BEAUTIFUL MAN for Neil Diamond

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theLadypoet
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since 2001-05-28

Posts 97
Or USA

0 posted 2001-05-29 08:09 PM

Beautiful man I hear your voice in the dark.
Caressing me into peaceful slumber and dreams.
Just as I have heard it all these countless years.
Are they as many and as dwindling as it seems?
When I had no love, no anchor to keep me here,
you sang me back to earth, gave me a ray of hope,
you sang away, beautiful man, all my raging fear.
Just the touch of your voice could set me free.
You took me beyond the desperation and pain.
When I slipped and fell and forgot you and myself,
you came, like Shiloh, and sang me well again.
Every word you wrote, every melody of your songs
is burned into my forevers, a lasting part of me.
Your music soothed my soul and gave me joy,
and sometimes, Neil, saved me from my insanity.
Out on that stage where lights glare like suns,
you are the mellow, shy, glimmer of the moon.
Do you know, beautiful man, the joy you bring me
with the passionate heat of each glorious tune?
Sing on, wear your years as a badge of honor,
we are not counting them, nor do we care.
When we desire the timeless satin of your songs
we can count on you, beautiful man, to be there.

Denise

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since 1999-08-22

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1 posted 2001-05-29 08:26 PM

He is one of my favorite performers, too! Great tribute!

inot2B
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since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

2 posted 2001-05-30 02:43 AM

Oh he could sing me to any day of the week. I just love his voice.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2001-05-30 08:42 AM

LOL...I knew I had written at least one poem about this fantastic troubador...
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but I surprised myself to find FIVE...

I enjoyed this....hope you enjoy the link, if you have time to look...

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

4 posted 2001-05-30 09:27 AM

and one of my favorites, as well, well done!

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

5 posted 2001-05-30 09:57 AM

Great performer and song writer one of my favs. This is a great tribute to him!

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

6 posted 2001-05-31 08:51 PM

I am I said, to no one there, and no one heard at all not even the chair.......I am said I.

Yep,,,,,love it. Shilo is still one of my very favorites, along with many, many more.
wonderful tribute to an excellent entertainer. *s*

On the wings of words our spirits fly....and our souls are free.
~Me~

rascalx
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since 1999-08-25

Posts 590
Florence, SC, USA

7 posted 2001-05-31 09:04 PM

Very well done! Nice to see such a wonderful poem written in honor of an equally wonderful performer. I'm going to be wandering around for days now with the songs Shilo and Stones going through my head! lol

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

8 posted 2001-06-01 05:12 PM

I love this! *S* He's always been one of my favorites... and I can't hear "I Am I Said" in concert without starting to cry... I never cared for the sound of being alone. *S* Well done!

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

9 posted 2001-06-01 05:44 PM

I suppose he came to my attention with the song "Kentucky Woman". As I was born in Kentucky...James

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