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The road |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia 
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I do not know where this road leads Yet still I travel on My body weary filled with needs In my heart a sometimes song The road winds on through hills and dales A twisting, turning fright While roadside trees within those vales Stretch straight in sheer delight I've come too far to return To long to turn around Tumultuous thoughts and eyes that burn While seeking hallowed ground The road it twists as do my thoughts Mind's windmills lead to sighs A journey's end not what I sought The sky in compassion cries The road winds on, travel I must Though all my hope is gone All I can do is pray and trust The road will lead me safely home Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Kethry, this is awesome, I really love this, such a clear picture this gives. A longing for home and the road to lead you there. Marvellous really wonderfully written. Excellant as always absolutely excellant. Take care Mushy Marsha  Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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SpitFire Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396 |
~K,...mmhm...this one gets yer mind ticking. 'a sometimes song',....how neat is that phrase? SoOo neat. This one really lets me in. Thank you for opening the blinds and revealing these thoughts...these poetic words of yours. Please take care. *Peace. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Kethry, this is very good...thank you for sharing... Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?... I would rather be silent and write, then speak loudly and be bound. KRJ |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
None of us knows where our road will eventually lead, I guess that is part of the mystery of life. Great poem, Kethry! Denise |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
well-thought out! I like poems with the abab rhyme scheme, much harder to do. You are very talented |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Kethry~ This is such a well done piece. It flows so gently. A great read-aloud piece for sure. Your talent shines here !!  ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Poems like this serve to remind me that there are indeed real people writing this poetry instead of just words on a screen. Your beauty and philosophy of life shine in this one and you are very real....I'm happy to know you. I believe that the destination is the reward of life but the true beauty is in the journey.....whereever it may lead. |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Kethry, I've come too far to return To long to turn around Tumultuous thoughts and eyes that burn While seeking hallowed ground What wonderful lines. You have written these so well. Sometimes we have to look forward no matter how much it hurts, for that is where the future lies. Here's to you finding your way home by way of a new path. Lone Wolf Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Kethry: a lovely poem, just real, like Balladeer said. "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."" Laurie Lee Kathleen |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Thanks everyone, I really appreciate you stopping by. Hope the poem was restful. Be well Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Keth Beautiful piece my friend...very soothing to read. Enjoyed this immensely...well done Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Thank you Tracie, I enjoyed writing this. be well Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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Nate Dogg Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658Georgia, Fulton |
This piece is very good and well-written....Marge is right, the work of a true poet shines here! Take care! Nathan |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Love the way it ends Kethry...real good writing...always home that's where the heart wants to be...the comfort of being where the love started and ends and the roots that tie you there....even the life long rambler at some point or other wants to end up in a place called home......great writing!! |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Nate and ethome, thanks for responding and sharing your thoughts. Be well Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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Trew Member
since 2000-06-10
Posts 365Ottawa, Canada |
I love it! Knowing that you are too far into something to turn around, that life is a one way journey. You can look back, but you can never go back. The flow is wonderful and the subject, one of my favourites! Great poem! Trev. |
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Ron K. Fox Senior Member
since 2000-10-24
Posts 925 |
Great poem...I will have one to post along this theme soon, thanks. Ron Tossing words like wishful coins into the deep well of an open heart. R. fox |
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Dee Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330Queensland, Australia |
Kethry, sometimes home seems a long way off, even if we're "just round the corner". Amazingly we recognise "home" as soon as we arrive. Wonderful poem. Dee I wish you every happiness and pray you'll always have the best of the good things in life. a brand |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Home is always just around the corner it seems,and then the next, and the next ..."The road winds on, travel I must - Though all my hope is gone once we've let it slip away." But it always calls, all we truly have to do...is answer with our hearts, and it WILL appear. peaceful travels, my friend, jwesley |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Thank you all for responding. Be well Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
What more can I add, well done as always. "The heart and soul have no illusion of boundries when friendship is the quest" ~ My Angel. |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Thanks EagleOne, I appreciate you stopping by my road. Be well Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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