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Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

0 posted 2001-06-07 11:34 PM

I stood in line at the Pearly Gates
waiting my turn to enter there
wondering if I would be turned away
and saying a little prayer.

Two men before me were consigned
to the fiery depths of hell
one a lawyer of some renown
the other one named Fidel.

I stood up next and prepared
to be questioned on what I wrote
after all those naughty poems,
surely, I would be smote.

My record held in Angel’s wing
he perused it with great care
then scratched his head
and asked me to wait right there.

I waited nervously I thought
to be told hell was where I was bound
then all around there came to us
a booming, laughing sound.

A light approached from everywhere
and before me stood one so grand
I immediately fell to my knees
and kissed his Godly hand.

"Will I be sent to fiery depths
to burn forever more
Have I not done some good in life
to avoid that hellish shore?"

He smiled at me and took my hand
saying by now that I should know
Heaven’s gates are always open
'cause that’s where all poets go!

Logan
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since 2001-05-28

Posts 1641
Arkansas

1 posted 2001-06-08 12:03 PM

Then surely, that is where you will be, as a poet you certainly could not be denied...gentle smile

azblond
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since 1999-07-01

Posts 637
The Steamy Desert

2 posted 2001-06-08 12:54 PM

Woo Hoo-There's hope for us all!! Thanks for the repost...I would have hated to miss this!

Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind...

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

3 posted 2001-06-08 12:59 PM

Sharon,
I don't think I've ever read this one before. I love this. When you post, it is a treat.

I'm glad to see you doing it more lately.

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

4 posted 2001-06-08 06:05 AM

PDV this poem is simply delightful! Great ending..... I'll see you there someday I hope! I've got to work harder at being a poet....I wonder what he'd say about song writers?

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

5 posted 2001-06-08 09:10 AM

Thank you for your kind replies...

and et? song writers are His favorites..remember what they say? "make a joyful noise!"

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

6 posted 2001-06-09 07:44 PM

now this one made me smile. . .

. . . just like the first time that I read it. . .

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

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

7 posted 2001-06-09 08:05 PM

Indeed!!! Well, you certainly are a poet!

what a delight to read, I always love how your fervor and humour leaps within your poems! A clever write, and so, my library must have this lil' gem!~

Take care,
Melissa~

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