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Sleight of Hand.... (repost for pandora) |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA 
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A Villanelle Our lives could be just as we've planned; Each day's forecast our own devise If we are granted Sleight of Hand. Divergency we'd not withstand In staid agenda naught reprise Our lives could be just as we've planned Exigency meets our command Dare not eschew nor compromise If we are granted Sleight of Hand Such stringency invites remand Contentious staunch sinew belies Our lives shan't be just as we've planned Felicity in fain so grand In dreams undoffed we'll fantasize If we are granted Sleight of Hand Existence swept as grain of sand Fulfillment appetence descries Our lives shan't be just as we've planned If we are granted Sleight of Hand [This message has been edited by Nan (edited 05-12-2000).] |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Oh man *pouting*...does that mean we can't have our cake and eat it too? Oh darn! It is fun, though, fantasizing about how things could be if we only had that power! Excellent writing, Nan, but of course! Denise |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Life is what you make it until fate steps in the way. I guess that is part of the fun of life, those little surprises and uncertainities. Fantastic poem, I will admit I had to consult my dictionary once or twice. My brain is on go slow mode lately. |
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pandora Member
since 1999-07-26
Posts 184 |
Thank you thank you thank you ... for reposting this... it is a wonderful verse... well written and full of truth ... i love it! luv, pan  |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Existence swept as grain of sand Fulfillment appetence descries Our lives shan't be just as we've planned If we are granted Sleight of Hand --------------- words of wisdom Nan... written oh so poetically I might add. love the vocabulary in this one.. why you should teach a class or something me thinks LOL take care, jm |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Thanks guys.... Denise - Sometimes you just gotta have the unabridged version, ya know? brian - Thanks... and fate is when we allow our futures to happen to us and not try to make them happen... pan.... big smiles...  Janet Marie.... ... I'll see if I have any spare time to fit a class in...  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
hehehehe......it's on my list! That Original Thesauras sounds like a good investment too! |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Absolutely beautiful Nan. Had to read it 3 or 4 times to sorta get a handle on it (us simpletons have trouble with thoroughbred language), but I think it superb. And I think fate happens whether we try to make it happen or not, though I also think we have the ability to mold and shape it...but that's an expansive subject. I look forward to, and enjoy all your poems I have thus far read, Nan, and thank you for posting them. j. |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
When they said, "the hand was quicker than the eye..." Were they talking about poets..? Ness work Nancy. 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) |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Ah, sweet Nan. This was one of the early poems of yours that en-deer-ed you to me. Wonderful work . |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Thank you for reposting this Nan ... I'm so glad I did not miss this. Truly wonderful work, and so eloquently stated ... I loved this! Best wishes, /Kit |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
jwesley - hehe... your name makes me feel like I should be running off to church.... maybe I'll do just that on my way to say Happy Mother's Day to Mom... Thanks for reading and enjoying - I'll be watching for your work as well.. lucky - 'Tis the Ness-Mess at work.. for sure.. My Deer - C'mon now - You know you loved me the minute I pulled you out of the Quickslam Pit... Kit - Thanks - We have a mutual-admiration society going here, I do believe... |
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