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OwlSA
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0 posted 2011-06-10 06:43 PM



MIND TALK
10 June 2011

The crying was there before
but the blend
was unexpected
like ships
that remembered
passing in the night.

Owl

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Duck1946
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since 2011-05-16
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1 posted 2011-06-15 11:43 AM


I cannot know just what you were thinking when you wrote this poem, but it does have a nice style, and it is thought provoking.
Also it is fun to say out loud.
Many people are crying on the inside, but put on a good show so as not to appear weak.
We pass them by not knowing the pain that they feel.
Was this what you were describing?
Loved your poem!

OwlSA
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Durban, South Africa
2 posted 2011-06-15 02:32 PM


Thank you, Duck for enjoying my poem.  I thought that perhaps it was too mysterious and convoluted for anyone to answer, so I particularly appreciate your reply.

I have often said that one doesn’t have to understand a poem, or a piece of music, or a painting, or a foreign language to find the heart of its beauty.  

I agree with what you said, but that wasn’t quite what I was saying – it was a “had to be there” thing, but you could say it was vaguely along those lines.  It was more about a telepathic-like (but not exactly telepathic) conversation.  

Owl

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3 posted 2011-06-21 02:42 AM


I like to read your poems - some are just worth enjoying the words and how you put them together.  This does that for me tonight.

A

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