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JerryPat2
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0 posted 2014-12-25 10:06 PM



words, words, words
like a music sheet they are laid out
some bounce around
giving children great glee
some are all smiles
as everybody takes part
oh the sensuous words cause
quivering lips
a tongue creeping between
some words are so very soothing
its like they are sailing
across placid waters toward the horizon
and of course
words have a dark side to them
layered down in cheap little notebooks
the misery of a life
dark words
can absolute destroy
eh . . . I may not be able to write
provocative and deep
some can . . . the rest of us can't

©December 24, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton


~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (12-25-2014 11:33 PM).]

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2islander2
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1 posted 2014-12-26 02:16 AM


i bery love the personnal intuition of the poem, the look on words is pregnant and marvellous, that's my kind of stuff really
yann



Lori Grosser Rhoden
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2 posted 2014-12-26 06:52 AM


Words indeed! And you do have a way with them. Slippery little devils aren't they? They pick fine times to escape and confound us. Gotta love 'em! Enjoyed your thoughts here Jerry!  
JerryPat2
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3 posted 2014-12-26 08:15 AM


Thanks Yann and Lori . . .

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

Redstart
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4 posted 2014-12-26 12:04 PM


You may not be able to write provocative and deep? Trust me, you do.
JerryPat2
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5 posted 2014-12-26 12:18 PM


Ahhh . . . Thank you very much, Redstart.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

latearrival
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6 posted 2014-12-26 02:46 PM


Jerry, your thoughts fed to other's minds do connect and cause one to reflect. Jo
JerryPat2
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7 posted 2014-12-26 02:50 PM


Many thanks Jo, and yes, I know, I guess I was feeling a bit down at the time I wrote this.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

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