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RSWells
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since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

0 posted 2003-01-07 02:58 AM

Is irretrievable time, past affairs
merely the detritus of existence?

Each winnowed hour, each whittled love
the oxidized verdigris on our perfect lives,

All doubt, regret like acid rain on marble
pocking the smooth innocence in slow subtle wear.

At what point do past loves pose for the artist,
what moment cast to memory then buried?

Is it the grandeur of new passion at it's height
or like the fall at Eden, downcast dejection?

What will love's archaeologists unbury
when their imploring spade uncovers us?

Will there be gasps as when the farmer
whose concern over the tardy cattle

led to the darkened field and the bellow
of the bloodied ox, it's swan song

the last sound the wolf heard, gored
and pinned against the stalwart oak,

or the eagles found in death's grip,
one ancient, one challenger, locked talons,

all the sky not room enough, fall from
flight, regal to tightly held ruin?

These our failed and broken marriages.
Or last summer's affairs, the only evidence

one sole and starved per grave,
the other disappeared in deafness.

But what of us, our untranslatable tones?
You have always seen me, I have always heard you.

Will we draw sighs in love's surrender?
Are you crying? Do you know I love you?

CSKpoet
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since 2002-07-12

Posts 845
Island in Paradise

1 posted 2003-01-07 03:27 AM

Beutifully expressed. I would hope this would bring a blessing of results to the recipient..
Aloha, Cher

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2003-01-07 10:06 AM

What will love's archaeologists unbury
when their imploring spade uncovers us?
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Proof that love comes in many shapes and colors? that it is the essence, the very breath of life?
Good Q's. Triggering many thoughts here.

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

3 posted 2003-01-07 10:41 AM

enjoyed this RS...and I hope the message delivered reaches the intendeds heart..

regards2you
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since 2002-10-01

Posts 3940
California

4 posted 2003-01-07 10:49 AM

So deep, so touching.

warm regards, Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2003-01-07 11:09 AM

RSWells,
A sensitive bouquet, an elegant say. Well done.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2003-01-07 11:13 AM

You've managed to put a feeling to moment,
that empty vast hole
of failure.

Well done.

I had to read it three times,
before I could find those words.

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

7 posted 2003-01-07 02:23 PM

Well, Richard, I've read it over and over again, and still
can't seem to find the right words (unlike Karilea).
But, I do truly hope that the one this is written about will
answer your question in the way your heart desires. There is
such longing in this, dear friend.....and so many unanswered
questions. I hope, too, that the answers to those
questions will come to you.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

8 posted 2003-01-07 02:55 PM

Truly powerfully said.

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

Sandpiper
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since 2002-06-15

Posts 738
land of flora and fauna

9 posted 2003-01-08 06:49 AM

"You have always seen me, I have always heard you"

..not all questions have answers..as with this line, some things, just are..

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

BloomingRose
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since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

10 posted 2003-01-08 07:37 AM

There aren't many words to express my sentiments.
Great poetry writing with much feeling.
Enjoyed.

Deb

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

11 posted 2003-01-08 08:17 AM

Mr. Wells...well, I've read this over and over again, and still can't find the right words....(but I do have my dictionary out and I am fervently finding them)....very interesting write...and nobody can use words like this and make a poem out of them like you do...

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

12 posted 2003-01-08 09:15 AM

Mr. Wells...May I echo what Toerag said?
You are one very amazing talent.
Well done, poet sir.

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me~

secretlife
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since 2002-07-30

Posts 359
Grean Earth ,,,

13 posted 2003-01-08 10:36 AM

Lovely????

I like it very much..

Hugessssss

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

14 posted 2003-01-08 10:52 AM

will you draw sighs in love's surrenders!
are you crying?do you know I love you?
liked this line,sir

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

15 posted 2003-01-08 11:30 AM

I've come back to read this piece several times, Richard - I really am enjoying your imagery - and I'm getting something new from it with each reading - That's a successful poetic work in my eyes...

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