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Allan Riverwood
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0 posted 2001-02-03 11:19 PM


the sky is gone
          too many ghosts
eternal dawn
it's raining

my heart is dead
          so many ghosts
desire unfed
i'm bleeding

the land is ash
          where have I gone?
a lonely cache
remaining

my food is bone
          where have we gone?
I'm so alone
I'm eating

the horizon
          what have we done?
it stretches on
forever

the crystal earth
          what have I done?
to enter birth
how clever



[This message has been edited by Allan Riverwood (edited 02-03-2001).]

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anomaly187
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1 posted 2001-02-03 11:25 PM


Holy ----!(scuse my cursing)
but i have to say this is
amazing!!!..so good i wish
i could write like it..you serve as an
incredible inspiration around here
and you better stay for a long time..


"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"



katherine
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2 posted 2001-02-03 11:25 PM


great poem allan yet agian
the day i tried to live
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3 posted 2001-02-03 11:47 PM


*hehe* reminds me of the lyrics to a Moby song... *hums to self* hmmm... very good job... i'm not sure it would elicit curses of praise (now there's an oxymoron for you), but certainly earns my admiration
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4 posted 2001-02-04 12:54 PM


Ok hey I really liked this one Allan. I liked the ryhme scheme and the formatting of this poem. Over all a very great style here. Very well done!



I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

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5 posted 2001-02-04 01:23 AM


Good job, Allan. Keep posting for us all.


Suit yourself~The most powerful phrase a person can ever say. Once you hear it you will never be the same.


anonymousfemale
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6 posted 2001-02-04 03:44 AM


Allan, wow...umm...for once I am lost for words. It doesn't happen often and I am so mesmerised by this piece. It is just totally amazing. Your words have painted a picture in my mind that is going to be hard to forget about.

This is one for the library.

~AF~

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
Buddha


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7 posted 2001-02-04 10:20 AM


Allan, I think this is your best piece that I've read. I belive that your inspiration is back now and it is really helping out in your writing. The style was obviously very meaningful because it seemed to form into the ending very well. Thanks for the read bro.

-Jeremy

"I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. -William Faulkner (Noble Prize Speech.)

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8 posted 2001-02-04 11:59 AM


I agree with Dopey, and very good job  

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9 posted 2001-02-04 07:05 PM


Amazing --- you obviously have a talent in writing.  good job on this one.

I see no changes, wake up in the morning I ask myself, "Is life worth living or should I blast myself" TUPAC SHAKUR



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10 posted 2001-02-04 09:23 PM


This was good, however, I'm afraid it flew a little too far over my head.... hehe. Sorry! If you'd care to explain, that'd be helpful. Thanks!
xoxo
Jenn


"I'm a big, big, girl, in a big, big world, it's not a big, big thing if you leave me, but I do feel, that I will miss you much..." Emilia



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11 posted 2001-02-04 10:22 PM


Hmmm... and you say you're sixteen? WoW! Your pieces are always a challenge to find the hidden meaning, that's why I love your work! Keep it up!

"You do what you do, you say what you say, you try to be everything to everyone... come on now, do that stupid dance for me" -Everclear

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12 posted 2001-03-21 01:20 AM


this is a great poem. It has a life to it that I haven't seen in other poems. For some reason I really like the layout. Great job!!
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13 posted 2001-03-21 12:00 PM


The format of this poem goes great! I love this! Another amazing job, Allan. Keep posting

--Marie

I never thought that you would ever be the one to let me down. I guess that just goes to show how wrong I always am.

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14 posted 2001-03-21 02:26 PM


I agree with annonomally187. THIS IS SO AWESOME!!!!!!! I LOVE IT~

I wish people would stop telling me that I can do anything I want to. I never thought that I couldn't.

Life is what happens when you're making ot

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15 posted 2001-03-21 02:34 PM


I must admit that this is one of your only pieces I have read but from now on i'm going to read them all this truly superb.
Zu

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16 posted 2001-03-21 04:49 PM


*gasps* what's this? A poem brought back from the sickly black depths of The World Past Page 2? *shakes her head* Nice to read it. PEACE.
~Carly

"The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake."
- Leonardo da Vinci

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17 posted 2001-03-21 04:49 PM


AMAZING!!! This is going into my library. You
alway suprise me with your talent. Kudos!!!

~*Malinda*~

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18 posted 2001-03-21 05:01 PM


I love this...it's wonderful. This is the kind of poem that I love to sort of stumble upon. Then I'm like, "Wow!".

and in the end
we still pretend
the time we spend
not knowing when
we're finally free
and you could be
-NIN "The Wretched"

Angel of Darkness

Allan Riverwood
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19 posted 2001-03-21 05:18 PM


LOL @ Carly.
Yeah, this is from a LONG time ago.
Ah, well... always interesting to see someone bump an older work.
Although this one I didn't like too much at all... I wonder why so many give it such high praise...

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort


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20 posted 2001-03-21 06:07 PM


hey! GREAT job on this one~I really liked it. Very clever..i liked the form. I haven't talked to you for awhile..hows my luandry coming? LOL Just kidding..keep up the great work babe*

-kiley

¤Sometimes the hardest thing to get over, is something you never really had¤

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21 posted 2001-03-21 09:09 PM


~Enjoying the way you write. Very much so. Clever wording - interesting expression. Take care. *Peace.
Allan Riverwood
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22 posted 2001-03-21 09:21 PM


GRR!
I hate this one!
Why won't it stop being the one that people pick at random to see how I write?
I have done MUCH better!
GRR once more.
~Allan

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort


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23 posted 2001-03-21 10:19 PM


~What's up with that? .
Allan Riverwood
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24 posted 2001-03-21 10:23 PM


sorry... but I really dislike this poem of mine.
And a few people came out of nowhere and read it.
So y'know... haha....

[This message has been edited by Allan Riverwood (edited 03-21-2001).]

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25 posted 2001-03-21 10:27 PM


I recognize a theme you used in another one of your poems. Right now the name escapes me. To tell you the truth, this one does a much better job of portraying a ravaged world. I don't know why you wouldn't be proud of it. I'm not really sure if I get the spacing things though. Good strong vocabulary. Despite what you say; good job.
Peace Out

"The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to ocean
Holding the curve of one position
Counting an endless repetition"
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fozzyozzy
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26 posted 2001-03-21 10:29 PM


I recognize a theme you used in another one of your poems. Right now the name escapes me. To tell you the truth, this one does a much better job of portraying a ravaged world. I don't know why you wouldn't be proud of it. I'm not really sure if I get the spacing things though. Good strong vocabulary. Despite what you say; good job.
Peace Out

"The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to ocean
Holding the curve of one position
Counting an endless repetition"
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