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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2000-06-19 03:45 PM


Dear poet, please write me a verse about love
I’ll write of the soft cooing song of a dove
Of warmth and desires of heart’s greatest quest
Of pleasures and joys as life offer’s its best

Please write about sorrow, if you wouldn’t mind
Sorrow is easier yet to define
For it cuts to the innermost fiber and core
And it lingers inside of you there evermore

Can you write about justice, and honor and grace
To me they’re inscribed onto every man’s face
Though they’re not seen by others who haven’t much shame
They are written across every brow just the same

Dear poet, please write me of joy and of bliss
Joy is elusive and easy to miss  
It’s the phantom that creeps into laughter and song
And often not recognized there all along

Will you write me a verse about pain, if you dare
Pain is brought on by a heart unprepared
It will strengthen the spirit and nourish the mind
And turn back into happiness in its due time

Write me a poem about minutes and time
Life is to minutes, as voice is to mime
An artificial device that we somehow embrace
But the day true begins when the sun hits your face

Tell me, dear poet, please write about fear
I raised my eyes slowly and shedding a tear
Said, no words could I imagine, no thought I believe
Can capture the horror that fear can conceive

So I laid down my pen and put paper in fold
And thanked God today I’ve no fear in my soul

Elizabeth Santos  


[This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 06-19-2000).]

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Janet Marie
Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

1 posted 2000-06-19 04:01 PM


YES YES YES

there could NOT be a book
without this amazingly perfect poem...
it is THE poets creed...
Im so glad you submitted it
jm

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
2 posted 2000-06-19 04:13 PM


Very well, you made an excellent choice and a very wise decision, Liz...

But you have not yet placed this for submission, I see, for I can't vote yet...

please do so...


regards, sudhir...

X Angel
Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521
Oregon
3 posted 2000-06-19 06:56 PM


I love this....nuff said!

~Heather

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

4 posted 2000-06-19 08:48 PM


saw you fixed the post for submission
so IM BACCCCCKKKK  
jm

SEA
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Posts 22676
with you
5 posted 2000-06-19 10:16 PM


YES!! I wanted to vote for this!! So now I am.   -SEA

Live,Love,Laugh :) ~SueB


netswan
Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369
Washington
6 posted 2000-06-20 04:42 AM


Elizabeth this is lovely -- With all the
beautiful poems you write, this had to
be a hard choice for the selection of
the book -- Great choice!

~netswan (of course, I would have said that
about any of your poems -)

Angel
Senior Member
since 1999-07-02
Posts 551
Pennsylvania
7 posted 2000-06-20 10:25 AM


I loved this, it would be an awesome addition to the book  !

~Susie


"If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility."
~Henry W

Munda
Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands
8 posted 2000-06-20 10:30 AM


Beautiful Elizabeth !
Not A Poet
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since 1999-11-03
Posts 3885
Oklahoma, USA
9 posted 2000-06-20 11:20 AM


Lovely, just absolutely lovely.

Pete


[This message has been edited by Not A Poet (edited 06-20-2000).]

Corazon
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 1209

10 posted 2000-06-20 11:48 AM


yep, perfect is the description for this one, voting here!
deleeme
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since 1999-10-09
Posts 1766
NEW ENGLAND, USA
11 posted 2000-06-20 08:49 PM


Dear Liz,
I think if they should ever decide to select one poet and make a book, of all the poets on this wonderful menagerie of talent, I would strongly vote for you.  You are so talented, so versitale I have the utmost regard for you and believe that you give us quality every time out-making you, in my estimation to be the perfect poet- to express the poets heart & genius.
  You are a true & rare blessing!
              David

Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648

12 posted 2000-06-20 10:49 PM


Yep! You are amazing!  

Denise

Yu Lan
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since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462
New Zealand
13 posted 2000-06-21 12:10 PM


nice.. ^^ I think i like your "Secret Letter" poem better, but I still like this one! Well done again Liz

Lynne

"He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened." Lao-tsu


Jeffrey Carter
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Posts 2367
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14 posted 2000-06-21 01:14 AM


great choice Liz

All my love,
Jeffrey

I lie awake in a world filled with dreams,
but dreams can be so real when you don't know you're asleep



bsquirrel
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15 posted 2000-06-21 01:41 AM


This is a profanity free zone, so let me just say: HOLY STUFF! Wow... I'm glad I read this.

Mike

Elyse
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since 2000-04-16
Posts 414
Apex (think raleigh) NC
16 posted 2000-06-21 09:26 PM


lovely lovely lovely!  

luv Elyse

Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA
17 posted 2000-06-21 09:29 PM


ABSOLUTELY!
WhtDove
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since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245
Illinois
18 posted 2000-06-21 10:23 PM


Liz, I don't think there is a thing you write that hasn't touched me. You are one hell of a poet!
Colin
Senior Member
since 1999-06-05
Posts 596
Callington, Cornwall, England
19 posted 2000-06-22 07:40 AM


If only I had the time  

Eric.

"We are the music makers and we are the makers of dreams." - Willy Wonka.

ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA
20 posted 2000-06-22 08:18 AM


oh, Liz, you out do yourself every time! This is exquisite! Love, Ellie

Summers haunting melody
that awakens
the butterflies,
calling them to join
the dance
in their silent song
of praise to God.

ellie LeJeune


doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812
Virginia
21 posted 2000-07-04 11:47 AM


Liz, this is exquisite!
Absolutely lovely.... looking forward to seeing it in print.

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