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Drummers of a Different Beat
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Drummers of a Different Beat |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Drummers of a Different Beat It was a strange chaotic time Misunderstood in youthful prime As all around events unfold Created by the young and bold They spoke non-violence to us And boycotted the public bus And in the day to freedom’s beat They marched in silence in the street Insanity dwelled evermore Just forty miles off our shore And men in camouflage were shown Realities far from their home The flower children gathered round To hear the psychedelic sound Of drummers of a different beat Who never stopped til death’s defeat Within the midst of trouble’s brew I met and fell in love with you But times would separate the two By reasons that we never knew Now after all these years gone by I often stop and wonder why Events can alter life so much By timing’s simple fateful touch Elizabeth Santos |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, Your usual wonderful. I try never to miss your posts. Love Sy |
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AVANTI Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 664INDIA/MAHARASHTRA/PUNE |
I loved this one too... very well written... If I should fall again, then they will laugh but what if just this one I rise? Avanti Rao |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Liz-Your depth in beauty and vision allows you to bring to us the most superb creations. I am amazed and remain in awe as to where your inspiration and talent meet. As they say timing is everything. If only we had control over All the things that affect time. Superb as I have said. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
A masterful poem... great stuff here... Insanity dwelled evermore Just forty miles off our shore And men in camouflage were shown Realities far from their home .. .. Now after all these years gone by I often stop and wonder why Events can alter life so much By timing’s simple fateful touch ... WONDERFUL... regards, sudhir |
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sonjes Senior Member
since 2000-02-18
Posts 564North Carolina |
Another wonderful lead in by you...there's the hand of fate reaching in again...ya know, sometimes I wish it would leave well enough alone. Now after all these years gone by I often stop and wonder why Events can alter life so much By timing’s simple fateful touch These words say it all...extremely well penned piece. Don't care what people say Just follow your own way Don't give up and use the chance To return to innocence. -Enigma |
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Kit McCallum
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Beautiful flow and sentiments Liz. I love the questions you ponder ... I wish I did have an answer to your final question though, because it would answer so many of mine as well, sigh ...  Lovely poem Elizabeth!Best wishes, /Kit |
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~Enigma~ Junior Member
since 2000-07-03
Posts 44St Cloud, MN |
WOW! A masterpiece if I ever saw one. Wonderful! |
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