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Your Shore |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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Your Shore I have spent my life adrift on the ocean, with never a glimpse of land in site, always searching for a place to land. The wind never catching my sails, never easing my travels. The currents rough and rocky. At times, I thought my ship would sink, that all would be lost to the sea. My darkest nights, I spent praying for the light of day. The hottest days, spent wishing for the coolness of the night. Then suddenly, when I finally felt I could drift no more, I hear my name called softly on the breeze. A gentle wind catches my sails; through the clearing mist, I site land. The current brings me to your shore, and there you meet me with open arms. Finally... I have come home. ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus |
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caroline Senior Member
since 1999-08-16
Posts 1218http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm |
Enchanting, hoot...I love the imagery.  ------------------ The only man worth your tears will never make you cry... |
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johnt300 Member
since 1999-09-12
Posts 214san diego, ca. |
BEAUTIFUL!!! Excellent free verse, Hoot. Loved it. Is that a brand new one? Bye for now. Tyson |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you very much caroline Tyson, thanks...I wish I could say it was new, but rather a dream from a while ago...actually I forgot I had it until I was sitting here thinking about the ocean and the vastness of it...just reminded me of someone ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus [This message has been edited by hoot_owl_rn (edited 09-18-99).] |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Give me a poem about the sea any day... Your shore will befall you before you know it, R... |
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Paul Allen Lupien Member
since 1999-09-09
Posts 114Ferndale,Mi.USA |
Liked this one Hoot.Maybe patience is actually an active force-if one can wait long enough." Aye,there's the rub." PAL ------------------ |
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juanita Member
since 1999-08-13
Posts 68Los Angeles, CA, USA |
ok! it took my breath away!! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
jaunita, Nan and Paul......thanks for your praise. I figure anything to do with the ocean, you can't go wrong ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus |
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U K Hero Member
since 1999-08-08
Posts 266England |
I liked this Hoot it has flavour, excellent. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Hoot, You know what they say Be it ever so humble there is no place like shore. Nice poem. |
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IsabelleSkye Member
since 1999-06-27
Posts 253 |
absolutely divine, I have found myself strangely drawn to the ocean lately. I loved this one Izzy ------------------ Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts Columbus to his own soul.......J. Stevens |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Isabelle, Seymore and UK....thank you all |
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Billy Junior Member
since 1999-09-05
Posts 25 |
Hoot, this is so beautiful. One of your very best. I've read it three times now. Great job. |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
I echo all above Hoot......great job.... ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Billy and Echo.....thank you both, I appreciate that ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus |
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Lil-bit Junior Member
since 1999-08-03
Posts 29Tallahassee, Florida |
Touching words!!!!!! I am sending this to a friend. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you little Bit....I hope your friend enjoys ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Once again I am lagging behind, and find myself on the tail end. Better late than never. So goes life don't it, just when we think we have run out, and wind comes and pushes our sails. Very good Hoot, great imagery, so true!!! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Smiles.....I don't know Whtdove, but I am believing in miracles more and more each day ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Hoot.....That's cuz ya met me right?....That "miracle" thinggie?....Hunh?...Isn't that right?.....LOL....great work...as usual.... |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Wonderful poem, Hoot! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Suthern.....thank you Toerag.....but of course Actually I have met an inspiration ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus |
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