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RobertB
Senior Member
since 1999-09-26
Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

0 posted 1999-09-26 09:50 PM


Oh heartache

most cruel of carcinogens

with tumorous tentacles
strangles mind and thoughts
as hope
becomes resolution
and resolution
yields to grief-
Oh heartbeat

only for sustenance

of an organism
depleted of emotion.


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if you can dream; you can fly...if you are flying; you are dreaming.

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Pepper
Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079
Southern Florida
1 posted 1999-09-26 10:45 PM


very good work....enjoyed the read Robert

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May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams

Beki
Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569
Newport Beach, CA, USA
2 posted 1999-09-26 10:52 PM


good poem, strong metaphor that remained consistent throughout...:-)

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"We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.....the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"
--John Keating, Dead Poets Society

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