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wayoutwalt
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0 posted 2001-02-07 10:56 PM


We are a sonnet of duet sweet song
You and I could never part for too long
The rhythm of our art
        Is the beating of our heart
Our poetry never dies
       I can see it in your eyes
The flames burning incense cut through the fog
Stokes the passion of wordsong with another log
      We parted now
      My heart broke
      The rhythm died
      I lay choked
For you are the air that I breathe when I first awake
Each word that I utter is a chance that I take
For I cannot breathe you in
And expel you out
Words of beauty
Describe you well
But when I breathe
I cannot tell
I cannot tell you of your repose
Lost in perfume of the rose
Still you smell so divinely sweet
And in a sense we are complete
      We parted
       Yet our finger tips
        Reach out
         Feel me
           Touch me
             Kiss my lips
               And quell
                  Your doubt
Every kind of rhyme and every kind of reason
Every inch of time befalls a change of season
Poetry never dies
It never dies
Never
                   I wrote
                  You a song
                  When hills
                  Were born
                 And it will
                 Live forever.
I found you weeping on a page
A verse I wrote in love for you
It was some time ago I’ll say
You ask me if it still is true
Poetry never dies
It only gets replaced
I pray all the words that you have saved
Our love is not erased

Read this
And maybe
Memorize it
Know that I love you
And forever will
I didn’t mean to
Disguise it

Poetry is on the page
It pours from our heart
If we don’t beat in unison
I’ve no use for this art.



You know the "Never Ending Story"?
They're still telling it!



[This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 02-07-2001).]

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SEA
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1 posted 2001-02-07 11:02 PM


" We parted
                           Yet our finger tips
                            Reach out
                             Feel me
                               Touch me
                                 Kiss my lips
                                   And quell
                                      Your doubt"


Walt~ this is heavenly poetry...........   SEA

Meadowmuse
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2 posted 2001-02-08 12:04 PM


Glad to see you found your "rose" instead of what was opposed. (o: This turned out nicely, Walt.

Claire

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3 posted 2001-02-08 07:31 AM


Walt~
Just the most beautiful thoughts !

'I wrote
You a song
When hills
Were born
And it will
Live forever.'


I like this so much.
~*Marge*~


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jellybeans
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4 posted 2001-02-08 09:50 AM


Poetry is on the page
It pours from our heart
If we don’t beat in unison
I’ve no use for this art.

the whole poem is incredible, but the ending, even more so...how i wish i had a heart that beat in unison with mine...great write walt.....really great  

wayoutwalt
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5 posted 2001-02-08 10:58 AM


thank you all miss meadow yuh I have an amazing story to tell you of the recovery of this poem. marge sea and jb thank you thank you!!

You know the "Never Ending Story"?
They're still telling it!


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6 posted 2001-02-08 12:03 PM


quote:

I found you weeping on a page
A verse I wrote in love for you
It was some time ago I’ll say
You ask me if it still is true
Poetry never dies
It only gets replaced
I pray all the words that you have saved
Our love is not erased



Well done Sir Walt....

ethome
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7 posted 2001-02-08 12:35 PM


Hey Walt...WELL DONE EXCELLECT!!!   ethome

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Sven
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8 posted 2001-02-08 01:11 PM


Walt. . . this is amazing. . . I loved it. . . absolutely loved it!!!

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Michael
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9 posted 2001-02-08 02:03 PM


I agree, everything goes better in unison, but poetry stands pretty good all on it's own at times me thinks.  Good write, Walt.


Michael

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10 posted 2001-02-08 04:36 PM


What wondrous words!  It shines with the love you  instilled in its lines...
Enjoyed immensely!
Lary

Martie
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11 posted 2001-02-08 06:22 PM


Walt...

"Every kind of rhyme and every kind of reason
Every inch of time befalls a change of season
Poetry never dies
It never dies
Never"
***

I loved this!!  and may I add my, NEVER.

elisaseyes
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12 posted 2001-02-08 10:49 PM


Hubby Grins!!!
wayoutwalt
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13 posted 2001-02-13 11:31 AM


thank you all sooo much I loved this one yuh
Cerenity
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14 posted 2001-02-13 11:11 PM


"WOW" Walt

This is totally awesome, I love it,

Love, Cerenity


"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)



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15 posted 2001-02-13 11:24 PM


Wow... I dont think Ive read anything as sincere as that. The whole form grabbed my attention and the words...held me tight. Nice job!

Jeremy


Life is fading me away, far away, but I’m sketching myself back, line by line, mark by mark.

wayoutwalt
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16 posted 2001-02-14 09:32 AM


thanks you too big smiles
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