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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

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0 posted 1999-09-02 06:00 PM

Sage muse reposed on mountain high,
...surveyed the world below,
With glorified enlightenment,
...his wisdom would bestow,
Philosophes would scale the heights,
...to seek the truths of man,
Muse in didactic diatrabe
...regaled truths with elan.
One day a lowly mendicant,
...traversed the muse's peak,
Searching out the learned man,
...with whom he hoped to speak,
The beggar reached the mountaintop,
...and questioned of the muse,
If one were granted single wish,
...what should a person choose?
The muse replied, a simple choice,
...'Tis knowledge must elect,
For wisdom is the key to life,
...'Tis what I would select,
As beggar walked down mountainside,
...he turned and looked above,
I guess I'm just not erudite,
...For I'd have chosen love.

Nan

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1 posted 1999-09-02 06:23 PM

Absolutely Wonderful!!!

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

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Glen Hope, PA USA

2 posted 1999-09-02 06:29 PM

What a wonderfully written poem....given a choice, I'd choose love too

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

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

3 posted 1999-09-02 06:53 PM

My one wish would be half and half.
Well done I really enjoyed this poem.

Denise

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4 posted 1999-09-02 08:12 PM

Fabulous!! Absolutely fabulous! This is definitely one of the best!!!

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Denise

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5 posted 1999-09-02 10:22 PM

Eye candy, for sure. An excellent read. Thanks, Mike!

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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

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6 posted 1999-09-03 11:46 AM

Thank you all for your comments. They are appreciated.

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

7 posted 1999-09-03 11:56 AM

Oh man, of all the choices, I guess I would have reluctantly chosen health...for if health I have none,...

but outside of my pedantic diatribe, I must ditto everyone else's comment. Well done, Sir!

Nicole
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since 1999-06-23

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Florida

8 posted 1999-09-03 12:16 PM

Excellent!

Andrew Scott
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since 1999-06-24

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Redlands,CA,USA

9 posted 1999-09-03 01:09 PM

Top shelf material here! I think I'm with Sunshine on the "Health" wish.

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

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Virginia

10 posted 1999-09-04 01:37 PM

A succinctly written verse. Thanks for sharing this. I think wisdom would have been my choice (since other's are voicing their choices).

Sue
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since 1999-08-04

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France

11 posted 1999-09-04 01:40 PM

I vote for health, every time. But that's irrelevant, it is a simply wonderful poem!

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