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Seymour Tabin
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0 posted 2000-01-06 04:16 PM


A repost of an oldy

        The book

Once within an ivy nook,
There lay within a book,
A flower pressed away.
Old and fragile,
Gold with age,
Placed within a page,
To conjure an emphasis,
A moments bliss.
An hour of the heart,
A faded flowers part,
To enchant and decant,
In rapture reminisce,
The forgotten kiss.

© Copyright 2000 Seymour Tabin - All Rights Reserved
Elizabeth Santos
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1 posted 2000-01-06 04:33 PM


Sy,
This is a lovely little poem that you have pulled out of your files. It makes me wonder how many poems you have written and all the treasures that have not yet been shared with others. This is beautiful.
Love ya,
Liz

Seymour Tabin
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2 posted 2000-01-06 05:20 PM


Dear Elizabeth,
Thank you for the lovely comment. I just finished another interesting poem, but I have already put one on today. So maybe I'll
put it on tomorrow or tonight. Thanks again
Love Sy

Corinne
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3 posted 2000-01-06 05:30 PM


ooh, I loved this!

You create images that draw the reader right into the painting!


Corinne

Elizabeth Santos
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4 posted 2000-01-06 05:35 PM


Sy,
Must we wait?
Liz

Betty Gravitt
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5 posted 2000-01-06 05:55 PM


Sy... Would that book happen by any chance to be a diary?   I love reading old diaries. Especially when they are so well writen.


 B Gravitt



devina
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6 posted 2000-01-06 06:40 PM


I hope this is a memory of your own Sy, I have had a flower pressed away in my diary FOREVER, that my first love gave me....and I can still look at it and remember that innocent love.  Good poem too!

 Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...

Coegwyr
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7 posted 2000-01-06 06:41 PM



I haven’t read a bad one from you yet and this is definitely no exception to that rule.

 Yes, I admit your general rule. That every poet is a fool:
But I myself may serve to show it. That every fool is not a poet.


Seymour Tabin
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8 posted 2000-01-06 09:51 PM


Corinne,
A beautiful comment thank you Corinne.
Betty,
Only the diary of my mind, thank you Betty.
Devina,
I have many flowers pressed away, but not in a book. thank you.
Coegwyr,
Thank you very very much.

Nan
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9 posted 2000-01-06 09:54 PM


Ah yes - This is a good one - a special flower - and a special book.... Liked it then - and I like it now......
Seymour Tabin
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10 posted 2000-01-06 10:23 PM


Nan,
You have the memory of an elephant and look of a venus. *L* Sy

Severn
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11 posted 2000-01-07 08:36 AM


Nan as an elephant...hehe - trampling us with poetic wisdom!

Sy - I am...just thrilled by this - it is a poem that touches the senses and takes one there - to that moment. Another well done, master poet.

  K< !signature-->

 '...I want to be free - free to know people and their backgrounds - free to move to different parts of the world...' Sylvia Plath

[This message has been edited by Severn (edited 01-07-2000).]

Toerag
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12 posted 2000-01-07 08:41 AM


When I was in high school, my "then" high school sweetheart put a leaf in a book to remind her of me....I think it was poison ivy.

All joking aside Sy....this is a wonderfully written poem....I wish I could delve into the world of seriousness some...but I got this affliction (guess it's a little red guy with horns and a pitch fork)that just kinda takes over whenever I get started seriously...You truly have the heart and mind for the real good stuff.....

suthern
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13 posted 2000-01-07 09:49 AM


ROFL @ Toe's leaf... she just had an itch she wanted you to scratch! LOL

Ahem... Okay, I'll be good. *G* This is lovely, Seymour... a wonderful glimpse into what was and could have been... Well done!

whiskey
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14 posted 2000-01-07 10:07 AM


This is great may be an oldie but its a goody  
Seymour Tabin
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15 posted 2000-01-07 10:11 AM


Severn,
I enjoy your wit your creative mind and your little impish ways, *L* Sy
Toe,
You have a wonderfully devious mind. And to me a likable fellow. I'll have to get mike to soften up on you a little. Your friend Sy
Suthern,
Love your good humor and comments. *L* Sy

Pepper
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16 posted 2000-01-07 10:16 AM


Yep, another wonderful poem Sy!
Love your pic in Q & A btw....

 A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire!
Shannon



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17 posted 2000-01-07 10:57 AM


...and the scent of the reminisce
brings back the moment of the kiss...

as always, I'm enthralled.

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



HelmutB
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18 posted 2000-01-07 02:49 PM


I can either form a note
refering to what others quote
or I can say that this poem is wise
because i know the feeling
but what I didn't realize
that your words brings back a lost thought
wrapped up in my memory cloth
Very nice the way you decribe the forgotten kiss.



 The ability to describe life with words is similar to painting a picture; both can be powerful tools.

Seymour Tabin
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19 posted 2000-01-07 11:35 PM


Pepper,
Saw your picture to and you make a handsome couple. Thanks for the read and comment on the poem. *L* Sy
Sunshine,
Thanks for the enthralled. *L* Sy
Helmut,
Very nice comment, Thank you for the read.

hoot_owl_rn
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20 posted 2000-01-08 09:01 AM


There within the yellow pages
Lay a single rose
Aged to brown, and meaningless
Or some would just suppose
But to her tender, loving heart
The flower meant so much
For in it's fragile petals
Lay the memory of his touch
The book, it held the contents
Of laughter and of tears
Represented by a single rose
That weathered countless years

Inspiring and beautiful Seymore  

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