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Setting Stops
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Setting Stops |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
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Setting Stops I meant to write a poem but I’m setting stops; protect my stocks, guard the money with a quick sell if things fall apart. And the words are where? Fallen apart. I tell myself it wasn’t what I wanted, but how often, really do I tell myself truth? What I need kills what I need, and I let it happen. Mundane means “of the world;” it’s that, succinct. Now I wish an angel would drop down out of whatever sky angels live in and take care of it. Or the writing. |
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shirtless Member
since 2006-04-29
Posts 359 |
The poem suggests to me that the speaker has everything he never wanted. PLEASE VISIT MY REGULARLY UPDATED WEB SITE http://www.anthonyarmstrong.zoomshare.com |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Well....he's got a whole bunch of stuff he didn't deserve, and he knows it. Except, it seems, a sense of priorities, unless you count valuing money over art as the right priority -- which is a perfectly valid way of looking at things, but it doesn't smell very nice. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed "Now I wish an angel would drop down out of whatever sky angels live in and take care of it." The thing about angels is, ya gotta open the door.  |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
I did -- even fired my 12-Gauge in the air a few times to get their attention -- no action! I did hear something heavy hit the roof right afterward, but that happens almost every time, so it doesn't mean anything..... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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XOx Uriah xOX Senior Member
since 2006-02-11
Posts 1403Virginia |
The old Robert Graves quote comes to mind... There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either. |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Yes! And darn him, he said it in so many fewer words! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Angels sometimes create miracles that we don't always notice, at first... like in the writing.  Right? |
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Goldenrose Member Elite
since 2003-05-30
Posts 3665 |
It is still a fine poem Ed...thank you.. Goldenrose. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I'd always wanted to be an angel... but if you're firing off 12 guage shotguns at 'em... maybe I should be glad I'll never get to join their number... your roof would never sustain that big a whack. LOL What I need kills what I need, and I let it happen. The thing about that is... you can change the pattern... it's all within you. *S* So... get writing!!!!! *G* Don't let anything stop that. *S* |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
I meant to write a poem once. But it called for honesty, and what is that to me? It called me out to speak the truth, and there is none in me. And so I left the poem there and hid behind the tree, and watched as Eve and Adam fell and cried for cruelty. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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StevenS Senior Member
since 2005-09-21
Posts 945L. A. (Lower Alabama) |
I like what I do best when I remember that "Freely I recieved and freely I must give" I don't always work from that place but I wish I did. I have recieved many blessing from your pen Ratleader and am sure there will be many more. :-) |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
What I need kills what I need, and I let it happen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~sigh~ Often times we are our worst enemy! What's up with that? I really liked how you ended this, I hope your angel has arrived. |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
Seems to me an angel has taken care of the writing but you really must stop shooting at them. Very much enjoyed this one. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I liked this one the way it touched yeah |
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