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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Oh, Poet Oh, Writer the trees lay down their lives for you dividing into parchment and sheaves and reams for your pen's sap to ink your heart across their skeletons ©March 21, 2003 Virginia Salter Whether on the shoal or on the shore, I'll seek the lighthouse evermore. [This message has been edited by VAS (03-21-2003 11:10 AM).] |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Virginia! Hello! This is excellent. Enjoyed this very much. Chris  "Hope" is the thing with feathers- |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
OMG---you have filled me with so much guilt that I now have the worst case of "writer's block" that I have ever had in my entire life!!! Seriously speaking, it is good thing that you have done by giving the trees a voice of their own--and I'm listening! Great little poem! Peace & Love, Linda [This message has been edited by Earth Angel (03-23-2003 08:03 PM).] |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Virginia, dear... this is an exceptional write. Would you consider this as a book submission? |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
VAS Good thought, good write, good read. |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Virginia...Yes, makes me glad for this computer and all the verses penned without paper. This was really well written!! |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
wow, this is excellent. SOmething I would have never though to write, but wish I'd written. Not Fair! but Oh soo beautiful. Always, Alyssa - And so it was that time stood still - (blink, breathe, stand, fight) [This message has been edited by GG (03-21-2003 11:12 AM).] |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Thank you everyone, I had no idea this could be so well received, truly. Your encouragement is appreciated! Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Virginia - mannn - absolutely brilliant - sad but brilliant - I try to conserve as much paper as I can . . . but goodness here you gave the tree such life - the poet gratitude ( and guilt) well done xxoo |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Oh good...now I can VOTE! |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
This is a rather interesting view on the whole process... And one that was completely unexpected. Very nicely done. ~You might say I'm a Dreamer, but I'm not the only one... |
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WhiteRose Member Elite
since 2002-07-23
Posts 3208somebody's dungeon |
Wow!  |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big huggggssssss) Oh Virginia, this is very heartfelt, sweet friend, one poet can always inspire another as if all poets minds were skeletons, then everything would cease to exist, and we all breathe so poetry is in us all! (sigh) God Bless You, sweet friend, you have my muse vote, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Virginia, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Thomas119gold Senior Member
since 2002-06-03
Posts 708Biloxi, MS (city by the sea) |
smiling and feeling guilty for the trees that have suffered under my penmanship |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Oh this is wonderful Virginia!! Gets my vote! |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
Virginia, so thrilled you have submitted...the book won't be the same without you and your poetry... you know, the other day, i was feeling guilty over spending too much time at piptalk.com and wasting electricity as a result...i thought i shouldn't blatantly contribute to the rapid depletion of fossil fuels (plus my parents' bills) loved this write [This message has been edited by kaile (03-22-2003 02:30 AM).] |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Yes, Virginia, I'm glad that you submitted, too. Reflections wouldn't be right without you in it. I love this choice you made to submit, too, and my vote is in...  "Love makes the world go around" ~with love and hugs from Ethel__GG~ [This message has been edited by garysgirl (03-22-2003 02:50 AM).] |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
I am back to vote Virginia! Chris "Hope" is the thing with feathers- |
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Sunkissed Senior Member
since 2002-12-03
Posts 610 |
Virginia, this is my favorite of yours. excellent. Sunkissed. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Whew! You had me feeling guilty for a minute. But I write on my computer now. At my work, it's a different matter - good lord how much paper we go through in a week!!  |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
Oh Poet, I enjoyed your thoughts very much! Charisma |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
My vote for this beautiful piece of truth, I love the trees .... but if the paper was used only by the poets it wouldn't be as bad ....(you have no idea what waste I witness in the office! .... I wrote down some rules, sort of a Decalogue, but with little results!) Love, Margherita |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Interesting...just watched the movie "Chi-hwa-seon" or (Painted Fire) about the 19th century Korean painter Oh-won and you should have seen all the paper he wasted trying to improve his art...James |
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Alicethruglass Member
since 2001-06-19
Posts 368 |
so very true... a good one Virginia ~A~ |
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SPIRIT Senior Member
since 2002-12-29
Posts 1745California Desert |
LOve this and happily voted. |
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Miah Senior Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 1062Pennsylvania |
Vas- Simply wonderful! |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
You've got my vote! Virginia, this is so simple, yet so clever and moving to a fellow poet, you've used an excellent metaphor. I really love this and am also saving this in my library. Take care, Melissa~ "Poetry is not an opinion expressed... |
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DawnG
since 2000-06-23
Posts 1494United States |
I go through a ton of paper, but I guess it is for a good cause. I really enjoyed this write. Dawn |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Oh my god, I love this! Yes yes yes yes yes. We are murderers. |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Well done. I loved the theme of this. So simple, and so descript. TD |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
A GREAT ONE!!! Loved this! Into the book Liz |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
I enjoyed this tiny treasure.... Bridgette  "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Guilty as charged. *G* For I write directly to the screen rarely... I like to scratch and scribble on paper. *S* I like this very much! *S* |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
very very clever write of theme... wonderful use of personification, metphor and imagery... well done poetess Virginia... a perfect poem to reflect your work in the book...A true poets poem "and when we get to the pearly gates ... |
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