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RobertB
Senior Member

since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

0 posted 1999-10-13 06:36 PM

Ode to Myself

From excavations deep
beneath the sod
layered by time and nature
lie uncovered implements….
shards of earthenware and
shattered bones of a life
buried in the backyard
of a civilization
extinct from itself
a model now to this generation
of an earlier man's struggle
not with external forces
but those from within
to lesson the learned,
tutor the taught,
give memory beyond thinking
so as not repeat the passing
of this torch
to an unsteady hand.

RB

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

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 1999-10-13 07:40 PM

Something we should all think about. I liked this alot, especially the last line.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

2 posted 1999-10-13 09:23 PM

Nicely written

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 1999-10-14 08:54 PM

Very nice one, Robert! But that is certainly no surprise!

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Denise

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

4 posted 1999-10-17 03:05 PM

Don't tell Robert, you guys - but he's pretty darned good at this...

caroline
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since 1999-08-16

Posts 1218
http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm

5 posted 1999-10-17 03:43 PM

I'm with you Nan!

Great read Robert.

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"Tread softly, for I have spread my dreams under your feet"~~William Butler Yeats

Pepper
Member Elite

since 1999-08-19

Posts 3079
Southern Florida

6 posted 1999-10-17 04:11 PM

Enjoyed this much Robert!

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

JennyLee
Senior Member

since 1999-09-01

Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.

7 posted 1999-10-17 04:12 PM

Enjoyed this very much Robert

Jenny

Christopher

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration

8 posted 1999-10-17 06:04 PM

The inner battles are always the toughest ones...good job Robert!

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