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Tramp Poet
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since 2000-01-06

Posts 754
Could Be Anywhere...

0 posted 2001-04-15 09:22 AM

Change

Isn’t it odd...
have everything changes
yet nothing changes at all?
They say one is consistent, boring
creature of central theme
yet sometimes, he breaks the rules?

For instance, take the earth
seasons march like soldiers
everything in orderly sequence.
Yet occasionally
the unexpected, the unusual
Mother Nature tosses into the mix.

Like a deep river
perpetually flowing, always changing
never the same, moment to moment.
But to it’s residents
it must seem as air is to us
constant, real,  little difference.

Take air for instance
tis always the life sustainer
changes little except for flavor.
Perhaps smoky, hot or cold
on the surface always changing
yet bottom line,  always air.

Can you see the paradox?
Hear what the writing says?
It’s the same, yet never the same.
The seasons change yet remain
the earth changes, yet remains
even if we change, yet remain.

Looking closely at ourselves
are we any different than folks
just like, from distant past?
We are all human, built the same
they must have thought similar
that they were living the future.

I’ll ask again and again...
isn’t it odd how everything changes
yet truly remains the same?
Time, rivers, even  human beings
change, progress, flow into tomorrow
yet, what really does change?

the artist once upon...
known as "bleeding"

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2001-04-15 10:35 AM

Good poetry. It gives us something to think about. Joyce

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

2 posted 2001-04-15 06:04 PM

I guess life is just an endless circle. I enjoyed the poem.

Betty Lou Hebert

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 2001-04-15 06:19 PM

Yes, indeed, one of life's constants...change! This truth is reavealed to me most powerfully when sitting by the ocean. Good poem, Daniel!

laryalee
Member

since 2000-06-19

Posts 352
Alberta, Canada

4 posted 2001-04-15 07:33 PM

I enjoy this type of pondering, Daniel, and you've put it together nicely...
And answers aren't needed - it's the question that counts!
Lary

coyote
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 1077

5 posted 2001-04-15 10:33 PM

It's all been done before.
By those who've gone before.
"The only thing new in the world,
is the history we don't know."
Harry S. Truman
But it sure is new to me and you?

"I hate quotes, they suck!"
I.G. Norance

Moon Dust

Member Elite

since 1999-06-11

Posts 2177
Skelmersdale, UK

6 posted 2001-04-16 07:28 PM

Life changes but history repeats itself and you write this good.

Don't ever give in, if you do you've lost everything you've ever had and everything you hope to gain, but if you carry on your already winning.

Dopey Dope

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Member Patricius

since 2000-08-30

Posts 11132
San Juan, Puerto Rico

7 posted 2001-04-19 04:43 PM

Very thought provoking stuff here. I enjoyed this poem greatly.

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

8 posted 2001-04-19 10:07 PM

ahhh..philosophy in free verse..gotta love it. very well done.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

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