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Poet's Lament
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Poet's Lament |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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Poet’s Lament I read the poet’s words upon the page Written, I suppose, in heated rush And though he never claimed to be a sage His wisdom, to my face, it brought a blush His words, you see, they took me back in time To fairer worlds than this, to long ago When muse was kinder, lent her voice to rhyme And I was but the poetess you know We used to dance on pages, he and I And traveled through the clouds to distant lands We plucked the very stars out of the skies And buried our regrets in Egypt’s sands We climbed mountains of pain in quest to heal We drowned in tears too numerous to add And in his strength, I learned again to feel The joy in life, not only just the sad And so his words, tonight they took me back And caused this tattered heart to skip a beat Now as the daylight skies give way to black I pray once more, in dreams, to feel his heat [This message has been edited by hoot_owl_rn (08-09-2004 09:44 AM).] |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
Sweet longing of the heart echos from these words.  Susan |
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aujussy wolf
since 2003-08-09
Posts 1215Michigan |
We plucked the very stars out of the skies And buried our regrets in Egypt’s sands ,,, love that part , and the rest too wolfy |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
very well done! I always admire the ABAB rhyme scheme |
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choshi Senior Member
since 2004-01-01
Posts 1184New York |
You travel [and take me] to so many distant realms, yet keep me focused on so many churned up feelings and memories.... "We drowned in tears to numerous to add Did you mean "too numerous" ? ~P |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Wonderful poem, Hoot!  |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Beautiful descriptive poem with a real yearning reflect. Very nice indeed! Eric Ain't doin nothin at all |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
I love your poetry! I just wish you wouldn't make me wait so long between poems!   EA |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
choshi...thanks so much for catching my typo, seems to happen when I write my poem here on the blue pages rather than in a works document first, you know, I don't seem to go through all the checks I should when writing on impulse thank you everyone for your kind replies...it's nice to find my muse from time to time, I'd so like to be a more active part of Passions but time and circumstance don't allow for that right now. I can't tell you how much your continued support for my writing means to me, thank you |
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froggy Senior Member
since 2003-06-23
Posts 1893Michigan |
What can I say that the others hadn't said. This very sweet and beautifully written. :-) |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
What a beaut, hoot good to read you again |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
... so his words, tonight they took me back And caused this tattered heart to skip a beat Now as the daylight skies give way to black I pray once more, in dreams, to feel his heat ~*~ Nothing wrong with a prayer like this, Ruth...  |
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