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John Yaws
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0 posted 2000-04-15 08:31 PM


Fool! To think my words can make-
A place for persons such as I.
And liberties with verse I take…
Which bring me laughter, make me cry.

I delve within my memories-
And bring forth pain, or maybe joy…
The things which are so real to me-
From when I was a youth, or boy.

To bare my soul to callous eyes…
For faintest praise, or none at all.
Why do I find myself surprised?
Why do I let my teardrops fall?

For if they knew the price I weigh-
To draw from memory’s tainted well.
The awful cost I have to pay-
Those escapades on brink of Hell…

The dreams which I had put to rest…
The things of which nightmares are made-
In order that one write his best….
They are the poet’s stock in trade.

And so I write, and some will read-
I try to bare my heart and fail….
To touch a corresponding chord;
For most will mock the Traveler’s Tale.



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Denise
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1 posted 2000-04-15 09:45 PM


Writing from the soul is costly and sometimes very painful. Of course, it makes for the best poetry, in my opinion. Your writings always touch a corresponding chord with me.

Denise

netswan
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2 posted 2000-04-15 10:00 PM


Great Poem Gunslinger.  Memories - jolted
and thoughts that co-mingle with the present and past, make great poems.

Thanks for sharing

netswan

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3 posted 2000-04-15 10:03 PM


Well said, slinger. There is indeed a heavy cost for dipping into our well of memories....is it worth it? WHo can say?
Marge Tindal
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4 posted 2000-04-15 10:06 PM


Slinger~
You can tell the traveler's tale
like no one else I know.
Hearing a tale from you is
just the bright spot in an otherwise
ordinary day.
Tell 'em to me.
I love to visit your web page
and travel around in your tales.
~*Marge*~


 ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Nan
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5 posted 2000-04-16 10:50 AM


'Twould be a stalwart travesty
To ever mock the Traveler's Tale.
E'er at attention all should be -
There's much to learn from his travail.

John Yaws
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since 1999-10-09
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6 posted 2000-04-16 02:12 PM


Thank each of you, Denise, Balladeer, Marge, Nan, netswan for your kind comments.
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