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Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

0 posted 2002-07-31 06:59 AM

I Watched

Shadows of bright drift into night
Filtered by clouds prisms of light.
Specters of gold azure and green
Far as mind and eyes could have seen.

And the wind played upon the leaves
Boughs in dance with flowing green sleeves
Grass filled meadows, flowers of dare
Sending aroma into the air.

I laid me down on a lie of sass
Watched the stars fill the sky in mass
Breathed in beauty in grandeur’s sighs
As tears ran gently down my eyes

What have we done this patch of earth
This place that has given us birth
Where will we find another home?
Or will our Eden turn to stone.

It’s not for myself, I weep and sigh
But for humanity, I cry.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2002-07-31 08:33 AM

Seymour~

'And the wind played upon the leaves
Boughs in dance with flowing green sleeves
Grass filled meadows, flowers of dare
Sending aroma into the air.'

Even though the write is sad ...
you sure managed to color this verse in beauty~
Stunning !
*Hugs* across the meadow~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

HopeS
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since 2000-12-22

Posts 4596
Perth Western Australia

2 posted 2002-07-31 08:38 AM

beautiful images and as always Seymour
very , very touching
Hope

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2002-07-31 08:45 AM

Martie,
Wanted to enforce what we are losing.

HopeS,
Thank you my dear.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2002-07-31 08:57 AM

Beautiful color and imagery here Sy.
But...we have done this to the land ourselves.
Such a waste...such a waste.
Excellent write as always love.
~Morning Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2002-07-31 09:00 AM

Enchantress
Thank you love.

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

6 posted 2002-07-31 09:13 AM

Nothing can replace nature and we are so careless with it. I liked your political content.
Kethry

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

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2002-07-31 10:43 AM

quote:
I laid me down on a lie of sass
Watched the stars fill the sky in mass
Breathed in beauty in grandeur’s sighs
As tears ran gently down my eyes

for some reason, dear Sy...
this is especially poignant...

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

8 posted 2002-07-31 10:59 AM

I laid me down on a lie of sass
Watched the stars fill the sky in mass
Breathed in beauty in grandeur's sighs
As tears ran gently down my eyes

What have we done this patch of earth
This place that has given us birth
Where will we find another home?
Or will our Eden turn to stone.

It's not for myself, I weep and sigh
But for humanity, I cry.
====================================

Youve done much more than watch...often your poetry has spoken of your respect for the Earth and your concerns for mankind's mistreat of it...every time you give a voice to those concerns, you reach someone and maybe, just maybe we will do something differently...one person at a time making a change adds up. As always the humilty of your wisdom moves me.

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

9 posted 2002-07-31 11:41 AM

What have we done this patch of earth
This place that has given us birth
Where will we find another home?
Or will our Eden turn to stone.

I love this description, Sy...and it's pertinence to the way we live today.
Indeed, I often wonder why we have destroyed our ecosystem, with automobile exhaust and pesticides etc. And if we don't get a handle on it soon, our Eden may very well turn to stone...

~ hugs of admiration

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Janet Marie
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Posts 18554

10 posted 2002-07-31 07:21 PM

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catalinamoon

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Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

11 posted 2002-07-31 07:33 PM

How truly meaningful these words.
Well done, Sy.
Sandra

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

12 posted 2002-07-31 08:29 PM

(big hugggssssss) Oh Seymour, this is sooooo very saddening, sweet friend, my heart goes out to all of Mother Nature and I only wish we could begin to preserve what we've got together! (sigh) This is heartaching, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Seymour, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

13 posted 2002-07-31 08:49 PM

Sy

I'm sure that mother earth felt the tear in this poem...in some way, each with what we can, we can make a difference.

Marsha

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since 2000-07-10

Posts 7423
Maidstone Kent England

14 posted 2002-07-31 08:55 PM

Seymour darling heart this is simply exquisite, I love it when your words flow with the beauty and the colour only you can paint them in. Mmmmm this is just too delicious for words.

Your ability to write of the tragedy of mans unwillingness to stop poisoning our planet is as always outstanding, you paint the scene as I’ve said so often, your light artistic touch to shade and illume your writing is amazing. The way you gently stroke the message into the soul of the reader truly is a gift and I thank you for the gift you have given me. The ability to really see the shape of things to come, ‘tis truly awesome. I love this utterly utterly utterly. Exquisite writing

Love and warm stuff
As always
Mushy

Breathe through the heat of our desire
Thy coolness and they balm
Let sense be dumb let flesh retire
Speak through the earthquake wind and fire

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

15 posted 2002-07-31 09:01 PM

A beautifully melancholy, touching, and poignant piece, Sy. I'm going to print this out and frame it...you're a man with great class and talent and I thank you for writing this well needed poem!

Take care,
Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

[This message has been edited by Honeybee (07-31-2002 09:02 PM).]

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

16 posted 2002-07-31 09:23 PM

Sy....this is a special one...that certainly
is a keeper by even the most stringent
of standards.....so sad how we have changed
the beauty of our home....

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

17 posted 2002-07-31 10:03 PM

Keth,
Thank you my friend.

Sunshine,
You are a sweet heart.

JM
And your replies always move me. WWRS

Lyra,
We are way beyond the turn around point.

JM,
Fantastic pictures, right on.

Sandra,
Thank you for the well done.

Thank you my friend Noah.

Martie,
Bless you.

Marsha,
With all your volume and color, you do understand.

Melissa,
You are a love.

Magnus,
Thank you for understanding.

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