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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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White Paper A clean white piece of paper is a writer’s empty stage Enticing winsome verses to be scrolled upon the page A pen and ink wait patiently in fingertips to write Sweet phrases strung in black across a snowy field of white The first touch of the pen to page is like a child’s birth The thoughts concieved in mind’s abyss appear upon the earth Then words beget more written words, which turn intrisically To lyrics of the songs of life in lovely poetry Just as the sparrows gather gently on a snowy bed Alighting on the powered crest where seeds of food are spread So patterns of the ink are layed in silky lines of art Black letters strung on paper’s white fed by a poet’s heart How beautiful the story told in verse of rhythmic rhyme As words unlock the mysteries inside a poet’s mind And when the poem is finished, his eyes find sheer delight In picking up another empty page of snowy white Elizabeth Santos [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 02-23-2001).] |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Yes, Elizabeth, they have the power to kill and give life....this is a treasure of a poem "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey." Laurie Lee |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Elizabeth - You're amazing - You can even write a wonderful poem about writing a poem...  ... NEAT!!!... |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
this is beautiful...now if only my writing were this peaceful and serene...mine is fraught with crumpled documents...tossed over and over into the recycle bin......really nice work Liz |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Elizabeth: That white paper is fortunate to be available for your talented pen... your performances on that stage are without equal. This is beautiful! |
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Voiceless Senior Member
since 2001-02-19
Posts 686Under the stars upon the wind |
I love it.. Maybe this might help us figure out why we do write i know it made me think.. ~*Peachy Be*~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
I don't know how such a lovely work of art like this slipped so far down the list. However, I'm just bumping you up there where you belong. This is absolutely delightful Elizabeth! It just gave me the urge to sit right down and write something...I loved your genteel words of kindness for the love of creating word images that exists in all potes and writers.....wonderful my dear lady just wonderful!! take care ethome The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges. |
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snowpants Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061KS |
'How beautiful the story told in verse of rhythmic rhyme As words unlock the mysteries inside a poet’s mind And when the poem is finished, his eyes find sheer delight In picking up another empty page of snowy white' Yes, I echo Nan! I was just thinking about the same thing...however, I could never do it justice as you have so eloquently here, Liz! You are outstanding! sp  everytime I close my eyes, I see your face, I taste you on my lips... every night I fantasize that I can feel you on my fingertips... |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
again, another lovely sentiment ~Wynter "The worst prison would be a closed heart". ...Pope John Paul II |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
There's no feeling quite like that of creating a poem, is there, Elizabeth?! This is fantastic!! I love it!! p.s. when you are saving the pictures that you scan, save them as .jpg or jpeg, whichever your scanner software says. There should be a drop down box that gives you 'type' choices. That is the type that they have to be to email them. Then, of course, give it whatever file name you like and send them to ME...hehehe |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, To me this is an epopee No finer could there be. Sy |
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