Snapshots For An Unknown Tune

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Open Poetry #42

Snapshots For An Unknown Tune

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2008-06-06 06:16 PM

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At some point
Not long from now
All the stupidity
Will come to a stop

After that
All that will be left
Will be sleep perhaps
A few dreams

A column of children
Being led by women
In black and white
To watch at the movies
Some old man with a beard
Part the biblical sea

A father and son
Hunting fishing
First crush the girl
Who sat at that end
Of the playground
Each lunch time
In summer at school

Payday liberty
Weekends on B.C. Street
In Okinawa Diving
Off Puerto Rico
A generation of veterans
Going home

Great Lakes
The oceans
Crimson autumn
Deep red courage
Under pale blue skies

True friends
Before it became a sin
Love when love
Wasn’t all this sad

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Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2008-06-06 06:27 PM

John,

This is truly beautiful, and it's beautifully written. It's something for everyman, meaning every human.

Bobby

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

2 posted 2008-06-06 10:40 PM

i do so love all of your poetry

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

3 posted 2008-06-06 11:04 PM

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Thank You Both

When the both of you like something,
(especially you Helen),
then I suspect I've done something good.

Thanks again

John

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2008-06-07 03:26 AM

I read every one of your poems, John, and I
always feel a deep understanding of your writing. This one is especially thought provoking.
Ida

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