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mirror man
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since 2001-01-08

Posts 814

0 posted 2001-08-20 12:17 PM

there is a house

There is a house I know
on grassy hill beside the wood
where I was young and life was green
and then when I was in between
the boy, the man,
and then the man still young and lean
and then the middle one, young still.

I climb the hill.
I open door.

The days were long along this hall,
ceiling, floor, two walls.
Behind each door are four.
I remember more.

When I was someone else
it seems to me there were others here.
This chair was where my father read,
now retired and living somewhere far.
This stove was where my mother worked,
searching for the salt, a pan, a jar.
This bowl was where the dog was fed,
now long dead, buried in the yard.
This stair I took each night to bed.
Yes, I remember.

This door is closed.
This door is closed.
This room is empty.
This room is empty.
This room is rank with dust.
This floor is dirt.
This wall is hard.
This thing...
was something once.

I remember there across the drive
is where I once played ball,
bleaching my brown hair blond
in the summer sun,
where stands now another house.

And in the yard, I remember
a tree stood here,
a garden there, and there a shed.
Someone, someone stood here
raking leaves, mowing grass.
Someone threw a ball, caught a pass.
Something bright moved overhead.

And in the woods, long walks to things
sand pits, tree forts, corn fields,
barns, ridge, copse,
meadow, and trail
gone, gone, gone
where now stands progress.
No path there.

I remember floor and hall,
door and stair,
ceiling, wall,
a dog, a ball,
a yard, a tree,
a garden there,
and here a chair.

I remember all.

text by mirror man copyright 1999
music by mirror man copyright 2001

Repost from Dark Passions #3
on request.

Click here for graphics.
A quick trip to my home site
and back.

[This message has been edited by mirror man (edited 08-22-2001).]

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2001-08-20 12:19 PM

very nicely done... I enjoyed the thoughts and the journey....

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

2 posted 2001-08-20 12:20 PM

I enjoyed shaking hands with the ghosts of your recall...this was good, and I applaud...

well done!

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

3 posted 2001-08-20 01:25 PM

I really, really liked reading this, I wish I could have heard the music...I know, I'll go to Internet Explorer, sometimes then I can get the music.

I went to the graphics page and it was all black, that's it. Wonder what I'll find at MIE, hmmmmmm.

Definitely your own page is the best place to get it all!!!, enjoyed!

[This message has been edited by VAS (edited 08-20-2001).]

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2001-08-20 05:09 PM

MirrorMan~
Thank you soooooooo much for granting this request~

This is a wonderfully portrayed piece~
You are gifted, not only with poetic ability, but musically as well.

A visit to your home pages was a treat to be sure !
You've got some WONDERFUL poetry and music to share~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

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

cpalmer
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since 2001-06-26

Posts 977
Phoenix, Az

5 posted 2001-08-20 05:29 PM

Mirror man,
This is wonderful...thank you so much for sharing this piece with us!

Cindi

doreen peri
Member Elite

since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

6 posted 2001-08-20 05:33 PM

applause!!!

*risingfrommychairtoapplaudyou*

very cool music.... a fine write
beautifully done!

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

7 posted 2001-08-20 05:40 PM

WOW - This was awesome, I really have to get out of "Open" more often. Thank you so much for posting it here, and I will go search you out in "Dark" from now on. Off I go to see your home page. Fantastic work on the poetry and your music.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

8 posted 2001-08-20 06:46 PM

Mirror man--I very much enjoyed this look at your book of memories...Very well done, I might add. For some reason my computer doesn't let me hear the music that so often goes with the poetry here...sigh!

rwood
Member Elite

since 2000-02-29

Posts 3793
Tennessee

9 posted 2001-08-20 07:18 PM

We can never forget the homeplace. No matter how progress takes over. Great memories. A touch of saddness, but there always is when things change. Thank you for sharing.

Sincerely,
Regina

shadow974
Senior Member

since 2001-06-21

Posts 636
Michigan

10 posted 2001-08-20 07:36 PM

Nicely done, these are the memories that bring us from there to here hopefully smoothly.

Throw your heart out in front of you
And run out to catch it.
ARAB PROVERB

Titia Geertman
Member Ascendant

since 2001-05-07

Posts 5182
Netherlands

11 posted 2001-08-20 08:52 PM

Your house may have disappeared, but I can still see it through your beautifull written memory.

I thank you for this.

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/

Cerenity
Member Elite

since 2000-02-16

Posts 2637
Escondido-California

12 posted 2001-08-20 09:32 PM

Hi Mirror Man,

Wonderful work here so very much enjoyed it and your site is awesome as well, look forward to more of your work,

Love, Cerenity

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

(Writer Unknown)

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

13 posted 2001-08-21 04:43 AM

Mirror Mann
This is indeed a masterful piece, wonderful to read and listen to....thanks
~HUGS~
Tracie

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe

Martha Cowan
Member

since 2001-03-08

Posts 240
Groves, Texas

14 posted 2001-08-21 08:11 AM

Intensely captivating and intriguing...very beautifully spoken. This brought back many memories lurking in the closets of my mind as well. Thank you for sharing your incredible talent with us.
Smiles to you, ~*~ dawn ~*~

mirror man
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since 2001-01-08

Posts 814

15 posted 2001-08-21 12:12 PM

Thank you all very much. I have never received so many replies from a single post. I'm not sure what to say. But since you all seem to like it (this poem disturbes me), I have added 6 more poems to my Funhouse at my site. I would put these in my Serious (thoughtful) section, but then you might think I'm crazy (which is why I don't post them here). You'll have to click on my link to graphics above, and then go from there. I can't add the link here.

Thank you all again.

[This message has been edited by mirror man (edited 08-21-2001).]

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

16 posted 2001-08-21 01:18 PM

This is so haunting and impressively done. I enjoyed it so much. Reminds me of a trip I made back to my home place many years after leaving and what a painful trip it was!

Betty Lou Hebert

mirror man
Senior Member

since 2001-01-08

Posts 814

17 posted 2001-08-21 01:46 PM

Holy cow, I don't know where to start.

Cpat - a very disturbing journey, yes.

Decaflame -- ghosts says it very well.

VAS -- I'm not sure why you can't see the graphics, but no music is probably because you are using Netscape and some versions don't support the sound tag I use.  I will correct this.  No need to switch browsers for sound.

Marge -- Thank you most of all.

cpalmer -- thank you.  It's hard sometimes to understand.

doreen -- I bow to your fine abilities.

Mysteria -- thank you, but I don't often post in Dark any more.

Martie -- I will be adding Netscape compatibility.  Please excuse me for ignoring this.

Titia -- the house still stands, and probably will for another hundred years.  It is built so well, you cannot slam the doors with the windows shut.

Cerenity -- thank you also.

tracie -- thank you also.  I don't know what to say.

Martha -- visit, but don't go in the closets!

trillium -- I've been back, but not in.  I'm not that eager to.  But I know the feeling.

thank you all again.

[This message has been edited by mirror man (edited 08-22-2001).]

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

18 posted 2001-08-25 07:34 AM

interesting what you remember from different houses..i love "old house/dream house" poems

i enjoyed your website as well..and the music is cool beans

will have to revisit when i get more time to hang out

hugs, g

~dgvarner/fallen rain~

"i believe we are here for a reason.
as each day unfolds,
we see less of the shadow
and more of the sun" -unknown

CocoBaci
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 3043

19 posted 2001-08-30 01:42 AM

EXCELLENT!*~coco~*

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

20 posted 2001-08-30 01:44 AM

Great idea! Well written! Very enjoyable!

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

21 posted 2001-09-04 10:22 PM

mirror man-
   Wow!  This is beautiful!
   What lovely memories you've penned, and
   such vivid imagery you've created here.
   You are, indeed, a very talented individual.
   I truly enjoyed this write, and was
   also impressed with your lovely music.
   I believe a trip to your webpage is in order.

   Hugs,
   ~vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes

mirror man
Senior Member

since 2001-01-08

Posts 814

22 posted 2001-09-09 01:01 AM

dg -- thank you. Cool beans -- that's a new one to me.

coco -- thank you also.

et -- glad you enjoyed.

vicky -- thank you. I am always glad to have visitors to my site. I am always working on it off and on. It is now compatible with Netscape and MSIE, and I've added a new music page.

Thank you all again.

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