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The Shallowest Breath
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The Shallowest Breath |
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Haskins Member
since 1999-06-26
Posts 85Dallas, TX |
The Shallowest Breath When I was a child I could see around corners, Walk through walls, Measure time in my bones. Now I move through the streets Like a dry scrap of paper, Carried by winds That sting the eyes And crawl, like spiders, Across the skin. I languish and wane In the dry morning air Of a day that will never unfold, In a life in which drawing The shallowest breath Is the hum of a cold machine. ------------------ William Haskins http://www.ionstorm.com/public/haskins/inner_sanctum.htm |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Gee! Haven't read Haskins in awhile! Some of these poets no longer post here - it's too bad! I like this one.  TGTBATB |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
Glad you pulled this up Poet deVine, I also thought this was well worth the read. I hope we have not lost this poet to somewhere else. |
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poetFemmeFatale Member Elite
since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646Arkansas |
"Like a dry scrap of paper"......I really really like your choice of words in this piece - very very nice, and I'll be sure to be reading more of your work! This needs to go back up, I'd say.... ------------------ - poet FemmeFatale "The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone..." Henrik Ibsen (1826-1906) Norwegian dramatist lyric poet |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Haskins, A very delicate touch and well done. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Maybe if we flaunt some of his exceptional poetry to the new folk here, he'll come back and post some more????? |
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Haskins Member
since 1999-06-26
Posts 85Dallas, TX |
Thanks for resurrecting this poem and for your wonderful comments. I am merely lurking in the shadows. I still visit often to read the work of others... ------------------ William Haskins AKA The Mad Monk http://www.ionstorm.com/public/haskins/inner_sanctum.htm |
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pen of passion Member
since 1999-08-11
Posts 234 |
I like your choice of words. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
This is fantastic - stop lurking and come out! |
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Carolina Girl Member
since 1999-08-14
Posts 63 |
Yeah, stop lurking....how am I ever going to meet you and your fantastic poems if you never post????? |
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