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Daniel J D
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since 2000-10-01
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Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia

0 posted 2001-01-30 11:04 PM


Long Live Poetry.

I have been writing for a while
Making people love, live, and smile
Finding alternatives for happiness
Tracing, and erasing moments of harshness

So long ago dressed in fur
Sitting by the light of new fire
Wild, beastly, but human at repose
Free, I begun to speak in prose
Inscribing on rocks, plates, and caves
The mementos of my life's struggles

Onto the plains and near the rivers I settled
My will and anxiety for words
Came amidst the long enduring hours in fields
My lifestyle changing from hunter
To agriculture, farming and horticulture
I began to write magnificent fables and tales
Having found a language consisting of letters

Faced with a print revolution
I put away my chalk and paint
For new found invention
Of ink at ballpoint
I became urbanised
Revolutionised, and industrialised
Refined, refining words of languages encultured

Wars ravaged, homes, lives destroyed
Challenges to moral codes and thoughts
Became the norm of social scientists
Confused, I was, became, of my beliefs
Tested, and manipulated
I Began to write of feelings, and injustice
Of my passion for love in words never spoken
Valiantly giving my innerself
To the beauty of rhyming words

I reached the papers, journals, and novels
Spoke in prose to lords and ministers
And to the common people as well
Establishing the importance of verses
In the fields of literature
To be stored away in the labyrinths of libraries
To be used by scholars for further studies

Now I come to reach out to millions
Through the WWW revolution
Entering the screens, of friends and foes
Pleasing, cheering, delighting with lines
Colours of rainbows, voices of angels
I bring tears, laughter, and sounds of bells
I am still as poetic as I was since the beginning
And I remain true to the feelings I bring
To enlighten your life my poet friend
Because I want you to be happy to the end.
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Respond to my call and let the waves of my heart fill your life with the wonders of love
(Daniel J D)




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Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
1 posted 2001-01-30 11:09 PM


And isn't it JUST that way
with words that lead to
string of thought that
carry on to stories that weave
into books of hope...

and indeed Sir...you passed on your smiles!

Happy 1000th Post!


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




SEA
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2 posted 2001-01-30 11:10 PM


DJD~ Congratulations on 1000!!!  

"Of my passion for love in words never spoken
Valiantly giving my innerself
To the beauty of rhyming words"

love that part........   -SEA

Daniel J D
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since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471
Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia
3 posted 2001-01-30 11:12 PM


Sunshine,
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I do hope that I can keep going. Your fine words are so charming. Cheers

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

Daniel J D
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since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471
Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia
4 posted 2001-01-30 11:15 PM


SEA,
I am so glad you read this one. I was so unsure of what to write for my 1000th. Thank you so much.

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

SEA
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5 posted 2001-01-30 11:19 PM


DJD~  I see your name and know I will find a treasure.......... -SEA
Daniel J D
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since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471
Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia
6 posted 2001-01-30 11:58 PM


SEA,
I am the luckiest poet alive. Your comments flatter me. You are just so real.

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

kcsgrandma
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since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME
7 posted 2001-01-31 12:08 PM


This is a remarkable 1000th post, clearly showing your love of words and poetry.  Congratulations!

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

Daniel J D
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since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471
Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia
8 posted 2001-01-31 12:11 PM


Kcsgrandma,
I appreciate your wonderful and warm words. Yes indeed I do love to write.

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

Paula Finn
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since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546
missouri
9 posted 2001-01-31 12:21 PM


You are truly a gifted poet my friend...this is amazing and beautiful...the images of long ago lingers in my mind...congratulations and heres to 1000 more
2dalimit
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since 2000-02-08
Posts 2228
Mississippi coast
10 posted 2001-01-31 07:18 AM


Congrats on 1M posts.
Continue on saying it in verse, talented poet.
Melton

Marsha
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11 posted 2001-01-31 07:51 AM


Daniel love, this is utterly wonderful a really wonderful poem to celebrate 1000, absolutely fabulous

                

Thank you for all your beauty
Take care love
                      Mushy
                          


Take back the hope you gave,- I claim
Only a memory of the same
Robert Browning



Irish Rose
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Posts 10263

12 posted 2001-01-31 10:27 AM


Congratulations on 1000 posts.  This is a wonderful journey through the words that we are blessed to be able to write and share!

Kathleen



vandana
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13 posted 2001-01-31 11:26 AM


Daniel DJ,I like this tile Long Live poetry.Yes,my friend.I enjoy your poetry too.Congs on your 1000th post too.
Daniel J D
Senior Member
since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471
Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia
14 posted 2001-01-31 11:22 PM


Paula,
Thank you for the wonderful replies that you have given to my poems through this journey. You are a very special friend. Cheers

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

Daniel J D
Senior Member
since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471
Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia
15 posted 2001-02-01 07:33 PM


2da,
Thank you kindly for your wonderful thought.

Marsha,
What a splendid reply from one of the very best at Passions. Thank you so very much.


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

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