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shadow974
Senior Member

since 2001-06-21

Posts 636
Michigan

0 posted 2001-07-30 08:24 PM

Listen Listen
My children
Line upon line
Word upon word
All oiled greased and heard

We with our children
All settled yet stirred
Onward we groan

Time goes back
To kites and haystacks
Muddling over what we've learned

Sift the memories at hand
Memories lean toward
Pure white sand

Sift and mold
The young grow old
Retelling what they know

Listen Listen
I'll feed you
Milk and meat
Some spoiled some sweet

I shall not say
That I have all of the answers
Or that I've made the right moves
But this I know
Listen to yourself
And when you get the answer
Move

Throw your heart out in front of you
And run out to catch it.

[This message has been edited by shadow974 (edited 07-30-2001).]

Voiceless
Senior Member

since 2001-02-19

Posts 686
Under the stars upon the wind

1 posted 2001-07-30 09:48 PM

Very nicely done,
I liked reading this.

Freedom is not Free (Korean War memorial)

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

2 posted 2001-07-31 08:07 AM

interesting read... I enjoyed

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2001-08-01 07:46 PM

indeed, don't hold on to that advice. . . do something with it!!

well done. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

4 posted 2001-08-03 12:54 PM

Great poem...love the last verse!

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

5 posted 2001-08-04 06:45 PM

A great message very nicely written, Dan.

-MVS

"When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said."
--Del Casher

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

6 posted 2001-08-09 10:42 PM

shadow974-
   I like this lots.
   Very good advice you have penned.
   Nicely done.
   hugs,
   ~vicky

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

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

7 posted 2001-08-09 10:50 PM

shadow--We would all do better if we but listened, especially to ourselves. Enjoyed your poem!

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