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A Gift: The Poet's Heart
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A Gift: The Poet's Heart |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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The poet’s pen is always full Even when it is dry When nothing’s said No words in head There's still a weeping eye The weeping eye is wonder filled With prosperity Born sad, it flows May find repose Seek sincerity A well of ink, the sincere heart It is a work of art The poet’s pen Will write again Long after poem starts The poet’s hand, always working In all the hearts of those That which he shares Or that she dares To clip one single rose The poet’s gift, a rose of heart Bids for hopeful pardon The ink of thorns Sometimes it scorns Still from finest garden The finest rose, a quandary posed The weeping eye still sees The thorns, the death The shallow breath Who'll write of its beauty The pen of poet draws from well Of what it will behold Please share with me What all you see Your heart will thus unfold The poet’s tears shall ever shed None shall e'er be wasted The garden’s pruned The blossoms bloomed No bitter drops be tasted [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 12-04-2000).] |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
This is absolutely beautiful Walt...  ~Victoria~ A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valery (1871-1945) |
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Startime Member Ascendant
since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918Canada |
*sigh* how very well you have put this. The heart of the poet is rare and beautiful. You have done a wonderful job telling about the wonderful hearts of poets. Much love to you from me. Thank you so much for the read. Love I leave with you my friend whether it be in your life or of yet the essense of your dreams. http://path2riches.com |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
The beauty never ceases to flow from your pen Walt...this is amazing writing~ The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched ---- they must be felt with the heart~ *??* |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thank you all so very much |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Beautiful...may your pen never cease to flow |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I am not even reading the other responses at this time because I want these words to come from my heart with no other input: This is a true gift you have given, Walt...the attempt to understand the heart of the poet and to share it with the world. I thank you for it, and I am placing it in my library...not under lock and key, but with the hope that this will inspire me any time I ever need a nudge... for it is a true gift of love you've given...from the heart of one poet...to all...thank you... Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?... I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound. KRJ |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
WoW, This is exceptional and reflects a truly extraordinary man. write on Kethry Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant - Thoreau |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
ruth tiz always a pleasure to hear from you sunshine thanky big smiles kethry i hope you can see yourself in this too |
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Saxoness
since 1999-07-18
Posts 1102Texas |
This is beautiful Walt, you write so well no matter what the subject. I love the rose imagery. "Glory remains unaware of my neglected dwelling where alone I sing my tearful song which has charms only for me." |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
Walt my dear, you done it again my friend except this one you've wrote I wish to place in frame and put it in my den where I sit at nite and read the treasured words our PoetFriends write... This is an exceptional write I gotta tell ya one to treasure forevermore... Hug2U4 sharing your gift with all of us... COCO |
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Tony Abbot Member
since 2000-11-18
Posts 209North Wales,UK |
Great piece here ,Walt,really enjoyed it. 'Humankind cannot bear too much reality' T.S.Eliot |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thank you saxoness Coco woohoo!!! Tony oh yuh thanks! |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Oh Walty this is beautiful my friend, I love the beauty that your heart holds ya know Thank you for sharing this and I too will put it into my library for future reading. the first stanza really touched me for the truth which lies in it...... The poet’s pen is always full Even when it is dry When nothing’s said No words in head There's still a weeping eye Thank you Walty *hugs* Maree "If my words could blanket the skies and fill every corner and crevice of this earth, still this won't be enough" "Maree Russo" |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
hehe silly me forgot to check you into my library < !signature-->"If my words could blanket the skies and fill every corner and crevice of this earth, still this won't be enough" "Maree Russo" [This message has been edited by Dark Angel (edited 12-04-2000).] |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Wonderful...really well done Walt. I see you have used inversion ~grin~ and it suits the style nicely I think. Good job fella! K |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Walt~ this is absolutely beautiful! - SEA |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Walt, Wonderful writing. A poet's heart is special indeed. LW Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
Walt this is so special and I can really relate to your words! I love it and I would like to put it in my library too, except I don't how to put poets in my library! At any rate I will copy this one and save it to read again! Thanks for sharing. |
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dragonpoe Senior Member
since 2000-11-12
Posts 608Palm Bay, Florida |
Great poem. With the word, I am mighty, with the pen I am free.. dragonpoe |
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Poeminister Senior Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 1862Regina SK; Canada |
Excellent write...enjoyed it muchly. Poeminister "...no single sound too rude upon thy slumber shall intrude, Our thoughts, our souls- O God above! In every deed shall mingle, love." -Poe |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Very lovely thoughts, Walt! Very nice! Denise |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thank you all...big smiles |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Walt~ 'A Gift', indeed ! 'The pen of poet draws from well Of what it will behold Please share with me What all you see Your heart will thus unfold' Thank you for being a poet ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
In the past you have made me laugh amd made me cry...this time you just took my breath away |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thank you marge for being a kind reader and fine poet as well paula hehehe thanky |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
@}}--}--~ a gift to you and your words..very beautiful indeed... ~Wynter "The worst prison would be a closed heart". ...Pope John Paul II |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thanky Wynter hehe sweet |
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cruz Member
since 2000-07-18
Posts 282Dallas,Texas USA |
I guess, for, silence can be deadly. With you, this is hardly the case. It seems that your silence is actually feeling. It's just not felt until your ink touches your paper or your fingers touch your keypad. Sometimes I don't get a lot of the poetry that's out there. However, it does make me feel. That's what this poem did. The thoughts are in my journal. Sorry, they can't be expressed. Thanks, bluescruz |
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Temptress
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Walt, This was amazing. Thanks for the hug!  |
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Rosebud1229 Senior Member
since 2000-04-05
Posts 1813North Carolina |
so beautiful, sometimes the poets pen does run dry, but never does the inner magic stop, thank you for reminding us that there is still beauty on the inside that remains to be seen though sometimes hidden by the thorns. |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
walt- absolutely beautiful... thanks for sharing the gift of your words with us.. hugs, ~vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, you have not truely met the poet." -vlraynes |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
cruz my good pal thanx tempty good to see you thank you rosebud o yuh it's true vicky thank you yuh! |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
Well said.....oh no...better than that, love this wonderful penned piece. Charisma |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
where ya been? .... oops nearly missed this.. hated the rose imagery ......heh heh  ...LOVED the poem .....good job my friend P |
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rosepetals25
since 2000-05-31
Posts 3076PA |
Walt, Oh this is simply beautiful! Just wonderful. I don't know what to say other than that. Did I mention I loved it? ~~Tara aka rp25 :o) |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
the response to this has been just fantismal fantastico yuh yuh |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Walt, this is one of your finest! Excellent!  |
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fractal007 Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 1958 |
Walt: This is beautiful. Now this is a cool style! I like the metaphores you've used, especially with the pen. |
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fractal007 Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 1958 |
Walt: This is beautiful. Now this is a cool style! I like the metaphores you've used, especially with the pen. |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Hey Walt, I hope I'm not to late to say how much I enjoyed this poem! |
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Daniel J D Senior Member
since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia |
Wayoutwalt, I have said it all along you are on of the finest. Superb. Respond to my call and let the waves of my heart fill your life with the wonders of love (Daniel J D) |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thank you all woohoo makes me wanna write again yuh |
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raleighbttrfly Member
since 2000-11-21
Posts 160Raleigh NC |
Walt you seem to have quit a fan club and I can see why. This one is every bit as good as they say it is. Can't wate for more!  Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts. |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
You really outdid yourself with this one, it is very meaningful, very deep, it needs to be read again and again., loved this one. What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life. Walt Whitman |
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