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Dear Poet, Please Write a Verse
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Dear Poet, Please Write a Verse |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Dear Poet, Please Write A Verse Dear poet, please write me a verse about love I’ll write of the soft cooing song of a dove Of warmth and desires of heart’s greatest quest Of pleasures and joys as life offer’s its best Please write about sorrow, if you wouldn’t mind Sorrow is easier yet to define For it cuts to the innermost fiber and core And it lingers inside of you there evermore Can you write about justice, and honor and grace To me they’re inscribed onto every man’s face Though they’re not seen by others who haven’t much shame They are written across every brow just the same Dear poet, please write me of joy and of bliss Joy is elusive and easy to miss It’s the phantom that creeps into laughter and song And often not recognized there all along Will you write me a verse about pain, if you dare Pain is brought on by a heart unprepared It will strengthen the spirit and nourish the mind And turn back into happiness in its due time Write me a poem about minutes and time Life is to minutes, as voice is to mime An artificial device that we somehow embrace But the day true begins when the sun hits your face Tell me, dear poet, please write about fear I raised my eyes slowly and shedding a tear Said, no words I envision, no thought I believe Can capture the horror that fear can conceive So I laid down my pen and put paper in fold And thanked God that today I’ve no fear in my soul Elizabeth Santos [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 06-18-2000).] |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Liz, you simply amaze me... Write me a poem about minutes and time Life is to minutes, as voice is to mime An artificial device that we somehow embrace But the day true begins when the sun hits your face ...what thoughts, such a pleasure to read... regards, sudhir. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Dear Poetess Liz, you have written this with amazing grace, the proof lies in these tears on my face This poem is perfect in every this poem absolutely just made my day. I write this "silly" rhyme to replace my taken words taken by one of the most beautiful poems I've ever heard I wish I could shout it up to the sky ... I wish you could hear my contented sigh. This is the reason for which poetry heals allowing us to express all that we dream and feel You have touched me with this amazing verse Poetry is in your heart and soul ...it is your ~Beautiful Curse~. love and respect...times 10 janet marie |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, Loved your poem, it remained me of a stanza I wrote some time ago. She moves me with a gravity, Like the phases of the moon. Raining reign invisibly, In the highest of high noon. Love Sy |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
And Mr. Poet, when you write tonight < !signature-->under starred skies and moonbeam bright allow your words to enter my soul and make me young, when I am old. ah, Elizabeth, as always, I am amazed at you... Sunshine ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ [This message has been edited by Sunshine (edited 06-19-2000).] |
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CMGrimm Senior Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 685USA |
Fantastic Elizabeth...I loved it.. chris Never be a carbon copy of anybody...make your own impressions. - ANON. |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
Liz, this is wonderful. Your words fill my soul with delight. The wisdom therein is a lesson to learn, One to bring us all to a new height. A new height of understanding, And thus a contentment in our hearts. Poetess Liz has captured my soul And pulled my emotions apart. ------------- Liz, I love your poem!!! Take care. Love and best wishes to you and Tony. Love and hugs, Lizzie  "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight." |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Wonderfully written. Such a pleasure to read your poetry. |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Again, you have amazed me with your beautiful poetry. Please consider submitting this for the 'Voices on the Web'!!  |
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Elizabeth
Moderator
Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Dear Poet Liz...who could write of all these ideas better than you have? Elizabeth I'm grabbing my hat and coat I'm leaving the cat a note Quick call me a ferry boat-getting out of town! |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
BRAVO!!!!! A THOUSAND TIMES this is what poetry is, feeling..... all of this, and God, we needed to hear this..... Kathleen "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace." Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
WOOOOW.... LIz you amaze me everything...wow I have no words to describe how beautiful and perfect this poem is. Loved this. More please. ------------------------ "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. "Art is a lie which makes us realise the truth." Pablo Picasso "We Irish are too poetical to be poets, we are a nation of brilliant failures" Oscar Wilde ----- |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Liz, I love your work. This poem embodies the wisdom and grace that we know to be "you"...so touching and lovely. ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
Liz As always I am floored by your work!! This brought many a tear to my eye. I humbly thank you and bow in honor of such beautiful breathtaking work! You have taken my words with this one sweet Liz! Sensational!! Amy  "Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends." "Fate exists but it can only take you so far, Because once you're there It's up to you to make it happen." |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
I don't quite know how to respond to all your wonderful comments to this poem, except to say thank you for taking the time to read and comment, and such lovely remarks. I'm so glad you liked it Thank you all again Liz |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Liz, This was beautiful....so tender and caring...loved it. Take Care, LW Friends are friend forever if the Lord's the Lord of them and a friend will not say never cause the welcome will not end. --Michael W. Smith |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
Liz, I sure wish I could vote for this poem. Please consider submitting it for the book, I'd love to see it in there All my love, Jeffrey I lie awake in a world filled with dreams, but dreams can be so real when you don't know you're asleep |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
I so love the flow in your work Liz (you know that), but each one just continues to astound me ... this was a pure delight! Best wishes, /Kit |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Lonewolf, Jeffery and Kit Thank you for your kind remarks. Gosh, it's 3:00 am. When does everyone sleep? I got up for some hot choccolate and found your lovly comments.Thank You Liz |
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SEA 
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Elizabeth~ Please put this over in Voices so I can vote for it... this is perfect for the book!!!!! -SEALive,Love,Laugh :) ~SueB |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Beautiful flowing traditional poetry. So many of life's emotional ups and downs covered with skillful prosody and unique rhyming patterns. Truly an outstanding work of poetic art! |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Oh this poem brings ..harmony to soul A poets sweet verse ..everyones goal Sweet verses of love ..caring and the like To take us higher ..with all our might Tender your verse ..tender your poem Wonderful the thoughts ..you've just sown Beautiful poem Elizabeth Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
This is breathtaking Liz! You capture the feeling and the sailing feeling that poetry has over us and how the "words" release the healing over all the pain. Thank you for sharing yet another beautiful piece~ |
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kat Member
since 2000-05-20
Posts 387 |
Liz your poetry is just amazing!! You always touch me with your poems. Thanks so much for taking the time to share all your beautiful work with all of us here. I always look forward to reading more from you. Kat |
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