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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2000-08-16 07:04 AM


Riverboat

Riverboat so gently go
Way down the lovely Ohio
Into the Mississippi stream
And float me down a childhhod dream

Let currents take me where they may
To places of another day
Just keep on drifting one more mile
And let me sit and dream a while

I think I’ll find a rainbow’s end
Around another river’s bend
Please take me there and let me look
For a boy I once knew in a book

So smoothly does the riverboat
Down the Mississippi float
And lets me sail away among
Dreams I knew when I was young

It was just a story I once read
But it was real inside my head
And as for Huckleberry Finn
Am I allowed to dream like him?

Elizabeth Santos

© Copyright 2000 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved
pegasus111
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since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa
1 posted 2000-08-16 07:59 AM


loved this nostalgic look at the great Mississippi of Mark Twain...

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla
2 posted 2000-08-16 08:55 AM


Elizabeth,
Your allowed, Your just full of dreams and I love them all. Love Sy

BSC
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since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919
New York, USA
3 posted 2000-08-16 08:59 AM


Liz, What a soothing sail this is...Just took me away on a beautiful ride.  Bonnie
Lakewalker
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since 2000-08-05
Posts 3289
On the streets w/ people
4 posted 2000-08-16 10:58 AM


This was a nice relaxing read this morning, well done  

[This message has been edited by Lakewalker (edited 08-16-2000).]

Lady Lost
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since 2000-07-13
Posts 470

5 posted 2000-08-16 03:14 PM


This is an enchanting piece!  I can almost close my eyes and imagine myself there.  I really enjoyed this.........beth

You can never have too much fiction; reality can be such a bore

Denise
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since 1999-08-22
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6 posted 2000-08-16 10:27 PM


Thanks for the memories, Elizabeth! That story filled my head with a dream or two also! Great poem!

Denise

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