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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
Posts 814 |
On the river, in standing sleep, I count the years away in deep reveries of things I would not keep to see them home again to stay. Returned, as if dried by the sun and driven by the burning light, would cloud and rain where they'd begun, transformed in the chemistry of the night. In the pool I see the sky, miles beneath the earth and deep, and count the clouds there passing by to keep my thoughts from sleep. And on the wind I hear the chime of someone laughing in the green and laugh along to pass the time as rings return what I have seen. And on the road I see the line stretch on, as it might go around all things I know in sight and time and space and life and sound, return again and say my name: Hello you are a traveler from the past going as the ring will go around around and home again at last. On ocean waves I feel the roar of voices shouting, drowned, and mute, who leave their flotsam on the shore, a remnant of the once pollute. And in my child I see the face of what I was and wished to be, and wonder how to find the grace to tell her of the sea. River, Ocean, Wind and Sky, carry me away on the flow of all my wanderings from a future that stands in sleep and a past that swallows up the day. I was the man who loved the sea and blue sky and green living things and lived my life as in a dream, and never saw the rings. copyright 2000 |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Welcome to Passions! This is a grand first post that all will enjoy...well done! Check your e-mail for a special greeting! 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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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Enjoyed muchly. Nicely penned. |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
 WELCOME! I really enjoyed this poem..... I hope to read more from you -SEA |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
mirror man, Welcome to the joint! You are off to a super start. I like this a lot. Great subject matter and well done. Hope to see more. Krawdad /:^)== =#== |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
This has such a soothing, gentle, carressing rhythm to it. I really loved reading it. Wonderful imagery, too. |
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Beckalini Member
since 2001-01-02
Posts 151Yorkshire, England |
Wow mirror man! What an entrance!? I really loved this, and I'm waiting with baited breath for your next post ~Becky~ |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
A rightly entree, indeed - this is a wonderful poem - and by the looks of it, you'll find a comfy home here at Passions - Welcome - I look forward to reading much more of your work...  |
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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
Posts 814 |
Thank you all. I'm not sure what to say right now. I wrote this back in the Spring, last year. But since you like it, I will post my other work from that time also. And yes, I think I will like it here too. |
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Kahlil Senior Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881 |
I looked this up just out of curiosity. I am speechless and in tears... |
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Kahlil Senior Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881 |
...tears turn to sobs.... |
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Kahlil Senior Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881 |
keeping |
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