»
Archives
»
Open Poetry #14
»
The Story of Poet Old
| Open Poetry #14 |
|
The Story of Poet Old |
|
|
wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
|
A story, here, of Poet Old Who hung a heavy heart And though the tale was then untold We’ll find a place to start Upon a house, upon a street Without a picket fence There lay a boy so incomplete That all would turn and wince He knew of love and dreamt of kiss A taste of which he longed But more did he remember this Then he could put to song He could not play the lover’s wind Though strummed the strings were he He might have been undisciplined To know what love should be To him, true love was many things But not to be defined And then a stir of heart would bring A need to fill the mind On the floor, in somber kneeling Whispers oh so eloquent Waxing all of what he’s feeling For he's sure its heaven sent He keeps the candle burning low He is the poet’s mold Formed from wax born in the flow So quick the wick is old He dies alone wrapped in his words Buried within the tongue He shouts them now although unheard Why not when he was young? “I love you life! I love you world!” He decays within the ground Where once expressions softly hurled Now poet’s peace is found A boy, to man, to death, is told In not so many lines For now the folly I’ve seen unfold And I wish to here resign! [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 07-01-2001).] |
||
| © Copyright 2001 Walt Burns - All Rights Reserved | |||
|
Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Walt--you are one of a kine...do not resign. Loved this poets tale. |
||
|
serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Oh Walt...this breaks my heart with its beauty. You can't resign yourself from life. Life finds you and wakes you up again, RUDELY. (OH...LISTEN TO ME, willya?  )I love this. But the only resignation is the fact that you MUST write. HUGS. |
||
|
azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert |
RESIGNATION REFUSED!! Hee Hee...loved this, missed you my friend! Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
||
|
Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
NO Quitting Allowed...!!!... NOPE..  |
||
|
Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
With lines like these... ...Formed from wax born in the flow So quick the wick is old... you're not allowed to do anything but pen us some more wonders... there! Task set. Now, do! |
||
|
Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Hey, wait a minute, Walt, my man Just take a step and back up. You ain't going anywhere 'cause Who would make us crack up?? Titanic had its iceberg there St. Andreas has it's fault. The Far East has tsunamis and At Passions we have WALT!!!  thank the Lord...  |
||
|
Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Walt, Good write I enjoyed the read. |
||
|
wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
now i am not gonna resign yuh i am just getting started, so no more replies like that see yeah see? |
||
|
elisaseyes Member
since 1999-07-15
Posts 196fort worth texas |
Yes! You will never resign, and come to bed! |
||
|
Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Very nice write, Walt. There's a moral in here somewhere. All writing comes |
||
|
Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Resigned to Begin.. wayout..  |
||
|
|
⇧ top of page ⇧ |
|
| All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format. | ||
