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One Hand Clapping
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One Hand Clapping |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace 
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One Hand Clapping I cook and set a place for one no one to call when it is done I dream of steaming bowls of chatter but in this silence no talking matters I know what the sound is when one hand claps the same sound of a heart in collapse "I have already paid for all my future sins." Sade...(King of Sorrow) |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Well done, Lady! I like this, the poem that is (you know what I mean . . .). Silence is not always golden, it's true, but consider this your investment. It will pay off later. e |
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amusemi Senior Member
since 2001-12-08
Posts 1262A State of Disarray |
Very sad...you have addressed the plight of so many in very precise vision. |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (tears fall down my cheeks) So very heartwrenching, sweet friend, my heart goes out to your tears and I hope now you have found joy and love to hold close to applause for! (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is beautiful! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Helen, thank you for sharing!   May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You deserve a two handed applause for this...it is not easy to write sadness so well...and still get the feeling across... Brava! |
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Zinsser Senior Member
since 2001-02-27
Posts 1641Calif. |
Gods Love to You..... Beautiful write |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Helen, you have written sadness so beautifully. ~Hugs, Nancy~ ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I've read this several times, not because I'm in doubt of how good it is, but because it leaves me questioning exactly what it is, that it makes me feel. It's an excellent portrait, and the title is clever and subtle in its simplicity--just like the reknowned koan. I think this is one of your best. |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
This is, indeed, one of your best. I just wish it were more joyful ... or written about a past feeling. This is going into my library, a jail of tender feelings. Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
bump |
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Moonlight Romeo
since 2001-09-10
Posts 982The heart of you |
The Zen of this makes one wonder what the sound of one heart beating is. Thank you. What light through yon window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. |
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Wanda Member
since 2001-10-23
Posts 461 |
Lady; Very well written. BRAVO!! Wanda |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
1slick_lady - you write of sadness well, as in this write. I pray that it passes... BC |
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Alan Senior Member
since 2000-09-12
Posts 1499right next door |
A beautiful sad poem. I hope your sadness passes quick alan |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
the sound of one hand clapping. . . does it equal the sound of one lip speaking??? perhaps. . . love the thought-provoking style of this helen. . . ------------------------------------------------------ To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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