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trutodaraiders
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0 posted 2007-01-29 10:18 AM





My love is a fire that burns bright for a while
and then, as an ember, grows cold.
The countless mem'ries, alone, are unchanged,
as with strident passion, rove bold.

As lovers are gifted, my gifts are full nil.
I wander a wearisome journey.
I hunt and I search, that my cup overfill -
that I may joust, yet, one other tourney.

Oh prithee fair damsel, abide yet a while!
My old list of mem'ries doth wane.
I bid thee to kindle the flame in bold style,
else my mem'ry be, once more, my bane.

Poetry is just the evidence of life.
If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. "
Leon Cohen~



© Copyright 2007 Bill Franklin - All Rights Reserved
Seymour Tabin
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1 posted 2007-01-29 10:38 AM


trutodaraiders
Enjoyed the read.

trutodaraiders
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2 posted 2007-01-29 10:42 AM


Thank You seymour
Beatrice Boyle
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3 posted 2007-01-29 02:13 PM


Sounds like Don Juan to me...really liked this one!

Bea

ivordavies
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4 posted 2007-01-29 02:27 PM


This one left me wondering:

Where I had been
Where I was at
And where I was going

Left me thinking though....

Ivor

trutodaraiders
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5 posted 2007-01-29 06:25 PM


Bea thank you

Ivor sometimes i am like you and make the reader say hmmmm. Glad to stir the thoughts my friend

The Lady
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6 posted 2007-01-30 07:51 PM



and this too is a gift for lovers
enjoyed it Bill

wredgranny
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7 posted 2007-01-30 10:12 PM



Siyo Trutodaraiders,love is a strange elusive thing,one may think to have found then watch wordless as it slips away like a spirit dancing just out of reach!


  granny!

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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8 posted 2007-01-30 10:14 PM


wonderful Bill   RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Enchantress
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9 posted 2007-01-30 10:16 PM


WOW!  You have an incredible talent for drawing he reader in and holding them there.
Well done!

In the midst of winter,
I found there lives within me..
An invincible summer.

trutodaraiders
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10 posted 2007-01-31 12:38 PM



Thank you all so much for your comments. The reason why i post here is because there is great poets, and i like to be in the middle of that also to read, learn and listen. People here truly have a heart of gold

passing shadows
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11 posted 2007-02-01 07:56 AM


absolutely mesmerizing
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12 posted 2007-02-01 01:46 PM


trutodaraiders...Enjoyed the old style in which you wrote this. May your flame always burn bright...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

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