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secondhanddreampoet
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a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2007-05-05 09:03 PM


Thus...is ‘Poetry’!...

It is my last comfort...
when the lonely ends
of pointless days descend,
in the wake of inestimable
  sorrows!

It is my final shelter...
when the wilderness flows in,
to wash away all traces
where door and chimney once
  stood!

It is my furthest haven...
when I have gazed through
  life’s prisms
at a world of inexorable evil
that has truly gone mad!

It is my ultimate refuge...
when  I, like Fall’s final
  frail rose,
am shaken by love and
   winter's indifference!

It is my perennial sanctuary...
when I must accept that I,
like the hands of a clock,
shall never grasp the essence
   of ‘Time’!

...Poetry...is thus!

*This 'post' is the "companion piece"
to my A 'poet' write at:

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[This message has been edited by secondhanddreampoet (05-06-2007 10:01 AM).]

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Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
1 posted 2007-05-06 09:35 AM


secondhanddreampoet,
"...Poetry...is thus!"

ArtSolstice
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2 posted 2007-05-06 12:23 PM


And this is why you are an artist.

Especially fine:

"It is my final shelter...
when the wilderness flows in,
to wash away all traces
where door and chimney once
  stood!"

This poem makes me cry. It is the essence of… the essence of…

why you are an artist.

Drauntz
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since 2007-03-16
Posts 2905
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3 posted 2007-05-06 09:30 PM


another beautiful piece.  the poetry....you only said the "sad" kind.

enjoyed your beautiful verses.


Midnitesun
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4 posted 2007-05-06 09:36 PM



I welcome such a poetic wilderness:
quote:
when the wilderness flows in,
to wash away all traces
where door and chimney once
  stood

Midnitesun
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Gaia
5 posted 2007-05-10 12:17 PM


(Unofficial bumping)
This wildflower is too lovely to disappear!

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