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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

0 posted 2000-11-20 08:44 PM

Sage muse reposed on mountain high,
...surveyed the world below,
With glorified enlightenment,
...his wisdom would bestow,
Philosophes would scale the heights,
...to seek the truths of man,
Muse in didactic diatrabe
...regaled truths with elan.
One day a lowly mendicant,
...traversed the muse's peak,
Searching out the learned man,
...with whom he hoped to speak,
The beggar reached the mountaintop,
...and questioned of the muse,
If one were granted single wish,
...what should a person choose?
The muse replied, a simple choice,
...'Tis knowledge must elect,
For wisdom is the key to life,
...'Tis what I would select,
As beggar walked down mountainside,
...he turned and looked above,
I guess I'm just not erudite,
...For I'd have chosen love.

I vote love...

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 2000-11-20 08:50 PM

Beautiful, Mike! One of my all time favorites!!

Denise

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2000-11-20 09:30 PM

Mike--A truly wise man would choose love...and I love this poem!!!

Butterflies_dont_cry
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since 2000-03-06

Posts 3733
Michigan

3 posted 2000-11-20 10:56 PM

Mike* Your writing pulls me in to it's weave
and surrounds me until I reach the end and
then it's like a gust of wind...taking my
breath away...this was beautiful and so full
of the spark that lights the poet's
heart...absolute perfection Mike~

You cannot dance in the sun until you have cried in the rain~

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

4 posted 2000-11-21 08:21 AM

The sage just didn't have all the answers did he? Well this is a wonderful tale of life ans the lessons therein and it just keeps reminding me why I love to keep coming back to Passions and read the thoughts of fellow poets. The works of poetic art are prolific here and always there is some wonderful real events and imagined magic to be read....... .....great job!! ethome

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

5 posted 2000-11-22 02:46 PM

Mike-
  wow...this is excellent!
  pulled me in and held me all
  the way through...
  much truth within these words.
  much enjoyed.

  -vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes

Paula Finn
Member Ascendant

since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

6 posted 2000-11-22 02:54 PM

OH Mike..I am with you...my vote would be for love...this is a deep question...but the answer just seems so very obvious...knowledge is easily gained every day...love is an elusive dream...hard to find harder to hold...still I vote for love

BloomingRose
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since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

7 posted 2000-11-22 03:06 PM

Yes! Choose to love!
Beautifully written!
Deb

Munda
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since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

8 posted 2000-11-22 05:16 PM

Mike this is absolutely beautiful...leaving with a smile upon my face ...

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