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Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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I don’t want to study Hawthorne…I want to pen all day and night I'm avowed to hide my deep scorn…that my writings are rather light I don’t desire myself afloat…wherein no shadow cast its pale And if I were just a footnote…it would decry my life has failed I don’t want to study Hawthorne…though a brilliance of which he was My message of which I'm outworn…like Hester Prynne so often does I’m neither Anne nor a martyr… nay not of Spenser's Faerie Queene I've no morals here to barter…I’m not spectral and not obscene I’m only penning from the heart…of which I’ve made no lasting deals My new mentor would thus impart…I am but a Doane’s (sex) appeal Ribbons in my lacklusting hair…permit you to be the jury Am I but one of poet fair…or maybe just full of fury [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 06-21-2001).] |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
WAY COOL RHYME...WAY OUT WALT  very well done...and NOT easy to do either!! I'm going crazy, I'm losing sleep. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Amen, Walt. I've always believed the only true measure of poetry is how it conveys the authors feelings - his heart if you will. This is excellent, in that regard. Michael |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thanks you too high praise o yuh |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Wonderful Walt!!! And you should still study him.....he was America's first real fiction writer! |
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cruz Member
since 2000-07-18
Posts 282Dallas,Texas USA |
thisisprettydifferent! ilikethelineIdon’t desiremyselfafloat…wherein noshadowcastits pale andofcoursethefollowingcantgountalkedabout Ribbonsinmylacklustinghair…permityoutobethe juryAmIbutoneofpoetfair…ormaybejustfulloffury quitedifferent,lookatyouremailatswbellformore! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
wayout poet fair indeed... I like this walt..  Course, Hawthorne's pretty fair too...:exorcist |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
A clever piece here, presented with that brilliant style all your own~ Take care, Melissa~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Hey Walt! Love the new picture! How are things in Fart Worth anyway....he he I loved this one Walt!... "My new mentor would thus impart…I am but a Doane’s (sex) appeal" Ah Walt always a pleasure! |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Walt~ Enjoy the way your mind engages us in ponder. VERY well done, poet ... indeed. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
I really enjoyed this, Walt!!! The whole time I was reading, I kept thinking of my own 'argument' that I have internally with the advisors that say, to find 'MY voice' I need to read many others. I'm thinking, if I read many others, won't I find THEIR voices, won't I be prone to use their words, erroneously thinking they're my own. How can I be guilty of pleagirism, if I don't read others? Then the words I use will come from within my own my, NOT from my memory. But now, I'm reading many others and I'm reading different authors and enjoying it so much, so I guess I'm risking all those things of which I fear. One thing I really like to find, is authors that see things the same way I do, or express them in the same manner...it gives me more confidence. Gracious, look what your poem did! I'm not really saying much ABOUT your poem, but about what your poem has done to my thoughts. That's a good thing for a poem to do, isn't it...stir up thoughts? |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
you guys gave me a big smile. Nan thanks for diggin it up! VAS thanx for diggin the feelings it brought yuh o yuh! |
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