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A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

0 posted 2000-05-01 08:33 AM

Older now,
cocktails,
relaxed breezy moment
reminiscing amidst candle's flickering flames,
back to where I lost myself
before the war on drugs,
crystal fad,
we wore tomorrow selfishly,
how fast could we live without dying?

Fame was fame then,
upbeat and personal,
no need for applause,
we were fashionable heroes
like unearthed mummies,
'cept our dust wasn't toxic.

It's funny how I breathe the air
I wanted to leave behind for a moment,
It's funny how I survived lone,
peerless,
the others reached too far,
wearing tomorrow greedily
wondering,
how fast could they live before they die.

Cerenity
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since 2000-02-16

Posts 2637
Escondido-California

1 posted 2000-05-01 09:09 AM

Hi A.C.Turner,

WOW this is a very powerful poem and full of wisdom to, very nice work here enjoyed it much.

WELCOME TO PASSIONS

Cerenity

DiObear
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 66
Switzerland

2 posted 2000-05-01 09:09 AM

I really enjoyed reading this. I ended up reflecting a bit myself on the years that have gone by and how I've 'survived'.

"we wore tomorrow selfishly" is such a great line.

brandondinsmore
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since 1999-10-27

Posts 142
OKC, OK

3 posted 2000-05-01 09:35 AM

excellent job, AC. i too liked the lines. great thought-provoking piece here. it's a first piece by you i've seen. keep it up...

Denise

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4 posted 2000-05-01 10:56 AM

Welcome to Passions, A.C.! This is a great reflective poem. Although I never lived in the 'fast lane', so to speak, I knew many who did, who didn't survive. These are words of wisdom from one who did and survived to impart them. Please check your e-mail for a special welcome!

Denise

Corazon
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 1209

5 posted 2000-05-01 10:59 AM

I will echo denise, I have never lived this life, but this says much about humanity in general and is very powerfully written...welcome

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

6 posted 2000-05-01 12:27 PM

So, you found us!! Welcome, my friend! I'm glad you stopped by...especially to post such a powerful piece. This is packed full of imagery and emotion... and hey... having 'been there', i can truly say you've stated it very well! And yeah, I survived, too. What of it? hehe (not an easy feat, y'know)

Glad YOU survived.... seems life has made a writer out of you.. keep stopping by here and posting. Your work is genuine & hits home with me.

doreen

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

7 posted 2000-05-01 08:30 PM

Thanks to all of you! This place is great. I am truly among wonderful poets. I'll be spending a lot of time here so keep writing!
Peace to each and every one of you! ACT.

Nan

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8 posted 2000-05-01 08:31 PM

Hello, AC.. I see lots of wisdom written between these lines... Doreen says you're good... hehe... That makes it so... Welcome aboard...

Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

9 posted 2000-05-01 09:08 PM

AC...
Nice to see you post one!! This is great writing. I can tell you have seen many things in your life. Well written and looking forward to reading more of your work!!

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

Poet deVine

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Hurricane Alley

10 posted 2000-05-01 09:18 PM

Wonderful poem! Looking back on it all, the fast lane ends too abruptly doesn't it? Welcome to the family, I look forward to reading more from you.

First__Knight
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since 1999-11-08

Posts 678

11 posted 2000-05-01 09:19 PM

Awesome work here

Welcome and let me see more

A man does not love a woman because she is beautiful...But she is beautiful because he loves her.

netswan
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since 2000-03-28

Posts 1369
Washington

12 posted 2000-05-01 09:21 PM

Welcome to Passions. A.C. And, oh, my
didn't you start out with a bang --
Great Poem -----ah, the rememberances
of yesterdays gone by --
Thanks it took me back

netswan

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

13 posted 2000-05-01 09:42 PM

ACT~
Welcome to Passion's.
I know you will enjoy your stay here.
Great opening ACT ...
Encore !
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

14 posted 2000-05-01 09:44 PM

Thanks netswan. Your warm welcome is much appreciated as is my surviving. This is a great place! Peace to you. ACT.

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

15 posted 2000-05-01 09:53 PM

So Nan, Doreen's talking about me huh? Well I've been talking about her too. She's an incredible poet. ACT.

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

16 posted 2000-05-01 09:55 PM

Thanks Lone Wolf. It's really hard to keep up with the responses. I'm trying to reply to them all! Hey, this is hard work. The Open Scroll isn't this active. Peace to you. ACT.

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

17 posted 2000-05-01 10:03 PM

hehe... if you try to reply to ALL of them in here, you'll go crazy like me, and end up writing "nothing"

and believe me.. there's nothing incredible about that! LOL

thanks for your kind compliment... keep posting.. you're a wonderful poet, yourself.. i just ramble

[This message has been edited by doreen peri (edited 05-01-2000).]

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

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Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

18 posted 2000-05-01 10:14 PM

I love your hehes.ACT.

RobertB
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since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

19 posted 2000-05-01 10:14 PM

I love the line:

"We wore tomorrow selfishly"

Very good

Robert

and FREE VERSE Yeah!!!

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

20 posted 2000-05-01 10:22 PM

Thanks Robert. Hopefully I'll never wear tomorrow selfishly again. Peace. ACT.

Daysleeper
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since 2000-04-23

Posts 119

21 posted 2000-05-01 10:35 PM

Exceptionally well written and poignant. This piece is wonderful.

...Daysleeper...

"Presently I've had enough of all your sanity." -James Kavanaugh

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

22 posted 2000-05-01 10:39 PM

Thanks Daysleeper! Peace to you. ACT.

Butterflies_dont_cry
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since 2000-03-06

Posts 3733
Michigan

23 posted 2000-05-01 10:42 PM

Welcome to Passions ACT, What a wonderful entrance you have made. The last line especially made me remember....and now I wonder where the phrase "Ahhhh those were the days"....came from...I'm just glad I lived through them! Once again Welcome, and thank you for sharing your gift to write with us.

Hold me for yesterday
Kiss me for tomorrow
But love me for today.

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

24 posted 2000-05-01 10:55 PM

Thanks for the warm welcome Butterflies. I feel as though I have died and gone to poetry heaven. Peace to you. ACT.

lucky
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since 2000-01-17

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Idaho

25 posted 2000-05-01 11:24 PM

My kind of read... your off and running, welcome to passions.

If I could paint a portrait, of this life in which I've led, and somehow sketch a story, of the visions in my head, I'd start out with a canvas, stretched tightly in a frame, and in the bottom corner, I'd leave room to sign my name. (Michelle A. Bartley)

winterinblue
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since 1999-12-29

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26 posted 2000-05-01 11:57 PM

This is an incredible poem! The lines "we wore tomorrow selfishly, how fast could we live without dying?" are lines I want to remember forever. How true. How true.

Meadowmuse
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since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

27 posted 2000-05-02 12:06 PM

Interestingly appointed and reflective piece of writing...quite stirring, really. Please allow me to extend my hand in Welcome.

~ Claire

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

28 posted 2000-05-02 08:25 AM

Lucky, Winterinblue and Meadowmuse thanks for your wonderful comments and warm welcome. You all fit like a warm blanket. ACT.

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

29 posted 2000-05-02 08:43 AM

A.C~
WoW what a first piece very powerful and intense, very well said. Alot lived/live life in the fast lane and don't realise what they are doing to their body and mind in the long run. Glad you survived and WELCOME to passions

Tracie~

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

A.C.Turner
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

30 posted 2000-05-02 09:44 AM

Thanks Tracie! I'm so glad to be here. I'm loving all the great work on this site.
Peace. ACT.

Martie

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California

31 posted 2000-05-02 10:17 AM

What a powerful and well written poem...welcome to Passions!

Parker
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since 2000-01-06

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ON

32 posted 2000-05-02 10:23 AM

AC.... I'd also like to extend a welcome, a wonderful piece.... now for the encore.. more more please

Parker

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

33 posted 2000-05-02 10:46 AM

Wow!! You certainly didn't come in quietly but slammed the door when you entered so you'd get our attention. What an excellent entrance to the forums. Welcome and I'll be certain to look for more

A.C.Turner
Member

since 2000-04-30

Posts 83
Reading, Pa.Home of Bardfest

34 posted 2000-05-02 08:13 PM

Thank you Martie, Haleyja and Hootowl. Thanks for the warm welcome. Everyone is just great here. if I would've tiptoed in then I would've been letting myself down. Peace to you all! ACT.

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