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Elizabeth

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0 posted 1999-09-10 10:51 PM

I was challenged by the deVine one to write a poem using the phrase "She waited for the bus each day, but never got on"...and this is what came out.

She walks around the city blocks
And takes so very long.
She waited for the bus each day
But never she got on.

Her face is blank and staring,
She looks but does not see.
One day while in the city
She said these words ro me:

"Don't judge a man until you've walked
Two miles in his shoes."
She then walked down the city block
And left me there to muse.

Some people say she's crazy,
That she lost it long ago.
But I do not agree with them
Because the truth I know.

That day while in the city
She had shown me otherwise.
We all judge much too quickly
I have come to realize.

So next time you meet with someone
That you think has gone insane
Try to get ahold of
That runaway thought train.

Don't judge a man until you've walked
Two miles in his shoes.
As she left me to think that day
I now leave YOU to muse!

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*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

Pepper
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1 posted 1999-09-10 10:57 PM

I really enjoyed this piece Elizabeth....very well written

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May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams

Elizabeth

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2 posted 1999-09-10 11:00 PM

Thanks Pepper-both for your nice words and speedy reply.

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*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

Denise

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3 posted 1999-09-10 11:17 PM

Excellent, as usual! I enjoyed this message!

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Denise

Elizabeth

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4 posted 1999-09-10 11:19 PM

Thanks D! What a nice thing to say! *blush*

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*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

Balladeer

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5 posted 1999-09-11 12:31 PM

A challenge well met, Elizabeth!

WhtDove
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6 posted 1999-09-11 12:35 PM

I'd say it was met too! Very good!!!

Alwye

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7 posted 1999-09-11 01:34 AM

Wow, exellent work, Elizabeth!! Definitely a challenge well met.

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*Krista Knutson*

Mockery is a form of ignorance; silence, a form of wisdom. -- Daniel L. Miller

Elizabeth

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8 posted 1999-09-11 03:37 PM

Thanks, all of you!

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*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

hoot_owl_rn
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9 posted 1999-09-11 06:03 PM

You lived up to the challange well. What a thought we should all heed. The Indians say "Do not judge a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasans" Very wise advice.

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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

Poet deVine

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10 posted 1999-09-11 09:05 PM

Elizabeth! A poem and a lesson all in one! I'm impressed. You certainly met the challenge in the best way! Excellent!

Elizabeth

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11 posted 1999-09-12 11:07 AM

It turned out different than the way I thought it would! At first, I was just going to write about a crazy lady, but then the phrase came into my head. So this is how it turned out. Thank you, Hoot and Poet deVine!

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*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

Master
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12 posted 1999-09-12 11:50 AM

Great poem Elizabeth! You've met the challenge!

Elizabeth

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13 posted 1999-09-12 10:16 PM

Thanks Master! (didn't realize you had replied-just found it now

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*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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