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Ericc
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0 posted 2003-03-04 03:51 PM



Words alone are never enough.

So we trace wordless poems
along the silence of
a touch -

We read them first with our eyes...and then again
deeper with our souls.

Yet still the words lose meaning.

We grow sightless.

And need the brail of one another.

Giving rise to words...we may read with
our hands.

Only these words remain.

They are enough.


© Copyright 2003 Eric P McCarty - All Rights Reserved
Phantom Poet
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1 posted 2003-03-04 03:53 PM


yes words from the hearts written has great meanings
>>phantom poet<<

Janet Marie
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2 posted 2003-03-04 04:11 PM


So we trace wordless poems
along the silence of
a touch -

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And need the brail of one another.

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very cool use of metaphor and theme.
well done poet eric

How long have I been dreaming I could make it right ...
If I closed my eyes and tried with all my might
To be the one you need...

J. Browne

Suetang
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3 posted 2003-03-04 04:12 PM


There is great power in the written word.  Words have the ability to ease a troubled mind and warm the coldest heart.  

Take care......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

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4 posted 2003-03-04 04:14 PM


Very very nicely done Eric..much enjoyed!
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~ Trace my body with your words..
And in doing so, you touch my heart. ~

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5 posted 2003-03-04 04:22 PM


Only a really talented writer could use the right words to tell us words are never enough... and make them enough.
Extremely well written.

Toerag
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6 posted 2003-03-04 05:54 PM


The pen is truly mightier than the sword...and, sometimes are tongue can cut deeply and destroy...well done
Sunkissed
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7 posted 2003-03-04 06:17 PM


So very true...

Enjoyed.


Sunkissed.

"I have to hurry past the moon...to Jupiter..."

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8 posted 2003-03-04 06:36 PM


"touch...
is all it takes
to make us warm"

Those WORDS were written many years ago by someone I knew named Tim, and the TOUCH of those words has stayed with me through many troubled times.
I enjoyed the touch of this poem.

BlackWolf
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9 posted 2003-03-04 06:43 PM


So true my friend. Sometimes the title of the poem inspires a message or vision, and that, in essence, is often enough.
carol
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10 posted 2003-03-04 08:36 PM


Ericc, so true i like to over poems more than once

Real friends celebrate in who we are and have faith in all that we can become
Lots of Love
Rita

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11 posted 2003-03-05 04:36 AM


sigh...
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