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Morgoth
Junior Member

since 2001-05-21

Posts 26
Baltimore, MD

0 posted 2001-05-21 05:53 PM

I opened a forgotten tome to a page that showed
Whittier, who once wrote long ago
That of sad words from tongue or pen,
The saddest are, ‘It might have been’

I pointed her to this thoughtful decree
Spelled out so well and carefully
And hesitated, afraid to make unclear
The point of what I wanted her to hear

She gazed first with those luminous eyes
That traveled from first the page, to meet mine
An instant became forever then
As the words resounded, ‘It might have been’

In that brief hesitation bathed in her glow
It was then and there that I came to know
That of sad words that shall echo eternity
The saddest are in truth, ‘It used to be’

(My first poem posting, be gentle)

inot2B
Member Elite

since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

1 posted 2001-05-21 06:07 PM

Welcome to Passions!!
You have done a wonderful job with this poem.

SEA

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

2 posted 2001-05-21 06:07 PM

Welcome!

And gently I say, this is wonderful!

Look forward to more from you....oh and cool name

SEA

Morgoth
Junior Member

since 2001-05-21

Posts 26
Baltimore, MD

3 posted 2001-05-21 06:08 PM

Thank you for the welcome inot2b..love the name.

Thank you SEA, I appreciate it.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2001-05-21 06:23 PM

Enjoyed reading your poem...James

Poeminister
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since 2000-02-26

Posts 1862
Regina SK; Canada

5 posted 2001-05-21 06:37 PM

Morgoth-
Wonderful first post. Welcome to Passions!

Poeminister

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

6 posted 2001-05-21 06:43 PM

WElcome, welcome!

profoundly sad poem, well done!!!

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2001-05-21 06:46 PM

Welcome to Passions! Check your e-mail for a special message!

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

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

8 posted 2001-05-21 07:06 PM

She gazed first with those luminous eyes
That traveled from first the page, to meet mine
An instant became forever then
As the words resounded, ‘It might have been’

In that brief hesitation bathed in her glow
It was then and there that I came to know
That of sad words that shall echo eternity
The saddest are in truth, ‘It used to be’
==================

Welcome to Poetry Land MG
you make a cadence kissed poetic first impression with this very well written bittersweet piece.
Excellent rhyme flow, vocab and language.
I look most forward to more of your work.
take care
jm

We wish ourselves beautiful,
we cry in the night.
Its not the love you fear ...
its the fall from the height.
~Edwin McCain~

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

9 posted 2001-05-21 07:15 PM

Morgoth, this feeling I know all too well. . . you've shown it here in excellent fashion. . .

welcome my friend. . . I know that you'll love it here. . .

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

Titia Geertman
Member Ascendant

since 2001-05-07

Posts 5182
Netherlands

10 posted 2001-05-21 07:22 PM

Wow, love this one.
Welcome to PIP

Titia

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

11 posted 2001-05-21 07:32 PM

Welcome to the family!! I love Whittier..and your poem is wonderful! I look forward to reading more from you! Hope you pull up a poetic chair and stay awhile!

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

12 posted 2001-05-21 07:54 PM

Morgoth~
Welcome to the wonderful family of Passions.

This is a well-constructed first post.
Now ... we will look for more.

Enjoy yourself ... settle down and read
until your heart's content.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Cheryl Flemming
Member

since 2000-09-14

Posts 102

13 posted 2001-05-21 08:00 PM

This was an enjoyable read.Welcome, you will love it here.

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

14 posted 2001-05-21 09:27 PM

Welcome, indeed, Morgoth. Intriguing words you've penned here - well worth pondering a bit. Hope to see more from you soon.

Michael

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

15 posted 2001-05-22 01:31 AM

Howdy Morgoth, what a great entrance! You did a great job on posting your first poem here, and I will be waiting for more. Welcome to the family of poets at the blue pages, you will love it here I am sure.

~*~ I write ~ Therefore I am ~*~
Homepage: http://www.mysteria-poetry.cityslide.com/contents/contents.cfm/451673

Morgoth
Junior Member

since 2001-05-21

Posts 26
Baltimore, MD

16 posted 2001-05-22 09:33 AM

Thanks to everyone for the welcomes and the nice replies. I'm pulling up a chair now and reading....

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

17 posted 2001-05-22 04:10 PM

I know that sad ending all too well. *S* This is great, Morgoth... I'll look forward to reading more of your work! *S* Welcome to Passions!

PoeticKnight
Senior Member

since 2000-01-20

Posts 1144
New Orleans, LA

18 posted 2001-05-22 04:55 PM

This was pretty cool. Right up my alley. I love the name also, I love Tolkien too.

[This message has been edited by PoeticKnight (edited 05-22-2001).]

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

19 posted 2001-05-22 05:35 PM

The saddest are, ‘It might have been’

Some days...words of one are felt by another...this is one of those days..

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

20 posted 2001-05-22 06:00 PM

welcome to passion

nice

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

21 posted 2001-05-22 06:06 PM

Welcome to our happy little home.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

22 posted 2001-05-22 07:50 PM

Welcome, Morgoth!! Very nice writing here. I definitely am looking forward to reading more from you.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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