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Balladeer

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0 posted 2001-12-16 10:48 PM

You ask me what I want..you want to give me something nice.
If you are open to requests, I'll give you some advice.
Just think of how much you would spend on some small gift for me,
Then take that same amount and give it to a charity.

No need to rack your brain of thinking something you can buy
When there are many needy souls who need it more than I.
Just think of all the inner peace that you could give to me
If my gift, and your money, were to help a charity.

I have no need for watches. I've already three or four
But that amount of money would go far to help the poor.
What need have I for jewelry or those fancy silken ties
When I could have the chance to bring a smile to some child's eyes?

If other people followed suit and took the time to give
How wonderfully we could enrich this world in which we live.
So give me that, my friend, and through your generosity
You'll give the greatest gift that you could ever give to me.
.
.

To the world you might be just one person but to one person you might just be the world.

Startime
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1 posted 2001-12-16 10:52 PM

*sigh* Oh sweet Balladeer...leave it to your wonderful and loving heart to come up with something like this. This is the perfect Christmas poem and a classic. I love it. **big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

RosePetal

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2 posted 2001-12-16 11:00 PM

This is definitely the perfect gift! You always write such masterpieces sweet friend!
Your friendship is a gift that I will treasure all year long.
hugs&kisses,

RP

SpitFire
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3 posted 2001-12-16 11:02 PM

~You have an enormous heart. *Peace.

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

4 posted 2001-12-16 11:05 PM

Ah sweet Balladeer! You have a very loving and giving soul.
This is a timeless message.
A wonderful write by a terrific poet!
~Hugs...and watch out for the mistletoe

~

"A dream is a wish your heart makes..."

Hypnosis
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5 posted 2001-12-16 11:07 PM

Such a sweet heart you carry with you Balladeer. There is obviously others who are are in more need than ourselves. I loved it!

a life lived unexplored is a life not worth living.

Martie

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6 posted 2001-12-16 11:09 PM

Balladeer--This is so true...if each gave a bit of themselves to others..we would all have something given and received, even peace perhaps.

Midnitesun

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Gaia

7 posted 2001-12-16 11:10 PM

You have given us a part of your heart, and if each of us can add our heart part, perhaps we can put all these heart parts together and overcome all the sadness and despair in this world. What a gift that would be!

Irish Rose
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8 posted 2001-12-16 11:13 PM

This is beautiful.

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

rosepetals25

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9 posted 2001-12-16 11:14 PM

Balladeer,

What a lovely setiment. Christmas is all about getting, or so it seems. This is a very needed message

Hugs and Happy Holidays,
Tara

"My heart is like an open book, for the whole world to read"
- Motley Crue, Home Sweet Home

rebekah33
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10 posted 2001-12-16 11:15 PM

what an awesome sediment, truly in the Christmas spirit!
-R.

"So stop and love and dance and live and laugh until you cry" Edwin McCain

MARK V SHELDON
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11 posted 2001-12-16 11:20 PM

I commend you, Sir, not just for your sense of aesthetics but also for your sense of altruism and noble humanity. You serve this human race well.

-MVS

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peaches73533
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12 posted 2001-12-16 11:25 PM

Your writngs are the best gift I could ever recieve.
peaches

Larry C

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13 posted 2001-12-16 11:27 PM

Balladeer,
Great plan, great poem by a great poet with a great heart!

Tracey
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14 posted 2001-12-16 11:36 PM

I agree with you wholeheartedly here. There are so many needy people in the world. I have my favourite charities that i give too all year, but I think you've just inspired me to put a little extra in the salvation army kettle this christmas. Thank you for this Michael.

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Janet Marie
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15 posted 2001-12-17 01:19 AM

Well OK...but I dont know how I'll shove the 25 cans of SPAM in those tiny kettle slots

Well this is a seaonal classic in the making...
very very cool write of cadenced class Balladeer. But then we have come to expect no less from you.

Mysteria

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16 posted 2001-12-17 01:43 AM

"May you be blessed for this poem and I mean that in all sincerity Michael. $1.97 feeds one person here a turkey dinner on Christmas Day at our downtown Gospel Mission, and I watch them going in and out in droves from "that coffee place" two doors away, at what, $2.50-4.50 a cup? However, that place has a toy drop off at least!

~*~ May the spirit of this season live in your heart all year through ~*~

doreen peri
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17 posted 2001-12-17 01:46 AM

beautiful michael......

Kit McCallum

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18 posted 2001-12-17 06:11 AM

"The Perfect Gift" indeed Michael ... beautifully composed, as a gentle reminder to all. Happy Holidays sweet poet!

Best wishes,
/Kit

misguided angel
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19 posted 2001-12-17 06:12 AM

Balladeer, a lovely thought so well expressed...as usual

Andrea

Summon the courage to step out of your familiar rut and suddenly many of those things which held you back will no longer have the power to do so.

N orth Carolina Girl
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20 posted 2001-12-17 09:24 AM

Balladeer,this is what Christmas is really about.Wonderful Job!

Juanita

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Sunshine

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21 posted 2001-12-17 09:26 AM

For people just like you, Santa finds special reasons to still come and visit, if nothing more than to clue the muse...

Well done, Sir!

Seymour Tabin
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22 posted 2001-12-17 09:41 AM

Mike,
I can't top you, I don't even try.
You have baked a symbols pie.
Delicious.

Marsha

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23 posted 2001-12-17 09:47 AM

'Deer dear heart, this is utterly utter perfection. What better gift is there than that of giving to those in need truly outstanding writing and the sentiments, ahhhh what else would we expect from someone as special as you. Truly wonderful

Now I love giving it's my favourite verb

Love and warm stuff
As always
Mushy

To give light to them that sit in darkness..... to guide our feet into the way of peace St John ch2 v1

suthern

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24 posted 2001-12-17 12:43 PM

Absolutely wonderful, Deer One... a perfect combination of talented writing and generous heart!!! *S*

On the other hand, if anyone wants to give me help with my move AND donate to charity, head on down! *G*

Interloper

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Deep in the heart

25 posted 2001-12-17 01:06 PM

Thanks for the gift, 'Deer ... um, Balladeer sounds better, just between us guys

Balladeer

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26 posted 2001-12-17 08:09 PM

Thanks to you all for you replies. Yes, indeed, giving is what Christmas should be about. There are so many unfortunate people who can use a hand or kindly word...it is a time of sharing. Last year I posted this poem and a member made a donation to a charity organization in my name..it was an undescribable feeling to know the poem helped someone in some way.

Again, thank all you wonderful people....bless you all.

Duncan
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27 posted 2001-12-18 12:20 PM

Written in the true spirit of the season...thank you, Balladeer.

kaile

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28 posted 2001-12-18 01:13 AM

i admit i am neither a charitable nor generous person..that is why your poem hit me hards, i guess...

thanks for writing...

Denise

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29 posted 2001-12-18 08:42 PM

You have a wonderful heart, Michael!

Chanson
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30 posted 2001-12-18 08:56 PM

The message of Christmas at its finest. *s

Music, perfectly pitched,
Caresses the harshest curve.
--- Chanson deGest

Mysteria

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31 posted 2001-12-19 03:18 AM

Oh go ahead and shoot me, I had to try it LOL, and besides I love the message in this poem.

~*~ The Very Best Of The Season To You And Yours ~*~

Kethry
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32 posted 2001-12-19 07:50 AM

Deer,
What can I say about thispoem it is not unusual...it is perfectly penned as usual, provoking our promises as usual, and Christmas spirit to the brim as usual.
Keth

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

SmartChick
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33 posted 2001-12-19 09:03 PM

You have such a big heart, Balladeer! And, I love this poem.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Soleil Noir
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34 posted 2001-12-20 10:27 AM

I believe you have the
spirit of Christmas, and
I would go one step further
to guess, that this is you,
year around.

Thank you!

Opeth
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35 posted 2001-12-20 10:35 AM

And the sad thing is that, for many people, the spirit of giving usually only comes once a year, if at all. I enjoyed this.

His Poet
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36 posted 2001-12-20 11:00 AM

Your poem touches the heart with the true meaning of Christmas. I'm new here so I'm enjoying sampling all the wonderful work. Thanks for sharing this lovely piece. Cheryl

Glenn Logan
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37 posted 2001-12-20 12:35 PM

Touching and true! This poem should become a classic.

Glenn Logan

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38 posted 2001-12-20 04:36 PM

you are a noble and wonderful Man. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and I hope that the world will always share with those who need it most.

(((warm hugs)))
Charisma

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