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Wilfred Yeats
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0 posted 2001-04-18 04:29 PM



The wind is whipping strong today
Gray billowing clouds are moving fast
The gray makes the horizon indistinct
I sit on a rock, stuck like a mast

Watching a gull, endless circles
Sandpipers scamper at water's edge
Watching the dune grass caressing the sand
Flags flapping loudly beyond the ledge

Although midsummer -I feel a shiver
As the salt spray mixed with sand
Stings and chills my face
Why are not my feelings bland?

I should get up, return to the cottage
My mind still sees you, laughing, running
From me 'round the rocks, sparkles in your eyes
When you were caught, to feel you cling

The first duty of love is to listen.

               ~ Paul Tillich ~

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1 posted 2001-04-18 04:33 PM


Oh, Please, thank your muse for me....this is a beautiful read!
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2 posted 2001-04-19 01:53 AM


Bill,

This is such good writing.  I do believe your muse was with you when you wrote this. Take care.  

Michael

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"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

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3 posted 2001-04-19 06:18 AM


I heard the sandpipers calling.  Thank you.
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4 posted 2001-04-19 10:11 AM


Bill--You have painted a beautiful scene in which to remember...enjoyed this poem, my friend.
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