Open Poetry #6 |
Slow down |
Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
A repost. Slow down Slow down and think on what I say Or it will fly away. Slow down and feel the words at play Or they become passé. You hold the present in your hand The past has flown and gone. The future has no life or stand It waits its moments dawn. Just feel the presence of the day Hear the music all around. It's there to hear in every way In the sky and on ground. It's in the wind each moving breeze It echoes like a fife. It plays the limbs of swaying trees It is the sound of life. Slow down and sense your life bouquet Or it will float away. [This message has been edited by Seymour Tabin (edited 03-24-2000).] |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Ah, yes, how true, Seymour, and you say it so beautifully. I was just thinking on this today myself.....maybe children are so happy and carefree because they live for the moment...really know how to live each moment to the fullest......enjoying that bouquet.... I decided that I was going back to childhood!! And I plan to have a ball!! Denise |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
"slow down, you're gone to fast got to make this moment last" okay, you got me singing here |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
It flows so nicely--and is beautiful. Elizabeth "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!" -The Crucible |
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LoveBug
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Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
This is a beautiful poem, and so true. We all need to slow down! "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Denise, Thank you for the wonderful comment. *L* Hoot, You sing pretty nice. *L* Elizabeth, Thanks for the beautiful. Love Ya LoveBug, Nice comment, thank you. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Seymour~ You write with such beautifully-phrased wisdom. I do so enjoy walking slowly through this life .. grasping joy with every step. Thanks for fortifying the very concept of what I believe. Love ya' ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Sy No other words could be so true You are so right and have written this well Tracie Keep all the windows of your mind open Anne Rooks |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Seymour, truer words were never said, my friend, nor more beautifully said. Corinne |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Marge, Thank you for the sweet comment and I love ya back. Tracie66, Thank you for the read and comment, I always enjoy reading them. Corinne, I always enjoy reading your poems and thank you for reading mine. *L* |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Slow down Slow down and think on what I say Or it will fly away. Slow down and feel the words at play Or they become passé. You hold the present in your hand The past has flown and gone. The future has no life or stand It waits its moments dawn. ---------------------- This sweet and PERFECT, wisdom filled poem made me smile so contently on this sunshiney spring morn...thank you Sy...from my heart to your pen...and vise-versa (think about it(smile) take care, jm Do you live by the book, do you play by the rules Do you care what is thought by others about you If this day is all that is promised to you Do you live for the present, the future the past... tracy chapman |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Janet Marie, I find myself just going through reading your responses to other's poetry. They are always so pleasant and generously written Liz Sy, This is not only true, but beautifully written. I always slow down when I read your verses. As Janet Marie said, they are perfection Love Ya Liz |
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