Sorry for what's just a "touch and go".....

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RMW
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since 2001-03-21

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0 posted 2001-06-13 05:35 PM

...pilot jargon for practicing landings.

Judah and Esther

He had not known women;
This prince of Hur; though heir to commerce
That encompassed fleets trading fine perfumes
To the voluptuous daughters of Rome,
Never before
Had scent enchained him.
Nor had he drowned in the depths of eyes
As black as almonds, naked in the sun
When exchanged from his family's ships
Plying water but recently smoothed
By the thighs and calves of maidens
Bathing in the Nile.
Now, as he stood with another
In the rooftop garden of his Jerusalem residence,
He felt the transition
From ruler to slave.

RMW

Sunshine

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1 posted 2001-06-13 05:38 PM

You may "touch and go" if you must, as long as you leave treasures in the dust....

Cpat Hair

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2 posted 2001-06-13 05:40 PM

Your usual wonderful style and message...

ALWAYS a pleasure RLW...

ethome
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3 posted 2001-06-13 05:48 PM

Touching like a slave and going as a rich man....hummm lots of food for thought here!

You write some very evocative work........I must leave you to your Bible now as I have to go to confession....I think....or maybe I'll stop at O'malley's Pub

Thanks for the satire!

The role of poetry is to utter the un-utterable; to open up
spaces of consciousness and resistance; to language oppressions; to
re-language historie

Martie

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4 posted 2001-06-13 06:08 PM

Bob--Keep on touching us with your poetry, please...again your words amaze me.

VAS
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5 posted 2001-06-13 06:11 PM

fascinating, RMW, truly

I read it twice to be sure

now, I have want to send it to my Bible preaching poetry-loving pastor

Secret Whisper
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since 2001-01-25

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Through the Looking Glass

6 posted 2001-06-13 07:05 PM

Wow... lovely biblical interpretation.

"We also know how cruel the truth often is, and we wonder whether delusion is not more consoling."- Henri Poincare (1854-1912)

Interloper

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Deep in the heart

7 posted 2001-06-14 12:57 PM

Bob, you outdo (iz that a wurd?) yourself with every effort.
I like it especially because Judah Ben Hur is one of my favorites

Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

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8 posted 2001-06-14 03:49 PM

A wonderful historical insight, Bob. Especially liked the way you tied it up at the end:

He felt the transition
From ruler to slave.

Fabulous lines.

I hope "touch and go" doesn't mean you're suddenly gone again!

Cor

JLR
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9 posted 2001-06-14 04:30 PM

Vivid...from ruler to slave. What a line!

Tiersdin
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10 posted 2001-06-15 12:04 PM

Loved this, Robere, nice to see you posting when you can!

*hugs*

~Tier

Sunshine

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11 posted 2001-06-15 07:41 PM

touch....................*poof*

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