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For Wilfred Yeats...When I find you let us be friends
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For Wilfred Yeats...When I find you let us be friends |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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The Lamb will be the Shepherd And the last will be the first The wanton finds true relief From a life of binding thirst So, what about a poet? Will his pen be laid to rest A gift of love from our God Of which our hearts are blessed This poet left his legacy In the touch he left on earth Each heart that blossomed by his words Shall come to praise his worth His gift to me was poetry I wish I’d known him well But when I see his works of art I can see there’s more to tell Painting pictures so serene With the pen he never dropped Our poet friend may have passed But his heart will never stop [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 07-07-2001).] |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
 [This message has been edited by serenity (edited 07-07-2001).] |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
oh Walt.......  this is so tender....thank you  |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
wow---this is beautiful. I know you'll recognize each other immediately. |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
and now come the tears |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
yup...tears in eyes here... thank you Walty. K |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You two would be wonderful friends....thank you for the tears, Mr. Walt.... |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
"This poet left his legacy In the touch he left on earth Each heart that blossomed by his words Shall come to praise his worth" This entire poem is wonderful Walt....and the above verse says so much to me!! |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
superb walt. . . you have spoken very well of him. . . and I'm sure that when you do find him, he'll be the first to welcome you. . .  ---------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
This is the most serene tribute to a great poet and dear friend Thank you Walt for putting the feelings we all have into such beautiful phrases Titia A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess... |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
your heart is as open and tender as his...... wonderfully written, walt.... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Walt--tender and dear are these words. |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
He would be touched Walt..lovely ~Victoria~ |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
sadness overwhelmed my heart. Charisma |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Painting pictures so serene With the pen he never dropped Our poet friend may have passed But his heart will never stop So true, so encouraging. Keth Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
What a lovely, sincere outpouring of love for him! Thank you Walt for writing this Melissa~ |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Walty a beautiful tribute m'friend. And you two will be friends m'dear, when you find him. Well done! Maree |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
You will be, Walt, I'm sure.... |
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elisaseyes Member
since 1999-07-15
Posts 196fort worth texas |
Walter wanted me to bump this one up. Sorry for the loss of a poet. |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
very nice walt, and that is a so feeble set of words to use in response to the beauty of this piece, you have done well it makes me think of the title of a book I saw back in 1967, "Tears Are for the Living." That is surely so very true, for the tears are for those left behind and still waiting to be united with their eternity, their eternal joy I wondered what to think of his poetry last fall and this spring, when it seemed to focus going away. I think I only let myself think of moving somewhere else in this realm and wondered why he couldn't just hook up somewhere else and continuing blessing us with his poetry and his comments. Now I know what I apparently didn't allow myself to think. |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
I can only respond with a sad "yuh" and I also saw his going away titles and felt them a bit scary. Go Mister Bill where you are, be cool sir! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Yep...earth lost a poet and heaven gained one...wonder what its like to write in heaven...James |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Beautiful tribute, Walt... |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
Very wonderfully penned. Parker |
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cruz Member
since 2000-07-18
Posts 282Dallas,Texas USA |
this was done with a touch of class. oh, and to the friends thing, youre already his friend, you should be able to feel it. you just cant see it til the heaven thing. i cant get enough of the following lines: His gift to me was poetry I wish I’d known him well But when I see his works of art I can see there’s more to tell very gentleman like |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
*goosebumps all over* |
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