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shyvl
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0 posted 2008-05-04 01:14 AM


I'm known to disappear
at times.
Not drugs, or alcohol
or loose morals.
A yearning latches
on me,
like a junkie
before a fix
and I am off.

I search.
Traveling roads,
real and imagined,
Out where words
are waiting
to be tasted,
rhymnes to be hummed,
snatching from
the ordinary
a glimpse of mystic.

So,I search
returning with notebooks
of crumpled paper
Hope painted on my face like
a porcelain doll.
Surely,within these pages
lies a flow of words-
waltz-like in
precision-
perfect in their form.
or a merging of wisdom
and meaning,
set to rthymn
as true as the earth
in it's spinning.

A time or two
I would catch that magic-
So, I search,
for the perfect poem
one perfect time.

sharyn


[This message has been edited by shyvl (05-05-2008 07:55 AM).]

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kaile
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1 posted 2008-05-04 01:45 AM


the length felt all right to me.

i dig this part:
or a merging of wisdom
and meaning,
set to a rthymn
as true as the earth
in it's spinning.

that's exactly why i write: the elusive attempt to merge wisdom and meaning. haha

Larrysmom
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2 posted 2008-05-04 01:58 AM


This is beautiful Sharyn... Made me smile and want to write.

Tammy<333

poddarku
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3 posted 2008-05-04 02:33 AM


it is delightful insight in any soul.

clever talks delay friendship!

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
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So. El Monte, California
4 posted 2008-05-04 03:48 AM


I think this is a beautiful poem just the way it is. I always look for your poems and enjoy them very much.
        
                                Ida

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12
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by the sea
5 posted 2008-05-04 04:27 AM


Reading you is always a profound and nice experience Sharyn...I don't think the perfect poem exists...We need all  kind of poems, otherwise the perfection, I think would be boring...

  Have a nice day

   yann

Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19
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6 posted 2008-05-04 07:22 AM


shyvl...we all search
and never find
I guess we know
if we ever did
we would lose our quest

enjoyed you here

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27
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Realms of Light
7 posted 2008-05-04 10:26 AM


Sharon, your search for mots was time well-spent! I thoroughly enjoyed your poet's poem!




Linda

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08
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8 posted 2008-05-04 10:31 AM


The pleasure is provided by the continuing search. You expressed this secret ambition of every poet very efficiently!

Beautiful.

Love,
Margherita

steavenr
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9 posted 2008-05-04 09:42 PM


nicely done...this line plays especially well:

"snatching from
the ordinary
a glimpse of mystic"

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10 posted 2008-05-04 10:15 PM


Sharyn,

The thought of this is fine.  However, there are a number of misspelled words, and instances of misuse of words.  I'd go over this with a fine tooth comb, and make the needed corrections.

If you have a spell-checker I'd advise using it.

Bobby

ThisDiamond
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Michigan, USA
11 posted 2008-05-04 10:31 PM


Don't change the words!
The flow is grand.

Check the first verse..."on the me"
I read it as..."latches onto me.

Wonderful!

jwesley
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Spring, Texas
12 posted 2008-05-04 11:01 PM


...you're walking in my shoes, my friend. Kindly send them back home when the souls wear out so I can re-soul (not re-sole, you noticed) them == once again and get them back out there, seeking.

If by chance you find it...send me the answer, please. And kep the shoes

Jimmy

Alison
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13 posted 2008-05-05 01:26 AM


I like long winding paths that lead me on a word journey.  When I read you, I don't even need a map.

Loving this, Sharyn.

xoxox
Alison

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