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Balladeer

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0 posted 1999-12-01 11:39 PM

When I am gone
and not around
I want no mound
to mark the ground
where I lay still
but let me be
alive and well
in memories

of those I touched
and knew me well
my wish is such
a place to dwell
and let them feel
me in the breeze
that keys the move-
ment of the trees

and let me rest
in Waldon's Pond
then to the stars
and far beyond
I'll be a part
of nature's plan
inside the heart
of every man

and let them see
me in the eyes
of lovers' glee
and baby's cries
for I will be
in all these things
in rains that fall
in birds that sing

and this will be
my epitaph
'he laughed to live
and lived to laugh
and laughed at life
he never dropped
until the day
the laughter stopped'

then I will rest
a restful sleep
I did my best
now trust my keep
to He above
who shows the way
to endless love
for this I pray.

Elizabeth

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1 posted 1999-12-01 11:45 PM

Makes for both a good poem and a good prayer, Balladeer.

Elizabeth Santos
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Pennsylvania

2 posted 1999-12-01 11:53 PM

BEAUTIFUL POEM!!
IT'S WONDERFUL! AS ARE YOUR TALENTS
liz

WhtDove
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3 posted 1999-12-02 12:05 PM

Well we already feel you in the breeze of your words!
Was beautiful Balladeer! Really beautiful!

John Yaws
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Texas

4 posted 1999-12-02 12:07 PM

Beautiful, my friend. A whole new dimension hitherto unexpected.

Poet deVine

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5 posted 1999-12-02 12:10 PM

Oh, I like this...a departure from what you usually write...I love the format and the way it flowed from line to line, stanza to stanza!

Martie

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6 posted 1999-12-02 12:12 PM

This is beautiful. The bard, the balladeer, lives on in hearts, his words told and told again, an echo of the past into the future.

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

7 posted 1999-12-02 12:18 PM

Sweet Balladeer -
Your laughter will be heard on the winds of sweet memories.
This is really very sentimentally beautiful.

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~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Balladeer

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8 posted 1999-12-02 12:27 PM

My friends, I thank you for your wonderful thoughts.....I appreciate you all.

hoot_owl_rn
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9 posted 1999-12-02 04:29 AM

Applauds!!! wonderful Balladeer, this is so smooth it practically reads itself.

Severn
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10 posted 1999-12-02 06:26 AM

dear 'deer - we're all going to Poet Heaven you know...

I have to agree with PdV and Ruth - it's one of those poems that has written itself. Bravo - many roses etc. K

Toerag
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Ala bam a

11 posted 1999-12-02 07:03 AM

And when I stand,
At your graveside,
I'll think of you,
then fertilize,
The flowers above,
From where you lay,
Cuz Toerag will follow ya,
to the grave!

Okay, seriously, this was a very well done poem Balladeer...and you'll be remembered when you're gone I'm sure....(Like now? I'm always thinking of something I can say about ya?)

[This message has been edited by Toerag (edited 12-02-1999).]

Nan

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12 posted 1999-12-02 07:08 AM

M&M - I have only these words for you - from my Great-Grammie McGraw - Alice K Martin (1878-1967)

When I have left this mortal shore
And mosey 'round the earth no more,
Don't cry, don't weep, don't sob ~
I may have struck a better job.

Don't go and buy a large bouquet
For which you find it hard to pay.
If you have roses, well, bless your soul
Just pin one in my button-hole
While I am here and well today.
Don't wait until I've gone away.

sraet
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13 posted 1999-12-02 07:44 AM

As always, I loved your post. Sentiments so many of us can relate to, definitely the way I would like to be remembered...

Deb Lynne
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Where blue skies meet blue ocean

14 posted 1999-12-02 08:28 AM

MM, you will live on in the hearts of all of us! Now stop making me cry at work!

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

15 posted 1999-12-02 09:03 AM

Because of you, and in memory of you, when it's time, we will all dance...

Marvelous, as always, Sir 'Deer.

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Sunshine
Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Lynn
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Jasper, Alabama U.S.A.

16 posted 1999-12-02 09:26 AM

You never fail to touch me deeply with your words. Even though I don't know you very well, your words will always stay with me. Great poem.

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If time cannot heal your pain, you can always cry on my shoulder. ~Jenn~

Sally S.
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Ohio

17 posted 1999-12-02 10:41 AM

I've no doubt that you will be treasured and felt inside the hearts of the many you have touched with you kindness and sincerity. Your words will last long after we've become one with nature.
Though, I hope you're not planing on leaving me for quite some time.
Sad, touching poem, my dear...

Denise

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18 posted 1999-12-02 11:04 AM

This is beautiful, Balladeer. It is a lovely poem and prayer. Well done.

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Denise

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19 posted 1999-12-02 11:24 AM

Bal: Wonderful as always..

HUSG

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Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream...

suthern

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Louisiana

20 posted 1999-12-02 11:28 AM

Let's hope it'll be a long, long time before you need an epitaph, 'Deer one... Great poem!

Marilyn
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Ontario, Canada

21 posted 1999-12-02 01:17 PM

You will be remembered well my friend. I echo suthern. I hope you don't need these words for a very long time!

Iloveit
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NM

22 posted 1999-12-02 02:33 PM

Mr. Balladeer you have gained a special place in my memory and in my heart for writing such wonderful poems as this

and for theman that you are

Toerag
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Ala bam a

23 posted 1999-12-02 02:49 PM

Not that my opinion means much...but, you're right Lovey and the rest of you....I can't imagine this place with out this man. He's kind of an icon here...I love to tease and bother him.....(and Longjohn), but he's gone off into never never y2k land, but there's few people on this earth that can reach into the depths of someone's heart..into their very soul like this guy can.....But, I kinda think he'll be around for quite sometime however....long after I'm dead and gone anyhow.....(which, with my temperment and mouth could be as soon as tomorrow), but, he'll be killin' roaches and makin' rhymes for a long long time me thinks...I will miss him, and all the rest of the crazies here....I just hope one of his employees doesn't mistake him for a palmetto bug and sprays the hell outta him....(I have heard he's been spotted in a few roach hotels however)...Or was that Roach infested hotels?....(Where he probably has the contract).....Yall be good to him now ya hear? He's really a pretty good old (very old) punkster.. yanno....despite what nature's done to him.......

[This message has been edited by Nan (edited 12-02-1999).]

Nan

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24 posted 1999-12-02 04:23 PM

Did I happen to mention that I like the poem, Deer?

Toerag
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Ala bam a

25 posted 1999-12-02 04:33 PM

NAN...LOL..."Punkster?".....What the hell's a punkster?.....Sorry....just being a Toerag I reckon....G'nite yall...

Balladeer

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26 posted 1999-12-02 05:01 PM

Again I thak you all. I appreciate every comment, yes, even yours, reprobate. Don't even ask, Toe. Just look it up. LOL!

PhaerieChild
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Aloha, Oregon

27 posted 1999-12-02 09:06 PM

Balladeer, I don't know you well at all but I do very much enjoy your lyrical talent and I know that you will not be forgotten. The memory of you shall always linger in my mind even without the picture posted over yonder. You know where I mean LOL

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If you love me like music, I'll be your song.
~Heart~ Dreamboat Annie

Shawna R. Holder
Boise, Idaho

Balladeer

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28 posted 1999-12-02 10:11 PM

Shawna, you mean the one putting my best, er, foot forward? ROFL! Thank you for the kind words.

PhaerieChild
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Aloha, Oregon

29 posted 1999-12-04 01:47 AM

Roflmbo...I wasn't quite thinkin' of your foot (giggles hysterically) but yep that's the one!! LOL

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If you love me like music, I'll be your song.
~Heart~ Dreamboat Annie

Shawna R. Holder
Boise, Idaho

Betty Gravitt
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31 posted 1999-12-05 08:15 AM

Balladeer, there is nothing left for us to say. Your words say it all. Beautiful.

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