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Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

0 posted 2001-06-08 09:19 PM

I have the power within my grasp
To cause hardened men to weep
I have the power with just one word
To put a wakeful child to sleep

With that power you can learn
To treat each other with honesty
To speak to one another
With candor and sincerity

Life and love and death and birth
Are foreshadowed with this pen
To tell a tale of war’s great woes
As a lesson to angry young men

Listen carefully to the plea I send
Heed now, the wisdom I impart
A lesson, my friends on war you see
It won’t have to end if it does not start.

Take time to listen to your fellow man
With your heart not just your ears
And you will live in peaceful times
Knowing nothing of hatred’s fears

But the power is only transient
And fades with the turn of a page
Its name is reminiscent of
An older, gentler age

I am Poet, writer of verse
Troubadour of each life’s quest
I live upon this earthly plain
Seeking solutions for each test

I ask not for your words of praise
Nor need your affirmation
I only seek to share the power
Of a poet’s contemplation.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-06-08 09:24 PM

thank you for this, I needed it tonight.

Kathleen Blake

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

Titia Geertman
Member Ascendant

since 2001-05-07

Posts 5182
Netherlands

2 posted 2001-06-08 09:27 PM

No words needed to express the beauty of this poem.

Titia

A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess...
Feel free to use the pictures on my website. http://communities.msn.com/Titiasplace&naventryid=100

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2001-06-08 09:30 PM

Beautiful...but yes, contemplations wells expressed and duly shared...smiles with

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

4 posted 2001-06-08 09:38 PM

Amen!! I like this one, Sharon.

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

Cerenity
Member Elite

since 2000-02-16

Posts 2637
Escondido-California

5 posted 2001-06-08 09:54 PM

Hi Sharon,

Yes this is wonderful, I applaud you loudly on this one awesome work here,

Love, Cerenity

"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2001-06-08 09:59 PM

love it !

~Wynter

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

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

7 posted 2001-06-09 08:33 AM

This is fantastic, Sharon! Well done!

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

8 posted 2001-06-09 11:23 AM

greetings fellow poet. . .

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

Logan
Senior Member

since 2001-05-28

Posts 1641
Arkansas

9 posted 2001-06-09 11:35 AM

Ahh, yes, it is fair more better to be gentle than fierce be. Better to teach love, than to show hate. Better to give than to consume...a wonderful read, Poet, most enjoyed...gentle smile

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

10 posted 2001-06-09 11:53 AM

Great poem, Sharon...powerful, yes!

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