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secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07
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a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2010-04-21 05:19 PM


   light, shadows and emptiness

The desert sun beats on red rocks
casting shimmering shadows in
  the dust,
as shadows slip beneath
the vast ocean wilderness
  interface
masking deeper meaning
just beyond our grasp.

Looking to the deep-forest light
of a broad mountain moon
there is but wistful heartache…
into that of death, only silence.
Fractured, ever-fleeting images
tease the hosts of relentlessly
  unfathomable questions.
Living or dead what shall we truly
‘know’?        

              --- b. e. adams (4/21/2010)



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The Lady
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since 2005-12-26
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1 posted 2010-04-22 01:28 AM




poet
you bring me to my literary knees with this:

"Living or dead what shall we truly
‘know’?"

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
2 posted 2010-04-22 01:51 PM


You breathe, you feel, you see, you wonder ... that's what you know. The greatness of it all may be beyond our grasp ... right now. By expressing these profoundly poetic thoughts, you filled the emptiness with your creativity.

Your soul knows all there is to know.

Love,
Margherita

Marchmadness
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So. El Monte, California
3 posted 2010-04-22 09:54 PM


I know this much, simply magnificent writing, Bruce.
                              Ida

Prasad Nataraj
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since 2008-05-29
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Bangalore,India
4 posted 2010-04-25 10:14 AM


There’s immense sadness when I read this, a feeling of emptiness… nice write.

"Hardwork pays in the long run"

Alison
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5 posted 2010-05-30 01:59 PM


I believe that your poetry is your legacy.  This haunts me and, at the same time, shows so much beauty.

I am glad that I went back and found it, Bruce.

Alison

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