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TearsOfPearls
Member

since 1999-09-23

Posts 322
Vereeniging, South-Africa

0 posted 2000-07-06 03:33 PM

It is so easy
to judge a book
and to not see
the words inside
where the stories hide
and trash it for it's look.

It is not so easy
to pick a book
that will set you free,
to read the words inside,
leave yourself behind
and be totally hooked.

It is not so easy
to be a good book,
to be the story
with the words inside
which no one can find,
to be trashed for your look.

Waves...amazing hey? Wind blowing over smoothe ocean water creates shear. The longer the wind blows, and the futher the fetch, the more energy gets transferred from the wind to the water. What started off as a breeze 1 000km away, ends up as a glass-faced barrel at some far off beach.

Kit McCallum

Administrator

Member Laureate

since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

1 posted 2000-07-06 08:03 PM

Wow! Excellent writing TearsofPearls! That was a thinker it was .. very thought provoking indeed. I can see you're a lovely book from cover to cover! Wonderful poem!

Best wishes,
/Kit

BabyGirl1
Member

since 2000-07-02

Posts 91
Morris, IL

2 posted 2000-07-06 09:46 PM

This was a wonderful poem. So much meaning and truth inside.

Jeremy Halstead
Senior Member

since 2000-06-01

Posts 569
Morris, Ill. U.S.A

3 posted 2000-07-07 05:56 AM

Excellent theme...the comparison and analogy you used were very creative. keep it rollin'

Jeremy

"Time is the matter, and in a matter of that all wounds will heal and all scars shall fade."

TAP2
Member

since 2000-06-29

Posts 211
Morris, Il USA

4 posted 2000-07-07 10:56 AM

Great analogy! We are so quick to judge, blind to what we could see if only we would open our eyes. Moving piece.

Thomas

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

5 posted 2000-07-07 11:52 AM

I look at it this way, if I were the book, it's his/her loss, specially if I know I have something to offer. One of these days someone would read. It will come. Patience is a virtue

Chel
Senior Member

since 2000-07-01

Posts 511
Baltimore, MD, USA

6 posted 2000-07-07 08:13 PM

Hey there, I loved the poem. I think that if you judge a book by its cover, then you won't get anywhere in life. Well keep up the good work.

Chel

"True friends stab you in the front"
"Always do your best, you will always succeed"

Wicced_Witch
Member

since 2000-02-06

Posts 110
Clarksville, TN, USA

7 posted 2000-07-08 02:43 PM

I loved the poem. It has a great moral to it. Maybe someday people will learn not to judge by looks alone. Keep up the good work.

Stephanie

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

8 posted 2007-12-01 10:44 PM

Enjoyed

ARCTIC WIND

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