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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware 
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Indelible < !signature-->I sit and stare for hours when our talk ends My room a still life of the familiar When I look out the window Night has fallen. Stars faintly visible above the city lights I walk out into the night My arms aching for the reality of you. The street, that from my window Was so wondrous and charming in its view Now somber dark and dreary So totally you have changed my point of view Only you now guide my vision. You my only purpose as I walk and think You light my path; you are my way. Reflections of your face look back at me From each window that I pass You have indelibly marked me And without drink or drug, you've intoxicated me In my mind I conceive you, breathe you, need you I sense you in all these ways. And in my imagination. . . The night is beautiful again - as God made it And you have given me eyes to see The stars again dazzle And the moon shines whitely in their midst And we walk together under this huge tent Laden with sequins sparkling in the moon-ball's light And you and I alone, hand in hand Return sleepy, embracing, supremely content As only our loving can make us. Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe ~ [This message has been edited by Wilfred Yeats (edited 11-01-2000).] |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
WY~ this has such longing and feels so alone......it's beautiful.  -SEA |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
You have indelibly marked me And without drink or drug, you've intoxicated me In my mind I conceive you, breathe you, need you I sense you in all these ways. And in my imagination. . . The night is beautiful again - as God made it And you have given me eyes to see The stars again dazzle And the moon shines whitely in their midst And we walk together under this huge tent Laden with sequins sparkling in the moon-ball's light And you and I alone, hand in hand Return sleepy, embracing, supremely content As only our loving can make us. ================ oh wow..Wil this is enchanting... so beautiful in its longing and memories like a dream viewed thru mist... very well written and expressed excellent .as always later-indelible-poetry-gator jm |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
What a wonderful poem this is. I just love it. 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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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
This is so perfect, Wilfred, so loving... What a lucky person your love is!  Follow your dream! |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
This is very romantic, my compliments to your muse! "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."" Laurie Lee Kathleen |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Once again you leave me without words |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
SEA - Janet Marie - Jamie - Sunny - Kathleen Paula- Thank you so much - I've gone thru "periods" trying what I call 'styles' of poets I love - Pablo Neruda, Walter Benton, Sharon Olds and Edna St. Vincent Milley - this was written more than 2 years ago when I was trying to emulate what I thought best in Benton's work |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Very nice Wilfred....I especially liked the last verse.... makes me think about a philosophy of mine.... 'reality seldom bears the possibilities of imagination'...... I thoroughly enjoyed the read.....ethome |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
............incredible............. Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?...KRJ |
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Ron K. Fox Senior Member
since 2000-10-24
Posts 925 |
This is has just become one of my favorites of yours...a great read...beautifully worded. Tossing words like wishful coins into the deep well of an open heart. R. fox |
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spiked Senior Member
since 2000-01-13
Posts 873Hammond, La USA |
Incredible how the presence of one can affect another. You've done well To capture That longing. Rich |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
"And we walk together under this huge tent Laden with sequins sparkling in the moon-ball's light" What a beautiful image you write with these words, Bill...and a beautiful write of heart..the title is great! |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Wonderous, flowing - awesome. You aren't afraid to let us see you, your poems are rising to a new level. More, more! Corinne |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Ethome - I like your philosophy ~S~ thank you Karilea- And so do I feel about your responses ~S~ Thank you Ron- I'm flattered - it is a favorite of mine as well. Thanks Rich- The longing is that strong - Thank you Martie- I try to speak to her heart - I hope if they work for you they'll work for her Thank you Corinne - I'm me - can't be anyone else - thank you |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Wilfred~ 'And we walk together under this huge tent Laden with sequins sparkling in the moon-ball's light And you and I alone, hand in hand' Just lovely ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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