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Duncan
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0 posted 2002-05-01 08:53 PM




Be brief in your goodbye
trust me
there’s nothing
we’ve forgotten to say
at least a thousand times

Did I ever compliment you
on your talent
for professing love
as the frigid water poured
over my face
shocking the breath
from me

Is it not enough
that you bleed my veins of oxygen
must I also
endure your voice
as I drown

© Copyright 2002 Duncan - All Rights Reserved
Janet Marie
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1 posted 2002-05-01 08:57 PM


Did I ever compliment you
on your talent
for professing love
as the frigid water poured
over my face
shocking the breath
from me

Is it not enough
that you bleed my veins of oxygen
must I also
endure your voice
as I drown
===============================


oh damn........................

(I hear the air is easier to breathe up North.)
heart-hugs D.
mothyme

... and I don't know why ...
Why should love come down and just sweep me away
I want to fly ... but there are so many things in my way.

J Browne

Magnus
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2 posted 2002-05-01 09:05 PM


Wow!  Powerful and packing a punch!

Nicely said Duncan....Seems you won that
round for sure...

Enchantress
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3 posted 2002-05-01 09:07 PM


Duncan, I am not even going to try to chose my favourite lines or stanzas here....
let's just say this piece aches so bad...
I can hear your cry all the way up here.
Fantastic feelings poured out here!
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Balladeer
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4 posted 2002-05-01 09:12 PM


I've never seen "insult to injury" described so well!

Awesome, Duncan

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5 posted 2002-05-01 10:53 PM


Duncan,  

   I pretty well echo Janet's reply..along with a WOW.  Very powerful.

Hugs,
Tara

"My heart is like an open book, for the whole world to read"
     - Motley Crue, Home Sweet Home

Tracey
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6 posted 2002-05-01 11:18 PM


Ouch, this stings. Some people just don’t know when to say goodbye huh? Been there, done that, gotta a couple t-shirts. Want one? They’re going cheap!! Lol

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

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7 posted 2002-05-01 11:26 PM


This one really bites. OUCH! Do you need a big bandaid hug?
BluesSerenade
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8 posted 2002-05-02 12:48 PM


Did I ever compliment you
on your talent
for professing love
as the frigid water poured
over my face

I'm gonna quote you here~
"Damn" Duncan!!!
This made my heart bleed!!!

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9 posted 2002-05-02 02:49 PM


Ouch. Knife-y write.
Christopher
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Purgatorial Incarceration
10 posted 2002-05-02 03:04 PM


...

i wish i would have had this a couple of years ago. the fit of this is too perfect to be comfortable. an excellent, brief (justly so) jab to the heart.

EXCELLENT.

Chris

(ps - she's probably a redhead, right? )

Christopher
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11 posted 2002-05-02 03:05 PM


ok, one more - a more perfect ending to a poem i've never seen. wow, damn, and all the other sentiments mentioned above.

Chris (again)

Christopher
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12 posted 2002-05-02 03:06 PM


ok, i lied, one more thing (last one, i promise lol) i was wondering how it would look if you didn't center it. (personal taste is all, not too fond on non-rhyming poems (haha) being centered.

Be brief in your goodbye
trust me
there’s nothing
we’ve forgotten to say
at least a thousand times

Did I ever compliment you
on your talent
for professing love
as the frigid water poured
over my face
shocking the breath
from me

Is it not enough
that you bleed my veins of oxygen
must I also
endure your voice
as I drown
thanks for your indulgence

Chris

Christopher
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13 posted 2002-05-02 03:07 PM


MUCH better. (think about it)

going now...

(best poem i've seen in a long time)

Duncan
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14 posted 2002-05-02 03:55 PM


Hey Christopher
Best response(s) I've gotten in a long time.  lol  Believe it or not, she's a blonde.  The redhead is much nicer and somehow I can't imagine ever wanting her to say goodbye.
I'll have to get back to you on the centering thing...considering, though.

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15 posted 2002-05-02 04:16 PM


Whew,what a hurtful goodbye that sounds.
I'm with you, Duncan,how muh can you take, after all.
Glad the redhead works better for ya.
Sandra

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16 posted 2002-05-02 04:49 PM


Duncan,
I'm with the 'Deer on this one. What a powerful poem. And it appears Christopher is right. Well done.

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17 posted 2002-05-02 05:48 PM




(big hugggssssss) Oh Duncan, this is soooooo very heartaching, my heart goes to you and I hope everything is alright and now you no longer have to ever endure goodbye and am always welcomed by true love you deserve so so much to last forever! (sigh) This is sad but powerful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Duncan, thank you for sahring!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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with you
18 posted 2002-05-02 08:37 PM


wow, you leave me speechless....the effect this has would drop one to their knees....or at least it would knock the wind out of me...wow.....excellent!!!
A Whisper's Caress
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19 posted 2002-05-02 09:50 PM


My my Mr. Duncan...how harsh the voice of rejection can turn.  Extremely well done, but I must say...I Do favor your romantic side.
Bridget Shenachie
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20 posted 2002-05-02 10:05 PM


Duncan, I find everything that you write is romantic.  Heart's joy, heartache, humor.

Oh no, do you think that I am developing a crush?

Shenachie

Christopher
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21 posted 2002-05-06 02:23 AM


wanted to bring this back up - still one of the best poems i've read in a while

Chris

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22 posted 2002-05-06 09:25 PM


it not enough
that you bleed my veins of oxygen
must I also
endure your voice
as I drown

I think anger becomes you, Duncan.....
A very thought provoking write.

~thoughtful hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

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