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Just Words (my 1000th post)
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Just Words (my 1000th post) |
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Auguste 
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea 
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Just Words by Michael They're only words I sometimes write. You give them value that I don't. They're simple words borne out of want. that bare my heart to give it light. They will outlive the flesh of me, in some dark attic in the dust. For therapy, in these I trust, so I will have no need to flee. In words I clothe myself, it seems, to hide the often naked truth, to heal the wounds from out my youth, to piece back all the shattered dreams. They are just words, no wordsmith, I. I write of things I'd like to see and often write from memory. I know I will until I die. These words are but a tiny part of what it takes to make the whole. The bath I use to cleanse the soul. My medicine to aid the heart. They're only just a part of me. There's so much more you'll never know. I'll take that with me when I go, like waves drawn back into the sea. The stars will shine when I am gone. The earth will turn on as before. The gulls still race along the shore. The morning star still kiss the dawn. You read and yet know not the man. The author of so many lines. The heart that beat within your times. The calloused feet that walked the sand. But I am so like everyone and all you see are so like me. We cork our contents, lest they flee, until our lives are spent and done. Proust- |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
well maybe i'd like to get to know you. i'd like to get to know you if i could yuh yuh. Happy 1000!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Michael, FABULOUS.......... Congratulations........and your heart always shows through.......*s* On the wings of words our spirits fly....and our souls are free. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Congratulations, Auguste! Keep writing to our hearts, and keep expanding our minds... a thousand thousand more times... |
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Mabel A. Dilley Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 859Seattle, WA, USA |
 Happy 1000th!! You may be an ordinary man and a poet; however, I enjoy the extraordinary sensitivity and common sense. So you will have to convince me that you are just "average" some other day. "I am not now that which I have been." |
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latin passion Senior Member
since 2001-04-26
Posts 576 |
I'm sure there are some that would love the opportunity to try. |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Congratulations, Michael!!! Thank you for the gift of your poetry and all your sweet replies....and especially, for friendship! Hugs! |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
So right you are, but the part you share is enough to keep me coming back here. There's so much more you'll never know." |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Very nice. I particularly your different rhyme scheme. abba. Joyce |
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elizabeth anne Member
since 2001-03-29
Posts 83 |
Michael, Congrats on your one thousandth post and I'm happy to say that I personally know that precious heart that beat within our times. You're a wonderful man, friend and poet.  Elizabeth Anne |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
Congs on your 1000th post I've been reading your poetry since you cam here at the passions enjoy as always |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
It's more than the words Michael. . . it's the poet behind the words. . . and that's what makes them different. . . Well done my friend. . . and congratulations. . . -------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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walker Member Elite
since 2001-02-11
Posts 2240Florida |
Congrat on your 1000th post! Thanks for all your wonderful words. |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
1,000 poems of just word! I think not an ordinary happening as they were YOUR words, and those are some of the finest from one of the purest souls I have met for a very long time. Here is to many thousands more, as they are golden treasures each and every one, filled with wisdom and love. Congratulation Auguste! Please visit me at my new homepage: |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
"These words are but a tiny part of what it takes to make the whole. The bath I use to cleanse the soul. My medicine to aid the heart. " This is such a beautiful poem for all writers Michael ... wonderful depth within these lines, and the cadence and rhyme scheme is superb! Excellent writing! Congratulations on 1,000 posts ... it's been a pleasure reading your poetry and responses. Onward to 2,000! Best wishes, /Kit |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Congratulations! On with the next thousand! Kathleen Blake |
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Greeneyes
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
CONGRATS here's to 1000
Greeneyes~ *** Nothing Beautiful In This World |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
You have said it so much better than I. |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Everyone, I can't tell you enough how much I appreciate your wonderful words of support. I couldn't ask for a better group of friends and fellow writers. I sincerely thank you all. You're the best. Michael Proust- |
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