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secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

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a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2007-07-19 07:30 PM

     A Celebration of Life
         and Wilderness

In the first fine glow of morning
when a grand pearl-grey dawn
breaks upon…the immense,
implacable spirit of the
  shimmering sea,
where tired rivers flow
beneath fast-fading stars
  in a cosmic dream…
(bisecting the winds of Time)
one thinks of all the tiny,
  reawakening things
in so many unsung ‘worlds’
  of new promise…
quite different from our own
where clocks rage endlessly on,
while time and destiny
  laugh and point
at those who may never
  truly 'understand’;
but shall remain instead
  forever ‘lost’...
in power’s vain pursuit
and greed’s elusive pleasure,
or jousting with their ever-gathering
shadows of self-delusion
as to what should really
  ‘matter’…
simple love, and the celebration
  of all life in wilderness!

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2007-07-19 07:34 PM

I do imagine that rivers get tired indeed

lovely writing Bruce

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

2 posted 2007-07-19 07:37 PM

"while time and destiny
  laugh and point
at all those who may never
   truly 'understand’;
but shall remain instead
  forever ‘lost’..."

amen to that...

Greeneyes

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-09-09

Posts 9903
In Your Poetic Mind

3 posted 2007-07-19 08:27 PM

bisecting""

perfect use!

lovely...to imagine this...and see it unfold...

~~**~~
Life is a balance
of holding on and letting go (KU)

Edward Grim
Senior Member

since 2005-12-18

Posts 1154
Greenville, South Carolina

4 posted 2007-07-19 08:52 PM

I was wondering... Why do you use so many apostophes and quotes and parentheses? I find it somewhat distracting in the poem and possibly needless. I'm just curious as to why you use them so much; if you don't mind my asking.

Berenice
Junior Member

since 2007-07-18

Posts 18

5 posted 2007-07-19 08:58 PM

Marvelous piece!!
thank you for sharing the beauty

ArtSolstice
Member

since 2007-03-18

Posts 498

6 posted 2007-07-19 09:34 PM

Poet, you continue to amaze...
What a fine, fine write!

StormyB
Junior Member

since 2007-07-18

Posts 42
Ohio Usa

7 posted 2007-07-19 09:58 PM

very nice. I enjoyed it alot.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

8 posted 2007-07-20 06:05 AM

Enjoyed...James

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

9 posted 2007-07-20 11:43 AM

There you go with that morning thing, again. More please as I need to know what happens during that time of day.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

10 posted 2007-07-20 02:53 PM

BRAVO!!!!!!

ArtSolstice
Member

since 2007-03-18

Posts 498

11 posted 2007-07-21 10:31 AM

Re-read so many times... wonderful!

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

12 posted 2007-10-13 09:11 PM

This poem rings so true, so many are caught up in the pursuit of power and greed  that they don't realize how short our time on earth is and how quickly these things slip away. You get it and write it well.
  For many years I have collected quotes and I think I am going to start sharing them with the readers, I am going to start with this one.....

A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it's a fool's coat.-
                              Rivarol

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