a poem for pretending with

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Kevin Taylor
Member

since 1999-12-23

Posts 185
near Vancouver, BC, Canada

0 posted 2001-10-17 02:04 AM

Pretend a moment
that you're me
and write a poem
I might see.
Pretend a moment
that you're me.

Pretend a moment
that I'm you.
Pretend I read
your poem through.
Pretend what happens
when I do.
Are you pretending?
Good. Me too.

Pretend the poem
tells a tale
of spice filled ships
and billowed sails.
Pretend the sky
the salty breeze
the creaking decks
the open seas
a cutlass singing
past your ear!
Quick! Pretend us out of here!

Pretend the road.
Pretend the trees
the horse between
your grasping knees
the flashing river
at your side - Ride!
Ride! Neck and neck
with hounds from Hell!
Pretend, at least,
we live to tell!

Pretend the sky
the sunset sea.
Pretend the dunes
the grass
a tree.
Pretend you're walking there with me.
Pretend the gulls that dot the swells.
Pretend the tales tomorrows tell.

If we pretend
I, you - you, me
why, wouldn't that
be poetry?

Kevin

"Poetry is, at once, what you get... and how you get there."

[This message has been edited by kevintaylor (edited 10-17-2001).]

PoetryLuvR
Junior Member

since 2001-07-27

Posts 16
Ca, USA

1 posted 2001-10-17 02:09 AM

awesome, I love it! This poem really flows and takes you on the journey right along with it.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2001-10-17 02:11 AM

Kevin~
Well ... I sure don't have to pretend that this is good~
So, I'm going to pretend that I wrote it~
Cause it's a brilliant idea, and I don't get those often enough~

Very enjoyable and it's really good to see you back here~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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wayoutwalt
Member Elite

since 1999-06-22

Posts 4870
TEXAS (it's all big)

3 posted 2001-10-17 09:02 AM

Great writing o yuh enjoyed the read

Ann
Member

since 2000-07-07

Posts 64
Australia

4 posted 2001-10-17 10:14 AM

this was a great poem...I enjoyed it alot

God bless and best wishes,

~Ann~

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2001-10-17 10:38 AM

Kevin,
Pretending is my game
We are much the same.
Excellent write.

Kevin Taylor
Member

since 1999-12-23

Posts 185
near Vancouver, BC, Canada

6 posted 2001-10-18 02:30 AM

Merci beaucoup, mes amis!

Kevin

"Poetry is, at once, what you get... and how you get there."

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

7 posted 2001-10-22 07:01 PM

Kevin-
   Wow!  This is incredible!
   I'm with Marge...no need to pretend
   that this is good...'cuz it REALLY IS!!
   This truly is brilliant, my friend.
   Hugs,
   ~Vicky

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

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

8 posted 2001-10-22 07:18 PM

this was terrific..I read it several times aloud because it just sounds so good~~~

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

9 posted 2001-10-22 07:51 PM

Pretend the sky
the sunset sea.
Pretend the dunes
the grass
a tree.
Pretend you're walking there with me.
Pretend the gulls that dot the swells.
Pretend the tales tomorrows tell.

If we pretend
I, you - you, me
why, wouldn't that
be poetry?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is wonderful! And, isn't this what it's all about? We pretend, and it becomes poetry. I love this piece...a keeper for sure. ~Hugs, Nancy~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So that you won't ever forget me.~

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