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Tim
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since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 2001-06-30 04:00 PM

They say that up in heaven,
...streets are paved with gold,
Grand mansions float on silver clouds,
...at least so, I've been told.

I disagree, I'll tell you why,
...although I've never been,
I even doubt, that when I die,
...that God will let me in.

I've done some ruminating,
...what's past those pearly gates,
What splendored realm in heaven's high,
...for mortal man awaits.

If heaven is nirvana,
...our home forevermore,
What use is there for golden streets,
...for silver clouds galore?

I'd sooner walk on spring's first grass,
...beside a prairie stream,
Lie beneath oak's canopy,
...protected from sun's beam.

A gentle breeze of summer,
...to whisper in my ear,
Amongst the feral creatures,
...'mid nature's green revere.

Now that I think, I must confess,
...to heaven I oft go,
Upon the plains of Kansas,
...in heaven's preview show.

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-06-30 04:22 PM

Well Sir, you know I cannot very well disagree with this!

it's been awhile since we've seen you...welcome home!

I skipped through this all the way!

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2001-06-30 05:06 PM

Tim~
So to see you !

This piece just moves the needle right off the meter !

Wonderfully done.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2001-06-30 06:05 PM

Tim--Hi, my friend...so good to read you again...the plains or Kansas or the meadows of California...both heaven for sure!

Honeybee
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

4 posted 2001-06-30 07:11 PM

What a beautiful testiment of dedication to your state! Into my library this goes

Take care,
Melissa~

Titia Geertman
Member Ascendant

since 2001-05-07

Posts 5182
Netherlands

5 posted 2001-06-30 09:54 PM

Must be a wonderful place, the plains of Kansas

Matches your poem I guess.

Titia

A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess...
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Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

6 posted 2001-07-01 08:47 AM

Nice to see ya, Tim...

Your final resting Chambers shall no doubt be heavenly, m'friend...

Aimster
Member Elite

since 2000-02-19

Posts 4297
Charlotte, NC

7 posted 2001-07-01 09:18 AM

Tim,

nice to see ya and wonderful poem
you've penned here. great imagery!
some really fantastic lines in this
one. take care.

amy

"but i see your true colors,
shining through...
i see your true colors
and that's why i love you"
~phil collins~

vlraynes
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since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

8 posted 2001-07-02 03:02 AM

Tim-
   this is awesome!
   very beautifully penned...

   hugs,
   ~vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

9 posted 2001-07-02 04:08 AM

This is wonderful--and I couldn't agree more! Loved the flow to this too. Enjoyed much!

brian madden
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

10 posted 2001-07-03 03:17 PM

Tim, as the others said spot on, for me heaevn is the green pastures that surround my house, but with a clear blue sky which we don't get very often. Really enjoyed this poem.

"Like Sand underneath the snow, I make you mine." Kristin Hersh

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