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John Yaws
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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~

© Copyright 1999 John R. Yaws - All Rights Reserved
Denise
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since 1999-08-22
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1 posted 1999-10-09 09:44 PM


Brilliant!

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Denise

Seymour Tabin
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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
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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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since 1999-05-26
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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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