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Michael
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0 posted 2000-07-12 12:54 PM


THE SEARCH


Oh, Love, where might thy spirit dwell?
In the misty roar of a sea shell?
In a shadowed forest's docile trees?
In lonely hearts ridden with disease?

Within a golden grail or braided strand
Of knowledge I can't understand?
Oh, Love, are you within my heart,
Seeking to tear my world apart.

For I've searched the oceans far and wide,
To every corner I, myself, might hide.
I've searched the desert's burning sands,
I've searched the lines of my own hands.

I've searched islands, I've searched mountains,
Buried streams and blissful fountains.
I've searched the stars of the summer sky,
The tears of a subconscious cry.

I've searched with vigor, passion, desire,
My heart with wings, my soul on fire.
I've searched Pride and Humility,
All you possibly could mean to me.

Oh, Love, I 've wandered on this quest,
Searched, most assuredly, in jest.
Till, alas, with nowhere left to roam,
I found you waiting for me to come home.


Michael Anderson


[This message has been edited by Michael (edited 07-12-2000).]

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serenity blaze
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1 posted 2000-07-12 01:00 PM


sigh...I know I've said it all before...but this really is perfection Michael.
Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943
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2 posted 2000-07-12 01:01 PM


Ah! A beauty
So wonderful!

Michael, you have penned another brilliant piece...

regards,
sudhir

Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley
3 posted 2000-07-12 03:52 PM


Yes...that's all I can say.  
ellie LeJeune
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4 posted 2000-07-12 08:14 PM


Michael; This is so romantic and full of the
wisdom of the ages. Ellie

Summers haunting melody
that awakens
the butterflies,
calling them to join
the dance
in their silent song
of praise to God.

ell

Jamie
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since 2000-06-26
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Blue Heaven
5 posted 2000-07-13 01:11 AM


Love of self is a good start i suppose
(when that is all that waits at home)

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".


Nicole
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since 1999-06-23
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6 posted 2000-07-13 02:02 AM


Umm...I think I broke the vote button...I clicked it so many times!



Gorgeous work!

epoet
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since 2000-05-11
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grand rapid,MI, usa
7 posted 2000-07-13 08:58 AM


delightful read.  great job.

P. J. Kotrch
carpe diem
A soul once touched is a soul once blessed by love


Irish Rose
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8 posted 2000-07-13 09:10 AM


absolutely!

Kathleen

BSC
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9 posted 2000-07-14 11:23 PM


Just...beautiful Michael.  Bonnie
Mike
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10 posted 2000-07-15 08:18 AM


not much to say other than excellent poetry.
Dark Angel
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11 posted 2000-07-16 02:31 AM


this is beautiful Michael.. you have my vote  
Marge Tindal
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12 posted 2000-07-16 11:36 AM


Michael~
A worthy heart-felt render.

'I've searched islands, I've searched mountains,
Buried streams and blissful fountains.
I've searched the stars of the summer sky,
The tears of a subconscious cry.'

~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Denise
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13 posted 2000-07-16 05:03 PM


Wow! This is breathtakingly beautiful, Michael! Just wonderful!  

Denise

Geoffrey Sonnen
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14 posted 2000-07-16 05:40 PM


Sad and beautiful, Michael, you have my vote.

Peace,  Geoffrey

tracie66
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15 posted 2000-07-17 04:16 AM


Oh Michael
This has it all
Sadness, beauty, longing and so much more the list could go on forever.
Bravo my friend for a most wonderful read
Tracie~


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe


Corazon
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16 posted 2000-07-17 02:18 PM


voting for sure, am glad to have a whole lunch hour to myself to enjoy poems just as this.....great writing!
AVANTI
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INDIA/MAHARASHTRA/PUNE
17 posted 2000-07-18 12:24 PM


Michael...
lovely work!
as always...you are simply WOW!


If all was light...then I would have never learnt the dark...from which such truth evolves
from which evolves the light...
Avanti Rao


X Angel
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18 posted 2000-07-20 12:22 PM


ahh yes this is wonderful
you have simply inspired an awestruck wow from me Michael!

~H

Heather Miller
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Bryan, Ohio USA
19 posted 2000-07-20 12:26 PM


very moving! wonderful reading.
LITL,
Heather

With God all things are possible.

Michael
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20 posted 2000-07-21 01:06 PM


Thank you all for the wonderful comments.


Michael

dgvarner
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21 posted 2000-08-07 02:12 PM


"...for that which i had sought, was right before me..."  -dg

beautiful micheal  

dg

"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


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