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To Baby, in Atonement
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To Baby, in Atonement |
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Rex Member
since 2000-06-29
Posts 482Houston, Texas 
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Tonight your little cheek is wet With glistening baby tears, And baby heartbreaks hurt as much As ours in later years... But, oh! My sweet, tomorrow When you waken with the dawn, You'll find that sorrow's sped away And baby woes are gone! Yet I who watch above you In that alchemy of sleep, Know a deeper bit of heartache, For...'twas I who made you weep! |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Rex, that was very beautiful, and loved the flow of it too. |
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demoninlove Member
since 2000-02-11
Posts 211Dehradun |
As usual Rex - Your poetry is beautifully structured, succint and conveys what you want to say so powerfully well that the reader feels what you wanted him to feel - and that is the hallmark of great poetry. Deepak |
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lotharingia Senior Member
since 2000-06-04
Posts 897saarbruecken, Germany |
This is sweet and profound, with a lullaby ring. Beautiful! Lotharingia "For God's sake, he's a poet. Poets are meant to feel miserable. Otherwise, what the hell are they here for? What are they going to write about?" Tom Holland |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Beautiful. 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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Portia Member
since 2000-05-18
Posts 157 |
Oh, this is lovely. Sometimes it seems as though there is no greater heartache for a child than what we ourselves cause. This captured that sorrow so well. [This message has been edited by Portia (edited 07-09-2000).] |
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Hardrock Senior Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 948New Hampshire, USA |
As a father, I too have wept over my girls..knowing that it was me that caused them grief. Excellent, Rex. Truly captured a father's heart. Hardrock |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
this was so poignant. Kathleen |
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jennie may* Member
since 2000-06-17
Posts 122 |
I loved your poem...very precious. sweet imagery "We have all these galaxies inside of us. And if we don't enter those in art, then I don't understand the point in doing anything."-Sam Shepard |
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