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ShadowRider
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0 posted 2002-08-14 07:25 PM







       The Widow of the Sea

    She passed once more, around the sun
         knowing instinctively if she stopped . . .
     She took few chances, the Old Maiden of the Sea
         Once blue, now grayer and spotted with conflict
         Still noble, a moving tidal wave
         that had conquered hurricanes
         and wrinkled the forehead of Nature on many    occasions.

     With calves in tow, her line and theirs
          split the sea into deep worlds of pea green and cobalt blue
     An angered moon sent its diffused smoky lamplight downward
         thru arcs of waterspouts
     They fired in timeless rhythm, like steamer chimneys
         with an elegance that shamed the Kings of the Sea

     And, as a thousand railbound eyes were paralyzed in awe
          with cow babies in a duckline behind      
          she flipped her tail with a colossal smack
                  acknowledging her thwarted enemy
                   the Human

(C) 2002 Picasso Lyrics




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1 posted 2002-08-14 07:28 PM




(big hugggsssssss) Oh Jeff, this is so very sad, I don't understand how man can be so cruel to such majestic creatures like our whale! (sad sigh) If I was a sailor I would be a superhero, I would be Whale Man and would hold back the forces of Mankind Man to protect all animals! LOL! Seriously, this is saddening and I wish I could reach out and save all these animals right now, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Jeff, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

Shakira

WhiteRose
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2 posted 2002-08-14 07:33 PM


Very nicely done Jeff. I enjoyed it. As Noah said, it was very sad, but it is a sad subject. You shared it here well.
Enchantress
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3 posted 2002-08-14 07:33 PM


You know Jeff...they are such beautiful..
magnificent creatures...one would wonder,
why? how? could anyone harm them.
This is wonderful...and very YOU!
What a caring spirit you are!
It is such a pleasure just to know you.
~Hugs~

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

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4 posted 2002-08-14 07:48 PM


So where is the Picasso pix version of this beautiful but sad tell-tail-tale? I loved it. SMACK!
Martie
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5 posted 2002-08-14 09:28 PM


Jeff

There are so many things that man does that are hard to understand, and hurt some lovely things of the world...You write with empathy for the plight of this beautiful creature.  Thank you for that, although it made my heart hurt.  

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6 posted 2002-08-14 09:42 PM


wow  Jeff..you can write on almost any subject and make it flow so beautifully...I loved   whale watching in New  England a few years back..and in Ocean City you see the dolphins all the time...
~smiles~
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7 posted 2002-08-14 09:58 PM


Awesome creations, given by God as a gift for
all of us to admire... You write of these
huge but gracious whales so very well.

Thank You Jeff..

Bill Charles
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8 posted 2002-08-14 11:09 PM


ShadowRider - this is a most beautiful poem you have written. An artist at work...

BC

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9 posted 2002-08-15 08:15 PM


you are such a handsome gift to these pages....

The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind pretend I am weightless and in this moment I am happy

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10 posted 2002-08-15 08:42 PM


ShadowRider
A fine write with a good palette, enjoyed.

Madame Chipmunk
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11 posted 2002-08-15 09:25 PM


A passionate comment on man's inhumanity to dolphins...
This is sad but true...and the pic was very beautiful.
~ hugs from another of nuture's creatures


Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

[This message has been edited by Madame Chipmunk (08-15-2002 09:26 PM).]

Krissy
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12 posted 2002-08-16 09:40 AM


Jeff hi there my dearest friend this is excellent writing I can’t recall the last time I ever saw the vision so strongly. This particular poem is really one of your best. YOU never fail to write well and this is outstanding. Beautiful work, exquisite writing, I’m keeping this it is so very very special

Very well written


love and warm stuff
as always
Krissy

And while thy willing soul transpiers
at every pore with instant fires
Andrew Marvell 1621-1678

Krissy
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13 posted 2002-08-16 09:43 AM


Jeff Whoops I forgot to save it


love and warm stuff
as always
Krissy

And while thy willing soul transpiers
at every pore with instant fires
Andrew Marvell 1621-1678

ShadowRider
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14 posted 2002-08-16 09:47 PM


It troubles me, my friends, when man attempts to best every known animal, especially for sport, until little by little, their legacies are whittled away into splinters.  There is a divine majesty about whales.  'haps it is their size, their song, their grace, but they are G*dlike in many ways, or at least, G*dsent.

so it is
their life

and this poet is grateful for your heartfelt replies about how you were affected by the continuing story of our agression.
Thank you, all.
jeff

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