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Open Poetry #10

ears never touched ...

ma miller
Senior Member

since 2000-07-11

Posts 806

0 posted 2000-10-09 02:41 PM

ears never touched ...

to chance upon a quill's release
now enslaved to inkless streams
of thought's reprieve --
of a man's word --
of a man's undreams

i once dreamt
a leaf and i sought life's end
in the glow of our sun's brilliance
our fall slowed by its gleaming rays
'til the hard earth became more familiar

and if i dared believe
all that was written before me
guarded any original thought
my dream to end in shame's
darkest cast shadow

having fallen from my tree of life
reddened by the setting sun
the leaf and i will
surely pass unnoticed
among other imposters

my (a)musing heroes
wrote from their souls
giving pieces away
as gifts on a Christmas morn
as alms to the wordless poor

tell me what to write
and then tell me what to think
tell me what to sing
and then tell me what to dream

i've cleared my mind
of the want of fame
we can all be poets
that never get read

... or search the world
for ears never touched

M.A. Miller
10.09.00< !signature-->

My calling before me, let quill be my offering;
For to be called poet, no greater gift to receive.

M.A.

[This message has been edited by MA Miller (edited 10-09-2000).]

wayoutwalt
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since 1999-06-22

Posts 4870
TEXAS (it's all big)

1 posted 2000-10-09 03:56 PM

great insight that is what i want too ears to find us all in revival

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

2 posted 2000-10-09 04:07 PM

Exquisite imagery MA! This flowed so beautifully, with a soft, lilting tone of sadness beneath. Very well done, with an excellent message within these lines.

Best wishes,
/Kit

ma miller
Senior Member

since 2000-07-11

Posts 806

3 posted 2000-10-09 09:07 PM

thank you so much for reading, Walt and Kit ... just something i had to get off my chest ...

Paula Finn
Member Ascendant

since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

4 posted 2000-10-13 01:57 AM

Oh Mark...oh Mark...this is magnificent... you have reached deep inside and just told the world...wonderful my friend simply wonderful

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