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An Old Dusty Notebook (Revised!!)
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An Old Dusty Notebook (Revised!!) |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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In my hands rejoined a piece of heart From a box of fondest memory Flowered photo albums try to express What a poet’s mind can simply free It’s beaten up as smiling I muse The cover foretells what lies inside In my comfort chair I feel myself Living the poems for which I cried Little sayings grew inside of me Saw life on pages I once held dear Sometimes I’d forget they are not real I hope their wisdom returns me here Some of the poems I shake my head The boy with ideals that reached the sky Most of the poems I’m looking down Wanting the boy not to wish he’d die A few love sonnets written for none Poem’s for my dog dead and cherished A few lines here, there, going no where This notebook long ago has perished But that’s the wish of the faithless boy I write this on the last page left so clean The boy has died so his resting-place Is taken up by suicidal teen [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 03-27-2000).] |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Wow, Walt. This is extraordianry. Nothing so powerful as the words from the past looking you in the face. They can take you back to another place in time altogether. Awesome ending, I may add. Michael |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
As I've already said, this is full of emotion Walt- I know I still go back and reread, just to remember where I've been. Keep that notebook close m'friend, it will always be your best friend!! Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Ah the trusty notebooks, we all have em Walt this was the most fantastic piece to read. Loved it I did Tracie Keep all the windows of your mind open Anne Rooks |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
W.O.W.~ This is a nostalgic piece that lets us all take a look back at yesterday. Those notebooks sure harbor a lot of who we were and were we thought we were going. Nice job on this.  ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Sometimes it's not easy to look at our own reflections, walt.. You've done it beautifully.... no matter what that "grown-up" part of you says...  |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
"What pages of a poet’s mind can simply free" "Wrapped in poems born from the tears I ever cried" I found this piece particularly touching, Walt. Excellent reflection. ~ Claire |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
i dunno why im bumping this up yuh genuine thanx to those who liked it and replied yuh the meter fails but yuh... |
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Mistikman Senior Member
since 2000-01-10
Posts 682San Jose, CA, USA |
Wow, walt, this is so full of emotion.... No doubt I will have a similar experience when I grow older and see the stuff I write now, which seems quite similar to the work you describe from your youth. Keep writing the serious ones walt, they are very powerful and heartfelt. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
I don't know what you see wrong this Walt! I think it's fantastic! I also keep a book and to be able to go back into that and see emotions or writings that can lead into good, tearful memories, or whatever memories those are, is a good thing! You've done an excellent job, and I'm not the only one here that thinks so. Thanks for posting this!!!! |
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