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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA 
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Is true love really "give and take"? I think that's just a ruse. To me it seems when this is so Imbalance is the rule. Concessions dos't the giver make The taker covets fare Love's cast awry before you know You just forgot to share. So be apprised, there's much at stake In years you've yet to live The only way true love shall grow Is if it's "give and give". ------------------ Nay, if our wits run the Wild-Goose chase, I am done: For thou hast more of the Wild-Goose in one of thy wits, Than I am sure I have in my whole five. ~ ²1592 Wm. Shakespeare ~ Romeo & Juliet ~ ii. iv. 75 |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Well stated Nan! You've summed it up well! |
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Lucie Senior Member
since 1999-06-20
Posts 1077Houston |
Oh Nan! I loved this one.. It reminds me of something my brother had written on his placemats at his wedding.. marriage is not 50/50 cause thats only half as much as you can give. That was his 2nd he's on his 4th.. guess he should have taken his own advise..hahahhaha. [This message has been edited by Lucie (edited 09-04-99).] |
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Wolfgang Member
since 1999-05-24
Posts 124Hamilton, Ont. Canada |
Nancy, this is a outstanding poem. One of my favorites of yours  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Beautiful, Nan, a reminder that we all need from time to time!! ------------------ Denise |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Nan, So true, so true. Like me and me And you and you. |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Well stated Nan, I only wish more people would understand the necessity of compromise.!  Two smiles up again! |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Nan,such a wonderful poem,and so very true. Thanks for sharing |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Nan, I know you're a teacher but this is the one lesson so many people never learn. Indeed, true love NEVER stops giving. Sadly, though, some would take advantage of just that fact - and so for others, true love NEVER stops hurting either {making loving at all after the fact a near impossibility}. Give if you can, some of us can only wish to. Michael |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
A most wonderful posting Nan and a message that is so true ------------------ "Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Nan: I sometimes think that saying "I love you", seems pretty to some people...I'd rather have someone show me they love me by deed and thought ..long time back now I posted some thoughts some place on this subject and said that if you can say "I trust you", to me that's far more powerful...how many people can really say that and mean it? Just my thoughts... HUGS ------------------ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
A wonderful poem, my friend. Unfortunately it reminded me of a poem I wrote called "Nothing Left to Give".... I need to find that one... Idealistically, you speak the truth here. I identify with what Michael said.  -dp |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Excellent! The idea of a relationship based on 'give and give' is wonderful. Finding that relationship is difficult though... it would be wonderful if the 'takers' married each other and left all the 'givers' to the rest of us!  (Perhaps we should start a new forum - Personal Ad Forum - Lonely Hearts Club for Poets!?) |
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Sue Member
since 1999-08-04
Posts 383France |
Beautiful, Nan, a message for the world; the trouble is that the takers don't understand what you are talking about, and the givers just go on giving. |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Thanks, my dear friends... Hey Sue - You're absolutely right!! I'm alone at the moment because I don't want to deal with another taker..... nope - nada - not gonna happen.. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
AMEN! Unfortunately, due to our charming natures it's easier said than done. Loved the poem! |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
I agree, Nan-true love needs "give and give". With both doing the giving. Doreen, I'd love to see your poem. Hope you find it. Was it in the first forum? ------------------ *Elizabeth* "Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low, But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..." |
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Tyke Junior Member
since 1999-08-22
Posts 26Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Nan - your words are very true but love is always blind and it is always to late when the giver finds that the receiver has hung up a long time ago. He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others. - Publilius Syrus |
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moonmoon Member
since 1999-08-13
Posts 277TX , USA |
Hmmm..'give & give'..What a noble idea..I wish it was much easier done than said.. A great poem indeed.. ------------------ "No one was ever ruined from without; The final ruin comes from within.".....Amelia E. Barr |
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~one voice~ Senior Member
since 1999-07-08
Posts 664Billings, MT USA |
Nan, your words are so very true... ------------------ ~onevoice~ "She looked at her life like lines, never-ending, constantly forming, reforming and bending." |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
Oh, Nan this is so very true!! I love your poem!! Thank You!! Justbleu ------------------ "Never let anyone keep you from your dreams, follow your heart, be true to yourself, and if that special someone does to, go ahead, walk together side by side as one!! |
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Craig Member
since 1999-06-10
Posts 444 |
Superb!! ------------------ Yes, I admit your general rule. That every poet is a fool: But I myself may serve to show it. That every fool is not a poet. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
May giving be your boomerang... missed this one the first time, Nan, am going through the newest of the archives before midnight strikes! Well done, Lady! |
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Artur Hawkwing Member
since 1999-06-30
Posts 444USA |
I am awed by this poem, to say it was written with such talent. You have been posting more and more lately, attributing with the principle of "give and give", and that is a very good thing. My opinion however, is that an imbalance is what makes the world interesting at times. For a friend like that who would give without thought for recompensation, I would give all the gold in the world. |
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Artur Hawkwing Member
since 1999-06-30
Posts 444USA |
Sunshine- Thanks for bringing this back. You've found a true gem in the hoard. |
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Iloveit Senior Member
since 1999-09-02
Posts 1121NM |
nan, this is beautiful, touches me deeply! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Wise and wonderful poem! |
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beowulf_26 Member
since 1999-06-29
Posts 183 |
Well said. I've thought about writing on the same topic but I see someone has already mastered this area. I'm pleased to bow out. Thanx. ------------------ Opinions are like bellybuttons: eveybody's got 'em and they're good for nothing. |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Aint it the truth gal! It's sad, but so many "kids" today think only of a "bedroom" when getting married....Not the giving of love, commitment, themselves, trust, and their time to each other...........then when kids come along..responsibility, heartache/heartbreak, money problems etc., the look of that "bedroom" isn't a big deal anymore...just themselves..........what a shame.....Well done poem....as if you'd write anything other than such.... |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
I agree.....you go girl!!! ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
so very true.....love this piece ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
Love truly must give and give and give and give, without measure or thought for recompense...but the trick is both must do such giving, then truly their lives will overflow. :-) |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Some poems just deserve a replay. A |
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