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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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KEEPSAKE A silver chain - a locket, A time piece in my pocket... I carry with me everywhere I go. A dream cast - a shadow, By moonlight's silver glow... I wander from a dark and dreary past. A bleeding tear - fading rose, A silent scream, tempest froze... I linger by the sun in shades of gray. A prism dawn - a sphinx, A witches spell, a hex, a jinx... I walk alone the distant shards of pain. A Frankenstein - a Valentine, Forever yours, if never mine... Sanity stolen reigns, a sharpened blur. Lithium - pearl universe, Sanctity become the curse... Upon a dry horse flings the mane of Death. An albatross - a crucifix, Who dares now cross the River Styx... A specter of the shade by darkling voice. Golden rings - flesh ripped fingers, Yet this sacred virtue lingers... Memory's measure, Charity's swift decline. Contingencies - astringencies, Violence by silence if you please... Borrowed vistas shorn never recast! Helpless to Fate - known adversary Of this timepiece I yet carry... My chain of silver tears never cried. Michael Anderson |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I am so proud to be the first to vote for this poem. Glad to see you here!!  |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Hey! How come I can only vote once!!! Mike, loved it "then" love it now. And SO glad to hear your voice again brother mine! |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Very nice. jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
MICHAEL!!!! where've you been, m'friend??? I LOVE this verse... please submit MORE! vote's in here... no doubt in my mind... hope all is well with you |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
A very worthy piece of work, Michael..... |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
I must say it's about time I got to vote for one of yours!!! One of your best Micheal  You've been missed around here m'friend, hope you plan to be here more often  (selfish, I know ) |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
there could not be a Poetry book of Passions with out you... most of all here--you. so many times you've touched our hearts with your poetic grace. this one speaks of you perfectly one of my most favs of yours... keep em coming..please jm What the caterpillar calls the end ... The world calls a butterfly ~LaoTzeTao~ ~Butterflies are meant to be free~ |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I'll yell at you later...right now, I'm just glad to see ya... |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
Well it is about time my friend. We need to see more of your work submitted. This was excellent as always. ((hugs)) To you my friend.When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shodows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face... William Butler Yeats |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Glad to read you Michael... A keepsake indeed this poem is, Excellent writing! Loved it got my vote !!It's been too many nights of being with to now be suddenly without "Jewel" |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Cool cool.... vote vote me me lol...good stuff Michael... K |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
This was a good choice, my friend... and about time too...  |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Michael, I don't know what to say to this peice of art I sumbled on to here, except to dido everyone else, I could not beleive this would not make it into the book, it is well beyond good, perfect, awesome, well just WOW. Love, Cerenity |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Michael, I don't know what to say to this peice of art I sumbled on to here, except to dido everyone else, I could not beleive this would not make it into the book, it is well beyond good, perfect, awesome, well just WOW. Love, Cerenity SORRY don't know how I did this!!!!!!!!!!!! [This message has been edited by Cerenity (edited 07-04-2000).] |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Whoa...Michael, this is very, very powerful stuff...you have definately scored my vote. Alicat |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Michael~ A lovely piece of the versatility of your talent. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Excellent writing....have been looking for your name...so glad I could cast my vote. |
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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
Yeah! I'm so glad to see you submitting, moreso for this poem...love it! |
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Michael
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Just want to extend a gracious "thank you" to each and every one of you - not only for your votes - but for your friendships that have come to mean so much to me over the past couple of years. All of you are precious "keepsakes" to me. Thank you. Michael |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
I feel like I've come out of a dark haze of being away from Passions for 4 days! And what a welcome back!! Yeah Michael! ~H |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ah Michael, you do us all so proud... Sunny ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Beautiful work. I enjoyed every morsel of word. Nice to see you around again. Nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? "Thoreau" |
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Corazon Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 1209 |
voting here, this is wonderful work |
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Danny Holloway Member Elite
since 2000-01-15
Posts 2034Tulsa, OK |
There are a few poets in Passions who deserve a full chapter in a book devoted to their excellent writing. You are one of those poets, which will come as no surprise to those of us familiar with your work. Why haven't you published your own book, or have you??? ~~nice writing~~ A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives. |
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Christopher
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Hey Danny, he does! It's called "Paint by numbers" By Michael Anderson! |
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Irie Senior Member
since 1999-12-01
Posts 1493Washington State |
Hey Michael, Haven't seen you round for a while! Glad to see you back! And what a post to return with! Very well done Sir! I say this poem is a "Keepsake" it's self! You got my vote! ~Sheri |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Michael~ Your writings never cease to amaze me...excellent job with this..well done Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Denise
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Good choice, Michael! Denise |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Got my vote Michael |
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AVANTI Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 664INDIA/MAHARASHTRA/PUNE |
Michael... it's been long time.. this is a a beautiful poem... your expression of pain always gets me right there... If all was light...then I would have never learnt the dark...from which such truth evolves from which evolves the light... Avanti Rao |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
How could I not vote for something so full of meaning and threaded through with emotion? It's lovely. Kathleen |
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