Open Poetry #9 |
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Save the Best for Last |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England ![]() |
Life is lived in stages: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Like an open book with many pages to be read... You start at the beginning, only ending when you're dead... But in between the start and end, are chapters that unfold... Lessons learned and pages turned and stories to be told.... Starting with Stage One: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You grow out of your baby stage, you're young and fancy free... You find someone and settle down, and start a family... It only takes a few years 'til it all becomes a bore... Then by the time you're thirty, you just know there's something more.... Now entering Stage Two: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Home is now the place that pushes you right out the door... Your mate has gone and you don't even care much anymore... You're only thirty, fancy free, and you find someone new... A little older, you join hands, to turn a page or two... Welcome to Stage Three: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now you feel as if you want to be up at the top... You spend your days and nights at work, not knowing when to stop... It may take twenty years for you to finally see the light... But when you do, it's by yourself, there's no one else in sight!! Open the door to Stage Four: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You're older and much wiser than before... It's plain to see... You know just how to play the game, determine what will be... So it's your turn, the table waits, the dice are yours to cast... Life is just a gamble....................... And she saves... ~The Best~ ~For Last~ Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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ladysixstring Member
since 2000-07-27
Posts 374 |
Big Fat Smile!!! Wonderful wrap up... "And she saves... ~The Best~ ~For Last~" I certainly hope so!! *S* -jaimie www.ladysixstring.com |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
WOW!!!!!!! this is SO COOL!!!!!!!!! how very unique and creative this piece is... very well conceived and presented. excellent Sunny... stage one and two cuts deep my dear but the closing chapter is kissed with hope. take care jm There are places inside our souls - that have never been touched. There are places inside our hearts - that need to be loved this much. ~jm~ |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi ladysixstring.... She really does......you can count on it, if you're willing to take the gamble!!! Thank you for stopping by!! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi jm.... Ahh, glad you enjoyed this little piece. Yes, the best stage is the last. Even if a person screws up stages 1,2,& 3.....there's still one to go at the end! Thank you, my friend!!< !signature--> Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! [This message has been edited by Sunny1 (edited 08-19-2000).] |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Hi Sunny, Another wonderful piece you have done. You have so many thoughts that I can see in your writings. You are a talent, that will always have one fan that will read your poems. |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi Bill.... Never make a promise to a gypsy, as she will hold you to it!! Thank you, my friend for saying those lovely things! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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Auguste![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Hi there, Sunny...I like this one a lot. Very imaginative. Be happy! Michael |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi Michael.... Glad you liked this one!!! I do too, as I think it has a happy ending.....actually the ending is whatever we want it to be!! Thank you....!!!!!!!! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
I think I messed up stage four......but stage five is looking REAAAALLLL good. Sometimes us cowboys need that extra kick in the head.LOL.....beautiful verse and what a wonderful format. Excellent creation. ![]() |
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catalinamoon![]()
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Hi Sunny, this was great! Just like you were telling me, only put into a poem. Perfect and fun, and hopeful, at the same time. Glad you had a chance to write. Sandra Words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling, like dew, upon a thought produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions think. Lord Byron |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
I dunno Sunny girl sometimes the whole play just closes...but this is wonderful and so full of hope...maybe I'll buy tickets to the next one |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Excellent! Good buildup and fantastic finish...that's the way we all should live! ![]() |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
extremely creative and well thought out...bravo! |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Mark... Then let's mosey on over to Stage Five!!!! I'll pour you another beer, and we'll do a fast 2-step and you'll be fine!!! catalinamoon... I thought you might like this one, as you know it's history.....yes, I'm glad I had a chance to write, also...thank you, my friend!! Paula... Whenever one door shuts, a new one opens!! Same with this play....the tickets are free! Thank you for reading, girl!! Poet deVine... Yes, Yes!!! I like your way of thinking.......put your soul into it!! Thank you so much..your replies are a welcome sight!! passing shadows... I do thank you very much, and I'm really glad you liked this.... Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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vandana![]()
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoyed it so much,my friend!!!!!!!! ![]() |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Hi vandana! Thank you so very much, and it's good to see your kind words here! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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Marge Tindal![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Sunny1~ I REALLY like this ! Lady Luck is smiling ! ![]() ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Sunny that is so sad but so true... unfortunately that's how it all works out sometimes. It does'nt seem fair that we start to mature and start to see things in the proper perspective at the very end of our life when there is so little years left. I like the title and the poem very very much ...keep up the good work! |
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