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gilead
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0 posted 2008-06-03 04:26 PM


When at last the sun has set,
And will rise for me no more,
Let me lie upon a starlit shore,
Slumbering unto that final sleep,
Counting stars instead of sheep.

[This message has been edited by gilead (06-04-2008 09:59 AM).]

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gilead
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1 posted 2008-06-03 04:28 PM


A mind, I suppose, will write its epitaph many times,
Before the final utterance is chosen
And etched in stone.

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12
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by the sea
2 posted 2008-06-03 04:36 PM


No matter it could be an epitaph, it is beautiful, I like stars and wish once dead I could see them.

       Have a nice day

            yann

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
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So. El Monte, California
3 posted 2008-06-03 05:01 PM


I guess these thoughts cross all of our minds at one time or another.
                             Ida

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4 posted 2008-06-03 05:19 PM


Art,

This works very well.  Here in the city, we don't see them, the street lights are too bright.  We can see the moon.

I have seen them when I worked, and lived in the country, they are a worthwhile sight.

Bobby


OwlSA
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Durban, South Africa
5 posted 2008-06-04 12:40 PM


What a beautiful picture you paint!

- Owl

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light
6 posted 2008-06-05 10:13 AM


Art, a stirring, yet peaceful, epitaph! ~ but may it not be used for many a year!


Linda

gilead
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nevada, USA
7 posted 2008-06-05 03:51 PM


Thanks, all, for your kind comments! This old sloth of a poet in the making can use a little stirring in the bosom now and then!  

Art

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