
beneath the shifting sands.
To walk a course kept on
the palms of weathered hands.

No love does live within
a heart of beating steel.
No words will ever flow
in chosen thoughts reveal.

For through his eyes you see
a darkness that withheld
a lost love’s  destiny
where tears no longer welled.

And as the rising dawn
awakes the serpent's rest
a shadow rises tall...

alone he walks his quest.

© Copyright 2004 Barry J. Tackett - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2004-07-18 04:17 PM


Magnus~
Good heavens, but this is beautiful~

The title, the perfected doormat that lead me in ... the read, such a treat for this starving poetess-in-read~

Beautimous~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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Martie
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2 posted 2004-07-18 04:20 PM


Barry

A portrait of art!  Bravo!

Seymour Tabin
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3 posted 2004-07-18 04:33 PM


Barry,
Well done my friend, very much enjoyed the read.

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4 posted 2004-07-18 04:36 PM


cool write, Barry!
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5 posted 2004-07-18 04:36 PM


AHA.....sounds like the beginnings of a serious series...you game?  Hmmmm...I see a very small smile at the idea...
Magnus
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6 posted 2004-07-18 04:43 PM


A serious series?  A small smile??...Nevah!
(the smile part)...which is a little larger
than small....

Hmmmmm...got me thinking Sun....Actually,
I already was...but you knew that already,
huh?

Thanx all....

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iliana
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8 posted 2004-07-18 05:00 PM


Beautiful -- I'm with Sunshine on this one.  I'd like to see where the journey leads, Barry...........*hugs*.....jo
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9 posted 2004-07-18 09:00 PM


I'll follow the path, lead where you will--

  Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you.  Joy is a state of mind.

ThisDiamond
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10 posted 2004-07-18 10:52 PM


Keeping company on the journey Mag...
much enjoyed the prelude.
TD

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11 posted 2004-07-18 11:00 PM


"No love does live within
a heart of beating steel."

~ This loving 'angel' would be up for the task! I love a challenge! ~ to breathe love into that heart of steel.

There is hope for him! At least his heart is still beating!Beating

The heat of love can melt the hardest steel!
EA


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12 posted 2004-07-20 09:43 AM


still Mr Smooth I see...
nice to read you sir.. I see you have lost nothing in style and delivery

Susan Caldwell
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13 posted 2004-07-20 09:49 AM


"alone he walks his quest"

Barry this was outstanding!!!  

  

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

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To find the gold and jewels
beneath the shifting sands.
To walk a course kept on
the palms of weathered hands.

Wow !! You just keep gettin' better! A keeper for sure. hugs, Chris

   Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
                                          Hans Christian Anderson

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15 posted 2004-07-20 12:08 PM


astounding

just wow

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16 posted 2004-07-20 03:46 PM


You paint a beautiful picture with your words. I love how you write!


"No love does live within
a heart of beating steel.
No words will ever flow
in chosen thoughts reveal."

By far my favorite verse. An accomplishment.. well done!
                      *Allison*

~~~***~~~Come away with me, Wendy. Come away to Neverland~~~***~~~

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