John Henry and the nine pound hammer

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wranx
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Moved from a shack to a barn

0 posted 2003-09-14 12:31 PM

He stood before the “Captain”
Proud, strong and straight
Dressed in his best iconitry

And said the words
That spoke dissatisfaction
With the tool he was given

And made the request
For that, which would give him
An edge on the future

The heroic plea
For a heavier burden
To ring out the past

A larger hammer

To drive home the steel
And increase the ictus
To drive himself home

"In looking Northward, I see a light"

Ratleader

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1 posted 2003-09-14 12:34 PM

Every guy's dream....a bigger hammer....

Wow, did I just slander a seriously good poem! Is ok, you know what I mean, eh, Ed?

Ed

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passing shadows
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displaced

2 posted 2003-09-14 12:37 PM

nice ending

wranx
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Moved from a shack to a barn

3 posted 2003-09-14 12:38 PM

Yanno Ed? You can read this scribble a WHOLE lotta ways, now that you mention it.

Sheesh! (I Gotta start payin' attention)

[This message has been edited by wranx (09-14-2003 12:38 AM).]

vlraynes
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Somewhere... out there...

4 posted 2003-09-14 05:51 AM

Well...however you read it...me likes it...smile.

Excellent, as always, Ed...
When the power of love overcomes the
love of power the world will know peace.
-Jimi Hendrix

Dark Angel
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5 posted 2003-09-14 07:42 AM

I like it either way too

Great work Ed

M

fate is not just
whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

(Ani DiFranco)

Seymour Tabin
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6 posted 2003-09-14 08:13 AM

wranx
Ictus is the key to nodus, enjoyed.

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

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New York

7 posted 2003-09-14 08:19 AM

Ed . . . this is astounding, baby
I just read of the tale and here,
you present him with the pride that
leaked from his veins.
Listening to Woody Guthrie's folk
and a "Prison Songs" right now
*smile*
A beautiful ballad indeed
http://www.ibiblio.org/john_henry/
http://www.ibiblio.org/john_henry/songlist.html

Thank you, always learning from you
xxoo

[This message has been edited by littlewing (09-14-2003 08:20 AM).]

Local Rebel
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8 posted 2003-09-14 01:32 PM

great take on an enduring metaphor

smithed well man

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

9 posted 2003-09-14 01:39 PM

My weekend is complete.
Thank you, Wranx.

mysticpoe
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10 posted 2003-09-14 09:44 PM

# 9, well done wranx.

mysticpoe

If nothing is something
then everything is
our thoughts and feelings
and all that exists.

[This message has been edited by mysticpoe (09-14-2003 10:20 PM).]

angelblueyes
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11 posted 2003-09-14 09:52 PM

This read many ways but everyone is great.
Crystal

Corinne
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state of confusion

12 posted 2003-09-14 09:56 PM

Ah! This feels political to me, my friend, but as often happens, I also feel something biblical going on!

Corinne

SharaRose
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Somewhere out there~

13 posted 2003-09-14 11:56 PM

The next trial a little more challenging than the last...requiring a bigger hammer for a bigger quest..conquering self. Loved it!

Shara @-->--

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