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Virgil
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since 2000-12-29
Posts 43
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2000-12-29 07:49 PM


I Am The Child

They started it all with a flick of the pen,
Enough was enough it won't happen again.
Blood and doubt, bullets and guns,
Flesh in the field and from out of the slums.

Marching through weeds, water and endless peril,
Fighting the continuous unseen enemy.
The child, he waits, for the incoming herald;
Yet finds only Folly and Foe...

The king sat aloft with a throne and a crown,
There are no people left in his town.
What is a king with no people to rule;
A simple commoner, only a fool.

The fool, once a king, will no longer have power,
While the Lord once laid with no hay for his bed.
The fool looks out from and into the heavens;
Yet finds only Folly and Foe...

Defiant and proud, return the men from the battle,
The fool and the child look on and prattle.
Fool and child alike have been starved,
King and child alike have been carved.

For I am the child, and you are the fool,
Together we stand, united by cause;
Together we search for meaning inside...

Yet find only Folly and Foe.



© Copyright 2000 Joe Longpre - All Rights Reserved
DreamerGrl27
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since 2000-10-29
Posts 142

1 posted 2000-12-29 08:05 PM


Wow...I honestly dont know what to say. This was really amazing, it flowed so well and the whole meaning was described so well.  Great job.
Child of the Stars
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Posts 1658
Ann Arbor, MI
2 posted 2000-12-29 08:12 PM



  Uhh Welcome...other than those words, I'm pretty speechless...I'm really pumped to read more of your poetry...

   ~Carly

Dark Enchantress
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since 1999-07-27
Posts 1258
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3 posted 2000-12-29 08:32 PM


"Yet find only Folly and Foe" Isn't that the way of the world. Smashing poem.   Welcome to Passions.

I am no one if not myself.

~*SeLf PrOcLaImEd FrEaK oF nAtUrE*~


Hallie_Angel
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since 2000-12-06
Posts 102

4 posted 2000-12-29 08:47 PM


Hmmmmm...........interesting, welcome, I'm speechless!


                              Catherine!

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5 posted 2000-12-29 08:58 PM


Uh... wow. That was good. I can't wait to read more of yours. Into the library it goes...  

Don't stop writing!

~*Skyfire

*~Always Canadian*~
~*~I used to be an idiot, but I'm all right now~*~

Dopey Dope
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6 posted 2000-12-29 10:36 PM


Welcome to passions.....nice poem here. Very original. I liked it a lot!



I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I hate your socks. I'd like to burn them!


Ina
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since 2000-10-09
Posts 1236
Quebec, Canada
7 posted 2000-12-29 10:45 PM


welcome!ummmmm......great poem!!
Regina
aka Ina

Melster
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since 2000-12-09
Posts 442
Brisbane, Qld, Australia
8 posted 2000-12-29 11:38 PM


Good work...  sounds great to the ear!  

Melz!!

Dont believe what ur eyes r telling u they only show limitation. Look with ur understanding, find out what u already know & u will see the way to fly

jeremydraul
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since 2000-08-01
Posts 1118
State of Despair
9 posted 2000-12-30 12:36 PM


your work is very good, i hope to see more!

~JDR

"A writer doesn't acquire a vacancy of mind, but rather a inadequacy of words." - Jeremy D. Raulinaitis

DancinQueen
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Kokomo,IN,USA
10 posted 2000-12-30 12:46 PM


wow..lol i guess im speechless like all the rest  

*dq


¤Sometimes the hardest thing to get over, is something you never really had¤

Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada
11 posted 2000-12-30 11:31 AM


Welcome to Passions Virgil!

This is a exceptionally creative first post. The flow is excellent and the story and message contained are wonderful. Well done!

I hope to read more of your poetry and your responses to our wonderful family of poets! (check your e-mail for a special message)

Best wishes,
/Kit

Lakewalker
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since 2000-08-05
Posts 3289
On the streets w/ people
12 posted 2000-12-30 05:22 PM


Welcome to Passions
Nice job on your first post here, I hope you enjoy a long stay in the forums   


"Disagreements stimulate thought, thought stimulates action, and action stimulates life." --Lakewalker
http://www.thehungersite.com

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13 posted 2000-12-31 12:24 PM


Whoa....I'd really like to say your very talented but then i think it'd be an underestimation of what you actually are...This was an incredible first post, i was blown away but me...i'm never speechless lol   WELCOME TO PASSIONS!! And i definately cant wait to see more from you...i can tell that your gonna contribute a whole lot here...keep em comin!
Tears of Glass
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14 posted 2000-12-31 01:56 PM


Welcome to Passions!  I dont think I can say anything everyone else hasn't, so I will just say that this was a GREAT way to start out here!  I hope I get to read more from you soon...

*Jennifer

Isabelle
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since 1999-08-25
Posts 176
Indiana
15 posted 2001-01-01 05:46 AM


Welcome to Passions. You really know how to write poetry. This flowed so well. Keep up the good work. Hope to read more.

Jeanna

"Poetry is the music of the souls, and above all, of great and feeling souls."
~Voltaire~


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