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Crossroads of Humanity
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Crossroads of Humanity |
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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
Alone she lives, yet not alone In the middle of nowhere she makes her home Possessed of all traits of beauty uncommon It takes a stranger’s eyes to find them Someone who fills the cup complete That, is always no small feat She lives to shout out from the roof The time is near, she is given proof All she has to do to take to the wind Is summon all there is of strength within And listen to the forces and powers that be Reclaiming all that was lost of her humanity |
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Panne415 Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 104San Antonio |
PK, very interesting - I enjoyed reading this but got stuck a few times on the beat or meter. I thought of a butterfly's life when I read this the 3rd time until the last line. Panne |
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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
I know Panne...i was trying something different, a little personal perhaps, and trying not to worry(obviously *L*) about meter and flow. Thanks. |
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Just A Woman Senior Member
since 2001-03-10
Posts 507 |
To fly free.......the depths of this are beautiful. I do believe you've a talent for seeing within people, and painting them beautifully, from the inside out, with words. I applaud! You've definitely the eyes of a poet.  Your Twin. "Often the test of courage is not to die but to live" |
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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
Painting them from the inside out...gross. *L* just kidding, thank you, seriously. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
No, I have to agree, you have a remarkable insight of looking into someone, reading their soul carefully without their ever knowing you have even watched them, and then withdrawing quietly, just so you can return with a gift to open their eyes. Well done Sir. Reminds me of the song "Turn Around [Look at Me]" |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
did ya ever notice that the words depth and insight and intense and POET keep coming up around you? *S*  Listen to them PK....once again I say.... I just love when my fellow poets prove me right *L* Possessed of all traits of beauty uncommon It takes a stranger’s eyes to find them ==================== All she has to do to take to the wind Is summon all there is of strength within And listen to the forces and powers that be Reclaiming all that was lost of her humanity ==================== whats that old saying about the eyes of a stranger... or the kindness of strangers *S* very very cool write "poet of eyes that see on thru." you write em ... I collect em *L* (no poet collector jokes either) oh you speak to me in riddles |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Sounds like me...7 years ago.....learning how to fly, all over again..... ( loved this ) SEA |
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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
Oh yeah, SEA? Thanks, tell me about it sometime. |
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SEA
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
hey PK, I posted a poem to tell you about it...... SEA |
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Mabel A. Dilley Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 859Seattle, WA, USA |
Insight sweetly memorized. Excellent. "I am not now that which I have been." |
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