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Magnus
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0 posted 2002-12-29 08:01 AM


A soft hand,   in tenderness held...In need of a kiss
as a tear, a single tear wells within the crease of eye.
Let this tear, a minion of me...let it dwell till dried
by the sun’s morn, as does the dew of the vine
in vertical pose, awakening to a new day of reach,
where the grapes shall lavish in the
sweetness of their own juice..

A wanting eye, undaunted by the squint of ray,
the winds of breeze or the dust of mire.  Searching
in need of find...walking the corners of darkened
dwell, the hall of boards in squeak, the silent stairs
that stare back...as though challenging one to take
a next step....just one.

Breath, held into the ache....as a heart pounds
relentlessly in the starve.  Expelled as would be
the cannon’s ball...yet silent...  Needing only
to be fed the air of life in the wait of eternity..
As a gown in flow....touches the face..

As I await the hear of you in soft sigh
upon the vastness of a mind’s dream...
My steed shivers, as I reign and rein.
Humility awaits me most humbly...
And graciously...



© Copyright 2002 Barry J. Tackett - All Rights Reserved
Seymour Tabin
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1 posted 2002-12-29 08:05 AM


Barry,
An excellent write, with a fine palette. You have come a long way.

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2 posted 2002-12-29 08:33 AM



Aye, Sy, indeed, he has...
come a long way, and in
excellent form...

Magnus
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3 posted 2002-12-29 08:37 AM


We are,  most humbly...  trying...

Good Morning Sy and Sun...the two S's of
our morning rise...

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4 posted 2002-12-29 12:29 PM


Barry.........
(me, speechless, again, in awe of your poetry.....)

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5 posted 2002-12-29 12:59 PM


....in vertical pose, awakening to a new day of reach,
where the grapes shall lavish in the
sweetness of their own juice..

You have written many brilliant lines in my short time here but this is by far my favourite.

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6 posted 2002-12-30 05:08 AM


Sir, you are truly a pleasure to read..and to this, a standing ovation!!!

"And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul."
Pablo Neruda

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7 posted 2002-12-30 08:25 AM


  yes..touching deeply and profoundly...you do amaze me
hugs and good morning, Cher

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

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8 posted 2002-12-30 09:36 PM


Beautiful sighs I feel after reading this.
Sandra

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9 posted 2003-01-03 03:26 AM


Fantastic writing Magnus...James
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