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James_A_Fraser
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since 2003-09-03

Posts 972
Out Making Anticlines

0 posted 2004-05-06 05:07 PM

Cowled Hawk

Carried blind like a trophy,
hood down, targets
selected by inferior eyes,
he will fly when allowed
or not at all;
and when the dive's complete
called back so easily
to the twirling lure.
That is the pattern:
first the cowl, the sudden
mercy of unwilling flight,
and then the lure,
his return ingrained,
spirit gripped by talons
beyond a bird's fathom.
But give him one taste,
one conquest free
of the taming will
and the lie's exposed;
then night, the wheeling
call of wild stars,
and he is gone.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-05-06 05:13 PM

But give him one taste,
one conquest free
of the taming will
and the lie's exposed;
then night, the wheeling
call of wild stars,
and he is gone.

~*~

Such is nature,
beast, bird, and man alike.

Well done, Sir!

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

2 posted 2004-05-06 05:26 PM

W O W -- soaring above the rest!

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2004-05-06 06:46 PM

Jamie

then night, the wheeling
call of wild stars,
and he is gone.

Amazing what one lives with, not knowing any better. Great metaphor and imagery!

Destinys_Fallen_Angel
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since 2004-05-06

Posts 75
Boise Idaho

4 posted 2004-05-06 08:56 PM

very good i enjoyed this poem..you did a good job

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Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

5 posted 2004-05-06 09:32 PM

Excellent write James...very much enjoyed!
Hugs~

~ Lost in you, I found myself. ~

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

6 posted 2004-05-07 09:27 AM

You paint so vividly with your words that I feel the brush of wing and ache with the yearning for what could be... what should be.

This touches on many levels, my friend... and leaves a mixture of emotions... primarily sadness that something born to soar fulfills the needs of another at the expense of achieving his own full potential... and the sacrifices aren't even appreciated. *S* But there's also hope that the spirit still hears the stars and will someday answer with free flight... for life, not just brief moments. *S*

Absolutely beautiful work!!!

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

7 posted 2004-05-07 09:33 AM

I can say no more than our friend Suthern has said ...
except ...
yes~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

8 posted 2004-05-07 12:16 PM

awesome!

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