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hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

0 posted 2011-12-22 03:20 PM

Words Unheard

~Ruth Kephart~

Call my words a string of pearls
Draped round the necks of jean clad girls
Whose luster fails to keep the sheen
Though well strung out and polished clean

And doubt the truth whose image lays
Beyond the spoiled crystal glaze
That litters shelves of history books
We seldom give a second look

We build our monuments to man
Yet seldom lend a helping hand
And shut blind eyes to travesty
Enthralled in our own dynasty

So let these words fall on deaf ears
And with the passing of the years
They’ll fade, they’ll crumble, desecrate
They may be heard, though much to late

Let war, defiance, greed, and hate
Pride and money seal our fate
And in the rubble, these words entombed
“Without some change, the world is doomed”

I am nothing special...and my name will soon be forgotten,but I've loved another with all my heart and soul,and to me,this has always been enough.~N.S

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

1 posted 2011-12-22 03:24 PM

I don't know who made the request... but I'm glad they did! This is excellent, hoot... and it's good to see your name here!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-12-22 05:41 PM

A lot of upheaval going on. The Middle East seems like it is going to be worse than it was. Here in America I see much need for change, but the socialized America that our protesters seem to desire would, as in the Middle East, be worse for us. I liked your poem and the hope it conveyed. We shall see what we shall see.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

3 posted 2011-12-22 06:28 PM

Wow, Ruth. I have not read you in so many years... and then you grace us with this. Magnificent, powerful, and sadly, 100% true. I'm not sure when you wrote this, but I thank you deeply for sharing it with us.

Michael

Nicole
Senior Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

4 posted 2011-12-22 09:33 PM

I have to echo Michael and Suthern... I'm glad that someone requested that you post, and it's been so many years. Your words ring true; there definitely needs to be a change. It's good to see you posting.

tracie66
Member Elite

since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

5 posted 2011-12-23 12:38 PM

happy to have read this after someone requested it - thanks for sharing it with us once again

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

6 posted 2011-12-23 12:43 PM

Me, I'm just glad to have read it ... for any reason. Wonderful piece my friend, and like others, seems forever since I read you last.

Much enjoyed.

jwesley

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

7 posted 2011-12-23 02:34 AM

I want to wrote like this. This is superb. Wonderful. Sorry if I am gushing - but I am blown away by this poem.

A

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

8 posted 2011-12-23 08:45 AM

It's good that you reposted this powerful reminder again, dear hoot-owl!

Grace us with your presence for a while ...

Change is enhanced by a poem as significant like this. It begins within each of us! Thank you!

Love and Peace.
Margherita

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

9 posted 2011-12-27 08:41 PM

A pleasure to read...James

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

10 posted 2011-12-27 11:39 PM

I'm with suthern on this one!
Love the write, excellent. It flows.
Very nice Hoot...

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

luminosity
Senior Member

since 2005-11-18

Posts 813

11 posted 2011-12-28 01:43 PM

wow no kidding, I don't come around much and have changed my name several times since I last saw you, but it is good to see and read you

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

12 posted 2011-12-28 01:44 PM

What a great reminder for us all as we start a new year.

Speaking of which, HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH! I miss you, and wish you the best birthday ever.

Carpe'Diem
~ Mysteria ~

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

13 posted 2011-12-29 05:54 PM

Ruth...It's been a long time since I read you, but this was worth the wait. Glad someone asked you to rp it. You deliver a very powerful message with this poem. As always so glad to read you and thanks for sharing.I can't really remember the old picture, but I like the new one...Paul

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

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