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The common mean
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The common mean |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla 
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The common mean I searched the world for a common mean, An average life and a common scene. A place of peace where all was done, For the common two, who lived as one. I searched the mountains, valleys fair, I touched the earth and tasted air. I wore my heart upon my sleeve, I searched for what I could believe. But all I found was plague and war. Two thousands years and even more. And I searched within the heart of man, To find an average peaceful plan. It must be somewhere deep within, Below the greed, beneath the sin. Somewhere in the cellar of the soul But still a very reachable goal. Few take the journey to the abyss. There are some, but most do miss. I fear for man his narcissistic preen. This path will never bring his mean. If he's to live this garden, this earth. Then he must clean up the afterbirth. |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Well said! Elizabeth "Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York." |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Yes, very well said, Sy. There is no common mean.....only mean. Peace exists only within. |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
I enjoyed your simplicity and creative, descriptive lines here, such as, and particularly, "Somewhere in the cellar of the soul." |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Sy You speak the truth, dear Poet Dove It seems a voice from up above I've felt these things to comfort naught But never so eloquently thought And this one is magnificent! Liz |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
This is great Sy, very well said! ~*~ Hell is not a place of fire and a devil with a tail and horns. But a place of torment because the light of God is gone. To escape this, accept the blood of Jesus Christ! ~*~ |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Peace is only what you find within your own heart--if it's not there then it can be no where. Great poem Sy. In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. (ee cummings) |
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First__Knight Senior Member
since 1999-11-08
Posts 678 |
No greater truth than your words.....Great message you share...thank you and well written  |
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First__Knight Senior Member
since 1999-11-08
Posts 678 |
No greater truth than your words.....Great message you share...thank you and well written I have learned that the pain of a lost love will fade, But the memory of having loved will last forever. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
~Apologies~ have missed a few of your lately...(busy) but this - wow - I like it much, Sy. K |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
I love this poem Liz |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
I really like this Sy...... Well said...... A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! Shannon |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Your words of wisdom are never ending, Sy.... Keep 'em coming..... |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
To all the above, I thank you all for your response I am having trouble with my machine and I can't stay on too long. Bless you all I'll try to respond more later. Sy |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Such wise words Seymore...are you sure you're not the owl? |
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Astraea Member
since 1999-11-09
Posts 378California! Yeah! Okay, I'm done now |
Lovely. Beautiful. Exquisite. ~Astraea "Sometimes stars can only be seen in darkness." "Sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things." |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
[chuckling to herself] being that hubby and I run a cow-calf operation, your last two lines REALLY bring it home, Sy! Thank you for a delightful and well-thought out read. Sunshine Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Hoot, As I said before your the Owl To often I go afowl. *L* Sy Astraea, Thank you so much for the wonderful words. Sunshine, I always look forward to and enjoy your comments. *L* Sy I can't imagine how this poem was rescued, I thought it was consigned to the abyss? |
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