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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2001-02-26 08:55 AM

Remembering

I look at life as bits of small delight
That come mixed in with hardship and with strife
A whole array of sentiments take flight
Within the valid content of a life

But I prefer remembering the good
And learning from the dark and painful time
For sorrow carves the dangling shapes of wood
And joy is in the breeze that makes them chime

How fast the the days turn into passing years
And through the sorrow comes some fleeting bliss
But if I could recall the whole of life
It would be wrapped within a loving kiss

We’ve known dismay the day we come to rest
But love is what we still remember best

Elizabeth Santos

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

1 posted 2001-02-26 09:37 AM

..love is what we still remember best..

This is another of your poetic talent.
Thank you for sharing.
Melton

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2001-02-26 10:07 AM

Indeed....thank you for sharing this, Lady Santos...

Wilfred Yeats
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since 2000-08-04

Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware

3 posted 2001-02-26 10:43 AM

A sonnet - I'm putting at the head of all my Elizabeth Santos' sonnets - if there were an easy was - it would be my signature.

Elizabeth

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Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

4 posted 2001-02-26 11:32 AM

Amen to that.

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

5 posted 2001-02-26 11:48 AM

'But love is what we remember best'
Just a week ago, I would have read that line with much cynicism...but today, I read it with joy and agreement. Thank you.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

6 posted 2001-02-26 01:34 PM

Liz--I love the way you look at life...and the way you so easily explain it with a poem...beautiful words, my friend.

Cerenity
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since 2000-02-16

Posts 2637
Escondido-California

7 posted 2001-02-27 02:05 PM

Hi Liz,

But I prefer remembering the good
And learning from the dark and painful time
For sorrow carves the dangling shapes of wood And joy is in the breeze that makes them chime
How fast the the days turn into passing years
And through the sorrow comes some fleeting bliss But if I could recall the whole of life
It would be wrapped within a loving kiss

Your words move so,

Love, Cerenity

"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)

snowpants
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since 2000-09-16

Posts 2061
KS

8 posted 2001-02-27 07:00 PM

'But I prefer remembering the good
And learning from the dark and painful time
For sorrow carves the dangling shapes of wood
And joy is in the breeze that makes them chime'

I'm not quite sure how you do it...say what you want to say, and it still rhymes!! But, I am in awe, nonetheless! Wonderful write, Liz!

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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