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Rod Member
since 1999-12-08
Posts 149Auckland New Zealand |
TIMELESS Today I stood upon the shore Where Grandad walked in days of yore; Along its sandy, glossy sheen Where once, his imprint would have been. And thereupon I did behold ‘Twas here, when I was two years old; I dangled from his stalwart hands In gleeful awe of foaming sands. So timeless now, this scene appears It’s altered not these fifty years Nor hundreds, thousands gone before; As restless wave greets silent shore. Still endless rolling surf she brings; Now to my little son she sings. I held him in her gentle lee, The way my Grandad once held me. As every wavelet’s dying throes Washed tiny grains between my toes; Methought perhaps, that in his day, For every grain, a pebble lay. Eroded by the tick and tock Of oscillating tidal clock; Its pulsing rhythm, all abounding In softest kiss, or anger pounding. I pondered what it all may mean; Our ocean’s mighty time machine. Where pebbles, hardened, flat or round, By rolling surf to sand are ground. From rock to stone to pebbled grain To sand, and back to rock again..... As, in our turn, we surely must Become as ashes........ dust to dust. ©2000 Rod Walford |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Rod, I feel as though I am reading verse for the first time. I don't know yet what it is. I haven't yet begun to learn to write poetry. Each verse here, each word, is significant to the whole, not one wasted word or phrase and so meaningful a poem it is in so many ways. It is truly a beautiful piece, it is a poem of love, and timeless love and timeless time.I love this poem Liz |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Applauding here...Rod, this is wonderful. The meter and rhyme are nearly flawless and the message it speaks, beautiful!!! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
YES - YES - YES - YES - YES - YES - YES!!!!!  |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Seldom has one the earnest pleasure of reading such a "Timeless" treasure. Thank you for the gifting.  Claire |
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Mary Junior Member
since 1999-09-23
Posts 38Delaware, Ohio, USA |
This is simply beautiful...I love it! |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Oh man, got chills on this one. You are a gifted poet, Rod. Michael |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Wonderful piece here Rod, in every way superb! In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. (ee cummings) |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Beautiful! Life is a circle..never beginning, never ending!  |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Rod, I agree with Elizabeth and all the others. You have great talent and a poetic brother. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
What can I say that hasn't already been said? This left me speechless, breathless. Such a timeless and loving quality to it. This one is definitely a masterpiece! Denise |
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Eloise Senior Member
since 1999-11-27
Posts 1096Wyoming |
Rod, this is absolutely beautiful. The imagery is wonderful. Clapping hard with a standing ovation!!  |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Rod - Just so very close to perfection is this piece. My heart likes it very much. Love ~Marge~ |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
I do agree with all. Excellent work, Rod. |
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sandgrain Member Elite
since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662Sycamore, IL, USA |
Just had a chance to read this, Rod, and how blessed I feel for the opportunity. Your writings are supurb! |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Where it stops nobody knows And so back to the top it goes! (This one should stay there) Liz |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
This poem is breathtakingly lovely! Meticulously worded, it paints the pictures of ocean and time, with haunting and poignant imagery and memories. I love it! ...Living is ever like crossing rivers; finding a new life on each shore ... RJG |
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