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Ladyhawke
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since 2001-09-01
Posts 86


0 posted 2002-02-04 06:49 PM



A timeline is inadequate,
Barely dimensional,
Akin to one single hair
On a mountain top.
Life is unlinear;
A line is swallowed
In its vastness.

Life, existence,
Is a tree
With outspread
Branches growing...
A road map
With straight stretches,
Sudden curves and
Cul-de-sacs,
Four-way stops.

The stuff of life
Is brilliant crayoned
Colors, shaded
Far beyond the outlines
And off the page.

A single hair
Cannot
Swallow a mountain.

We catch ourselves
In a rut
Of thought in terms
Of past and present,
North and South.
Acknowledging East
And West is in order,
As is right and left;

Thought canted
Sideways
And
Tilted.

© Copyright 2002 Ladyhawke - All Rights Reserved
Tiersdin
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since 2000-11-17
Posts 2364
east coast
1 posted 2002-02-04 06:52 PM


I love the images & thoughts expressed in your poem...

enjoyed!

~Tier

Suetang
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since 2001-03-07
Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia
2 posted 2002-02-04 06:53 PM


Hello Ladyhawke

This was so wonderfully written and so very much enjoyed.

Take care......Sue

Suetang

Startime
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since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918
Canada
3 posted 2002-02-04 07:53 PM


WOW!!!Filled with color and movement...Wonderful. **big hugs**

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

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since 2000-12-17
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Portland, Oregon
4 posted 2002-02-04 08:06 PM




(sigh) Soooooooo beautifully said, sweet friend, your lovely words and feelings always touch my heart so deeply, this is wonderful! We all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296
Michigan
5 posted 2002-02-04 08:19 PM


Ladyhawke...this is the first poem of yours, I have read.  The title drew me in and then I got to experience the beauty of your words.
Now, when I see your name, I will know that I am about to read something special!

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

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