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Damn there back |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla 
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"Damn, They're back." Spirits that sweep across my sleep Ensnare my mind to mal de mer. Stampede across my passions deep. The damning phantoms riding there. Rob my rest like a common thief And will not spare me quiet time. They trample me with hooves of grief, Misguided times of former crime. Demented faces in moonlight, Igniting the fires of unrest They keep me in a sweaty fright, The ugly sight of ghosts at crest. Each phantom a fiery story, Spouting the flame that dragons blow. I stay in a purgatory, Waiting the flames of hell below. I damn the ghosts' their nagging cries, All that is done in life lies done. Where are the ghosts of their demise And the phantoms that they have won? I ask you demons, spare this host And leave my mind a dreamless wend. And I will face you ghost to ghost, When comes my true demise and end. Hell is hell and I know it well, But once is all should toll its bell. [This message has been edited by Seymour Tabin (edited 11-12-1999).] |
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Sally S. Senior Member
since 1999-06-07
Posts 847Ohio |
Hauntingly well done, Sy! You keep getting better each time I read you.  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Well, I guess you know what I'm going to say? Hey you ghosties, stop bothering Seymour! Go pick on some mean bad guy, will ya?! hehehe Most excellent! ------------------ Denise |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Yeah, well I guess they're everywhere, Sy. They just won't leave me alone either. Good poem on an all too familiar subject for me. Michael |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Sleep?? I think I remember that! Excellent verse! ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Oh, Good! I know the spirits, but haven't frequented the hellish part - yet. |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Seymour: You been peeking in my dreams again?.. HUGS ------------------ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
I agree with Denise, those demons should leave you alone, but then you wouldn't have written such a great poem, or would you? [This message has been edited by Martie (edited 11-10-1999).] |
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RSEvans Senior Member
since 1999-10-23
Posts 1147Tulsa, OK, USA |
A host for demons? I loved this poem, though I feel a bit of troubled soul in these words... ------------------ Once I was brilliant, now I no longer shine, but the twinkle in my eye speaks of another time. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Sally, Thanks for the hauntingly well done. Denise, Thank you for the most. Michael, Would you like to trade a few demons? Watcher, Thank you for the excellent. Sunshine, I hope you never do. RG, Enjoyed the hugs. Martie, Next time I'll write about my day demons. RSEvans, Aren't we all troubled? |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
One more *Sigh*..... Love yer stuff, Sy.. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Nan, More truth lay in our dream then would seem. |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Been hitting the spirits a little heavily lately, Sy? Hasn't affected your writing. Good poem. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Loved this poem. Sometimes just a word mispoken can create a little phantom. Elizabeth |
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moonmoon Member
since 1999-08-13
Posts 277TX , USA |
Well done indeed...Thanks... |
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Kenneth Ray Taylor Member
since 1999-11-11
Posts 139Duluth, Minnesota, USA |
Haunting, expressive. You must sleep on a water bed. Grammar check, title should be "Damn, They're Back." |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Balladeer, Well a little spirits never hurt anyone, thanks. Elizabeth, Thank you for the read and comment. Moon, I thank you too. Kenneth, Made the correction, thanks a bunch. |
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caroline Senior Member
since 1999-08-16
Posts 1218http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm |
Another great one, Sey, and one I can relate to all too well. Those same horses stampede my dreams regularly lately. ------------------ "Tread softly, for I have spread my dreams under your feet"~~William Butler Yeats |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Caroline, Thank you for the responce and yes they do get around. |
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