The Traveler's Tale (Second Installment)

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Open Poetry #3

The Traveler's Tale (Second Installment)

John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 1999-10-09 09:39 PM

There should have been a time for us
Who gaze at distant stars-
Or specks on the horizon
And wonder what they are.

For those of us who go and see
Life's sorrow and it's smiles
And leave their tracks upon uncharted-
Plains, which stretch for miles.

There should have been a time; when we-
Who hear the distant drum-
Which calls us to adventure
And bids us rise, and "Come!"-

Were recognized for what we are
The conscience of our age-
Who grasp the meaning of our world
And write it on a page-

Our warnings, like Cassandra's-
Will all unheeded be-
Till others rise to take the place
Of bards like you and me.

And so it is and so it goes-
All dreamers seem to fail-
For I have written, you have read
Thus goes the traveler's tale.

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~GS~

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 1999-10-09 09:44 PM

Brilliant!

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Denise

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 1999-10-09 09:59 PM

Gunslinger,
I can't wait to read the rest.

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

3 posted 1999-10-09 10:06 PM

I'm smiling...

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

4 posted 1999-10-09 11:16 PM

Ok...I've read several poems of yours tonight and there isn't a bad one in the bunch! Excellent!!!

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

5 posted 1999-10-10 01:15 AM

Great!

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