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Fofinha
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since 1999-07-18
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Clifton, CO, USA

0 posted 1999-07-18 04:52 PM


I am working on a poem and it just isn't coming out right... This is the only place I found that could possibly help me... HELP....

Throughut my life
I've been on a search
For the greatest treasure
My one true love

Though the way has been long
And the roads many,
The search is over
My heart is full of song..

From the moment we met
I knew I found
The greatest treasure...
My one true love

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Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley
1 posted 1999-07-18 09:32 PM


It seems I've searched
my whole life through
for the greatest treasure
my one true love

Though the way has been long
And the roads many,
The search is finally over
and my heart is full of song

Then from the moment we met
There was no doubt
I found that treasure...
My one true love

You have a good rhythm and some good phrases..did you want to say more? This is sweet and simple!

Fofinha
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since 1999-07-18
Posts 8
Clifton, CO, USA
2 posted 1999-07-19 01:22 AM


Thank you!!! Just by changing those few words, it is complete... I could add more..but I think you are right...


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since 1999-06-11
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3 posted 1999-07-20 06:18 PM


actully its fine as it is but when i start a poem i get the feelings down first, then make changes if needed. If you think you need to add a bit more then thats up to you.

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The day is at it's end, but for you it's only just begining.

redwriter1
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since 1999-07-22
Posts 480
Franklin, TN
4 posted 1999-07-22 09:10 PM


go to geocities and searchg for the diamond rio site.. and listen to the song
" i know how the river feels"

I think it says exactly what you are trying
to convey.

just a thought.. you won't be disappointed

LngJhnAg
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since 1999-07-23
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Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion
5 posted 1999-07-23 02:45 PM


Fofinha

It seems I've searched
my whole life through
for the greatest treasure
my one true love

Though the way has been long
And the roads many,
The search is finally over
and my heart is full of song

Then from the moment we met
There was no doubt
I found that treasure...
My one true love

hmmm... there seem to be four directions you may go with this, Fofinha - stop right there, or go outwards and/or inwards. Lets look at the last three options.

First, outwards. You could pursue the obvious thread that you were alone and you were seeking the one person who could make you complete. Then you found him (her).

Where once I was alone and dark,
Half the person I am now,
I'm completed because I found...
My one true love.


Or, the inward approach...

I searched for the person I am,
For the heart I knew was there.
I found both within my soul...
My own true love.

Or, try changing the focus from searching for yourself, or for someone you could call your own, to a combination of the two... For example, the realization that you finally found yourself worthy of your own love, and thereby you found love in another. Something like this...

I discovered when I loved myself,
Is when I had finally found,
The richness of another...
My one true love.


I'm new here, so if I have presumed too much, please tolerate me, forgive me, and guide me.

Fofinha
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since 1999-07-18
Posts 8
Clifton, CO, USA
6 posted 1999-07-23 02:53 PM


Thank you all for your help with this... I ultimately have decided to stop where I left off with it... I am now working on several others... Again..Thanx.. =)
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