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wayoutwalt
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0 posted 2000-12-04 10:17 AM


The poet’s pen is always full
Even when it is dry
When nothing’s said
No words in head
There's still a weeping eye

The weeping eye is wonder filled
With prosperity
Born sad, it flows
May find repose
Seek sincerity

A well of ink, the sincere heart
It is a work of art
The poet’s pen
Will write again
Long after poem starts

The poet’s hand, always working
In all the hearts of those
That which he shares
Or that she dares
To clip one single rose

The poet’s gift, a rose of heart
Bids for hopeful pardon
The ink of thorns
Sometimes it scorns
Still from finest garden

The finest rose, a quandary posed
The weeping eye still sees
The thorns, the death
The shallow breath
Who'll write of its beauty

The pen of poet draws from well
Of what it will behold
Please share with me
What all you see
Your heart will thus unfold

The poet’s tears shall ever shed
None shall e'er be wasted
The garden’s pruned
The blossoms bloomed
No bitter drops be tasted







[This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 12-04-2000).]

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Victoria
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1 posted 2000-12-04 10:28 AM


This is absolutely beautiful Walt...

                    ~Victoria~

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
- Paul Valery (1871-1945)


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2 posted 2000-12-04 10:33 AM


*sigh* how very well you have put this. The heart of the poet is rare and beautiful. You have done a wonderful job telling about the wonderful hearts of poets. Much love to you from me. Thank you so much for the read.

Love I leave with you my friend whether it be in your life or of yet the essense of your dreams. http://path2riches.com


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3 posted 2000-12-04 10:52 AM


The beauty never ceases to flow from your
pen Walt...this is amazing writing~


The best and most beautiful things
in the world cannot be seen or even touched
---- they must be felt with the heart~
*??*

wayoutwalt
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4 posted 2000-12-04 10:54 AM


thank you all so very much
hoot_owl_rn
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5 posted 2000-12-04 11:29 AM


Beautiful...may your pen never cease to flow  
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6 posted 2000-12-04 11:34 AM


I am not even reading the other responses at this time because I want these words to come from my heart with no other input:

This is a true gift you have given, Walt...the attempt to understand the heart of the poet and to share it with the world.

I thank you for it, and I am placing it in my library...not under lock and key, but with the hope that this will inspire me any time I ever need a nudge...

for it is a true gift of love you've given...from the heart of one poet...to all...thank you...


Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...
I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.
KRJ




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7 posted 2000-12-04 11:38 AM


WoW,
This is exceptional and reflects a truly extraordinary man.
write on
Kethry


Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant - Thoreau



wayoutwalt
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8 posted 2000-12-04 11:51 AM


ruth tiz always a pleasure to hear from you

sunshine thanky big smiles

kethry i hope you can see yourself in this too

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9 posted 2000-12-04 01:29 PM


This is beautiful Walt, you write so well no matter what the subject. I love the rose imagery.

"Glory remains unaware of my neglected dwelling where alone
I sing my tearful song which has charms only for me."

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10 posted 2000-12-04 01:39 PM



Walt my dear, you done it again my friend except this one you've wrote I wish to place in frame and put it in my den where I sit at nite and read the treasured words our PoetFriends write...

This is an exceptional write I gotta tell ya one to treasure forevermore...

Hug2U4 sharing your gift with all of us...

COCO

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11 posted 2000-12-04 01:42 PM


Great piece here ,Walt,really enjoyed it.

'Humankind cannot bear too much reality' T.S.Eliot

wayoutwalt
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12 posted 2000-12-04 01:46 PM


thank you saxoness  

Coco woohoo!!!

Tony oh yuh thanks!

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13 posted 2000-12-04 05:27 PM


Oh Walty
this is beautiful my friend, I love the beauty that your heart holds ya know  
Thank you for sharing this and I too will put it into my library for future reading.

the first stanza really touched me for the truth which lies in it......

The poet’s pen is always full
Even when it is dry
When nothing’s said
No words in head
There's still a weeping eye

Thank you Walty
*hugs*

Maree


"If my words could blanket the skies
and fill every corner and crevice of
this earth, still this won't be enough"
"Maree Russo"

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14 posted 2000-12-04 05:33 PM


hehe silly me forgot to check you into my library   < !signature-->

"If my words could blanket the skies
and fill every corner and crevice of
this earth, still this won't be enough"
"Maree Russo"


[This message has been edited by Dark Angel (edited 12-04-2000).]

Severn
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15 posted 2000-12-04 07:07 PM


Wonderful...really well done Walt.

I see you have used inversion ~grin~ and it suits the style nicely I think.

Good job fella!

K


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Walt~ this is absolutely beautiful!  - SEA
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17 posted 2000-12-04 07:15 PM


Walt,

Wonderful writing.  A poet's heart is special indeed.  

LW


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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18 posted 2000-12-04 08:18 PM


Walt this is so special and I can really relate to your words!  I love it and I would like to put it in my library too, except I don't how to put poets in my library!  At any rate I will copy this one and save it to read again!  
Thanks for sharing.

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19 posted 2000-12-04 08:51 PM



Great poem.

With the word, I am mighty, with the pen I am free..
dragonpoe

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20 posted 2000-12-04 09:26 PM



Excellent write...enjoyed it muchly.

Poeminister

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O God above! In every deed shall mingle, love."
-Poe

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21 posted 2000-12-04 09:30 PM


Very lovely thoughts, Walt! Very nice!

Denise

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22 posted 2000-12-04 10:12 PM


thank you all...big smiles
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23 posted 2000-12-05 12:18 PM


Walt~
'A Gift', indeed !

'The pen of poet draws from well
Of what it will behold
Please share with me
What all you see
Your heart will thus unfold'


Thank you for being a poet !
~*Marge*~


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

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24 posted 2000-12-05 12:37 PM


In the past you have made me laugh amd made me cry...this time you just took my breath away
wayoutwalt
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25 posted 2000-12-05 08:52 AM


thank you marge for being a kind reader and fine poet as well

paula hehehe thanky

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26 posted 2000-12-05 10:43 AM


@}}--}--~

a gift to you and your words..very beautiful indeed...

~Wynter


"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II


wayoutwalt
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27 posted 2000-12-05 11:48 PM


thanky Wynter hehe sweet
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28 posted 2000-12-06 09:12 PM


I guess, for, silence can be deadly.  With you, this is hardly the case.  It seems that your silence is actually feeling.  It's just not felt until your ink touches your paper or your fingers touch your keypad.  Sometimes I don't get a lot of the poetry that's out there.  However, it does make me feel.  That's what this poem did.  The thoughts are in my journal.  Sorry, they can't be expressed.  
Thanks,
bluescruz

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29 posted 2000-12-06 11:02 PM


Walt,
This was amazing.   Thanks for the hug!  

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30 posted 2000-12-07 12:35 PM


so beautiful, sometimes the poets pen does run dry, but never does the inner magic stop, thank you for reminding us that there is still beauty on the inside that remains to be seen though sometimes hidden by the thorns.
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31 posted 2000-12-07 12:38 PM



walt-
   absolutely beautiful...
   thanks for sharing the gift of
   your words with us..

   hugs,
   ~vicky




"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes



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32 posted 2000-12-07 08:51 AM


cruz my good pal thanx

tempty good to see you thank you

rosebud o yuh it's true

vicky thank you

yuh!

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33 posted 2000-12-07 09:40 AM


Well said.....oh no...better than that, love this wonderful penned piece.

Charisma

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34 posted 2000-12-07 10:55 AM


where ya been? .... oops nearly missed this..

hated the rose imagery ......heh heh   ...LOVED the poem .....

good job my friend

P

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35 posted 2000-12-07 11:29 AM


Walt,

    Oh this is simply beautiful! Just wonderful.  I don't know what to say other than that.  Did I mention I loved it?



~~Tara aka rp25 :o)

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36 posted 2000-12-07 04:13 PM


the response to this has been just fantismal fantastico yuh yuh
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37 posted 2000-12-07 06:21 PM


Walt, this is one of your finest! Excellent!  
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38 posted 2000-12-07 06:26 PM


Walt:

This is beautiful.  Now this is a cool style!  I like the metaphores you've used, especially with the pen.

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39 posted 2000-12-07 06:26 PM


Walt:

This is beautiful.  Now this is a cool style!  I like the metaphores you've used, especially with the pen.

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40 posted 2000-12-07 07:35 PM


Hey Walt, I hope I'm not to late to say how much I enjoyed this poem!
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41 posted 2000-12-07 07:57 PM


Wayoutwalt,
I have said it all along you are on of the finest. Superb.

Respond to my call and let the waves of my heart fill your life with the wonders of love
(Daniel J D)

wayoutwalt
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42 posted 2000-12-07 10:45 PM


thank you all woohoo makes me wanna write again yuh
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43 posted 2000-12-07 11:46 PM


Walt you seem to have quit a fan club and I can see why. This one is every bit as good as they say it is. Can't wate for more!
                  

Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts.

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44 posted 2000-12-08 09:38 AM


You really outdid yourself with this one, it is very meaningful, very deep, it needs to be read again and again., loved this one.

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.

Walt Whitman



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