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wayoutwalt
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TEXAS (it's all big)

0 posted 2002-07-17 08:54 PM


from the earth
conceived
from the earth
condemned

as the trash
is neatly crushed
BONES
into a hymn

swing low sweet
char – i – ot
coming for to dig me a home

swing low
sweet
char-I-ot
coming for to dig me a home

my bones support the load
yet brittle from the birth
the womb give not
a chance for me -
yea not the dying earth


© Copyright 2002 Walt Burns - All Rights Reserved
the_loner_23
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1 posted 2002-07-17 09:08 PM


Very cool
Poet deVine
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2 posted 2002-07-18 01:12 AM


Wow Walt..this is very different for you. I really am glad you are taking classes you know. You've stretched your poetic muscles a lot this year.
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3 posted 2002-07-18 04:33 PM


it's really cool to try on these different voices isn't it walt???

keep going. . . I'm liking the trip. . .

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4 posted 2002-07-18 06:31 PM


Hey, Walt, I agree with the comment about stretching your poetic muscles. This sounds very contemplative and like a person on the high side of 50, of which I can relate.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

wayoutwalt
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5 posted 2002-07-18 09:32 PM


i get big smiles from your replies


he found me so quickly

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