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ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

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my own state

0 posted 2002-06-17 06:36 PM

If it's square it won't roll
spool it, let it scroll
to fulfill circular needs
independant of race or creed

it should stop on a dime
not for tickets, or any fine
turn about an axis....rotate
zoom in on a subject...dilate

whilpool winds
tornado spins
gears in clocks that wind
wheeled thoughts girate
flocks of birds migrate

revolutions by the day
wheels of fortune displayed
with the edges of squares all rounded
would life stand still..I am confounded?!!

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (06-17-2002 06:41 PM).]

Sunshine

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1 posted 2002-06-18 06:49 AM

Smiling here, Martin...Yes, being "round" helps, but it's not the be all and end all of civilization...though I would hate to think I would have missed this poem had I not gone "round" the block one more time...

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

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2 posted 2002-06-18 02:09 PM

Hi Karilea,

Had you not fished it out, it would have had less notice... yes being round helps and in a very big way..thanks for sharing

Poet deVine

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3 posted 2002-06-18 08:51 PM

I enjoyed this - sometimes I wish the wheel had never been invented....would we be happier with "LESS" roundness? Sometimes life is too fast for me I guess.

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

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4 posted 2002-06-18 09:02 PM

I love the round of this poem, Martin...but I agree with PDV, that life does indeed, roll much too fast.

~ rounded hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

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5 posted 2002-06-18 10:06 PM

Lyra,

and so it goes for the world of wheels...
but would we have had space exploration without it?...then the next question could be
who needs space exploration?

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

6 posted 2002-06-18 10:09 PM

PDV,

As I near my half-century mark...I know what you mean, thanks for commenting and bringing this to the top..after all it does bring to mind certain pertinent issues

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