An old Poem from Rod McKuen, here for anyone who has never read his work.

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catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

0 posted 2000-08-06 12:33 PM

I am Being Led Through Life

I love with such a passion now
that death is iminent
for what I love is easily
so true to me
that God would hardly
let me know the pleasure of it
even one more day.
No man could have such happiness
and still be left to walk this god green earth.

I so dedicate what life I have
to you I love
and pray you spend it generously
on what you love and what you'll come to love.

Fields of wonder
are the places God goes walking.
I found them by mistake, and I've trespassed.

A mystic I am not,
and yet I meditate again
amid the London morning
hoping that my thoughts
go back to California.
I cannot cable love
nor would I
You must assume
you must believe
that seven thousand miles
and more than seven hours' reach away
I am reaching out just now.

To the far fields I have gone
down along the sea
above the hills and back again
thinking I was running
new ground all the time-
learning only now
that all those wondrous fields
are meadows that a new lifetime
would not last long enough
to take me through.

Never mind.

I've will enough to make
as many journeys as I can
in the name of love and longing,
and years to pay for time I've wasted.

I am not sure
what waits beyond the block
but I'll travel down the street
to have a look
if need be.

Amen to what I knew before
I thought that I was living
No doors have opened up for me
and no new windows on the world
only life itself.

I am being led through life
willingly and wide awake.
Your tongue has given birth to me
as surely as my mother thought she did.
Rod Mckuen 1970

No replies needed unless you want to, I just thought I would share with anyone who has never read this incredible mans' works.
Cat...

Deborah1
Senior Member

since 2000-06-22

Posts 653
New Hampshire

1 posted 2000-08-06 12:50 PM

Can anyone say it better??? This is an example of a superb artist at his best. Thanks for sharing, I can appreciate the work, and loved the poem!!

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose...--Hada Bejar

Deborah1
Senior Member

since 2000-06-22

Posts 653
New Hampshire

2 posted 2000-08-06 12:51 PM

Can anyone say it better??? This is an example of a superb writer at his best. Thanks for sharing, I can appreciate the work, and loved the poem!!

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose...--Hada Bejar

kynder
Senior Member

since 2000-04-11

Posts 537
Tallahassee, Florida

3 posted 2000-08-25 01:01 PM

hey moonbeam, where can i find more of his work at? email me at [email protected] i am back it would seem!! i couldn't read for a while, know what i mean? love ya thank you for opening my eyes to this mans work.

kynder

Christopher

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration

4 posted 2000-08-25 03:59 PM

Hello catalinamoon,

I'm going to go ahead and lock this thread. If you'll look on the main page of any of the forums, you'll see an announcement titled "Whose poem is it?"

In that, Ron states that for several reasons, we can't post work by people other than ourselves.

Thanks,

Christopher

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