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Sven
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0 posted 2001-05-01 01:26 PM


*Gallery Special Exhibit: Selections from the First Series*

for her, words are life
they are her breath
          her blood
they beat in her heart
          and pulse through her veins
giving her another day of life
          another day of strength

she writes to live
she writes of her life
       her hopes and dreams
       become known to us
because it is what she knows
she finds solace in the words
     she gives us comfort in the words
          she becomes in the words
becoming more than a poet
               more than a writer
               more than a person
she becomes the poem

for her, words are life
and when she writes them
we welcome her into our hearts
          our minds
                    our souls
we welcome
       her words of life

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

© Copyright 2001 John Garcia - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-05-01 01:28 PM


you, Sven, must be writing gallery poems in duplicate because surely you had to have done our Liz a long time ago she is sooo awesome she should have been first on your mind but really I loved it and she's duh bomb

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2 posted 2001-05-01 01:44 PM


Applauds!  Well captured!  Very well captured.  
Lady In White
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3 posted 2001-05-01 01:59 PM


Yes...bring back the best of the best...

well done!

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4 posted 2001-05-01 02:09 PM


you capture everyone's essence so nicely Sven. you are indeed a good friend and poet.
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5 posted 2001-05-01 02:16 PM


Sven,

A very fitting tribute to a most excellent poet.  A very good poem, my friend.  I hope that she has a chance to see it.

Michael

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"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

Martie
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6 posted 2001-05-01 02:24 PM


Sven--She is all this and more...thanks for writing this lovely tribute to a wonderful lady and awesome poet.
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7 posted 2001-05-01 03:36 PM


Sven, this is a lovely tribute to Elizabeth, her words of beauty have brought light and comfort to all of us.

And these poems you are writing, Sven, are gifts of love.

Corinne

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8 posted 2001-05-01 07:20 PM


Thank you my friends. . . this is from the first set of Gallery Poems that I wrote. . . I might pull out of few of them during this second set. . . and I couldn't think of a better one to start with than this one. . .

Thank you all again. . .  

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

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9 posted 2001-05-01 08:21 PM


this poem was truly amazing
so much discribed and shown by someone for another..
"by every word that you share is what i see the words of love for our "family of friends"in pasions in poetry"..well..thats my thought on the poem..what i felt through your poem
thanks for sharing sven...
until your next...

...?

if i die before i wake , i pray the lord my soul will take-"when thugs cry"

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10 posted 2001-05-02 08:42 PM


A good special selection, Sven Pen. I adore your words about Elizabeth as much as I adore her writing.  
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11 posted 2001-05-02 08:49 PM


First or second selection, they are all just amazing!
Rosebud1229
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12 posted 2001-05-03 12:21 PM


I loved this Sven, and your right on, Elizabeth has a way of making you feel your right there, very awesome poet.
Honeybee
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13 posted 2001-05-03 12:23 PM



A wonderful tribute for a truly gifted poetess, thank you for sharing this!  

Take care,
Melissa~

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