Give to Me Not the Gentle Rain

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Open Poetry #1

Give to Me Not the Gentle Rain

Haskins
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since 1999-06-26

Posts 85
Dallas, TX

0 posted 1999-06-27 01:13 AM

Give to Me Not the Gentle Rain

Give to me not the gentle rain
That stirs the ordinary heart

Give to me lightning that pierces the night
Like electric fingers of God;
Give to me thunder that rolls like
Timpani across the skies;
Give to me winds that bite and carve
And cut the rugged stone;
Give to me torrents of frigid rain
That bitterly stings the eyes.

Give to me not the storm as a gift,
But as a solemn warning to live.

-William Haskins

more at http://www.ionstorm.com/public/haskins/inner_sanctum.htm

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

1 posted 1999-06-27 08:48 AM

We've another winner among us..
This one is great, Haskins...
Life is, indeed, meant to be lived to its fullest!!!

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[This message has been edited by Nan (edited 06-27-99).]

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