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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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Where is school? On top of the hill where the private parochial paradise sits still. Encased in a burnt red brick sticking in a niche of curdled milk and lukewarm tête-à-têtes a brain shrinks through fiberglass cables and juggles three thoughts minus the sugary donuts that growl inside the torrent of wind knocking loose tooth after tooth -blamed on the leak in the roof seen as a technological faux pas, they study fox paws sleep an hour and get red marks. This- what I wish I was. -to be young again, peers down the hall. To Kill a Mockingbird three grades early N- N- N- 280 pages skipping the N- Whispers are the only cold reminder in the outhouse barracks where the yellow snowflakes are never taken off the windows because the heat costs an extra paycheck but the teacher is enough to warm the cheeks except next week 280 pages are due. This- what I wish I was - In the early prime of a budding career when nameless upon nameless girls can carve boys as well as their initials on their desktops and binders reminders that someone is looking for you. No nap no recess basketball and acting. Juggle and dribble on top of the hill Down the hill trickling where the fiberglass ends The new kid is struggling to fit like a peg. I’m writing their papers and doing their math, thirty miles north in university Hell. Sometimes I wish I’d listened to Daddy who sits in a grave, still Wishing he was- [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (11-15-2002 06:47 PM).] |
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NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
Welcome back. People are missing you and wondering where you are hiding. Good to see you posting your poems again. Marti "I am not afraid of STORMS for I have learned how to sail my SHIP." |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
love this Walt.... been a while...nice to see you back and this offering... certainly one of my favorites from you |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
This, this, this is wonderful but after reading it I feel my brain has shrunk through fibreglass cables. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
WALT'S HOME!!!!!!!!! about time. I'll be back to take this all in full. Would you QUIT hiding on us, please? |
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elisaseyes Member
since 1999-07-15
Posts 196fort worth texas |
Aahhhh Walt. You can make our busy, but boring lives seem so busy and intresting. Helping kids with projects, taking someone to acting at the theater or to ballet class or swim lessons. You make me appreciate what at first seems hum drum daily repetition. You throw personality traits in there so I can tell which stanza is which child. You remind me why I married a creative type! |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Hi Walt!! This is an awesome write, enjoyed it. Chris  "Hope" is the thing with feathers- |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
It's nice to read you here, my friend. I can see that you've been writing SO much lately...welcome home. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
******************************************* In the early prime of a budding career when nameless upon nameless girls can carve boys as well as their initials on their desktops and binders reminders that someone is looking for you. ******************************************* And we've been looking for you in here, glad to have you back for a visit. |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
thanks for the replies if i ever write anything else it will be here |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed...James |
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cruz Member
since 2000-07-18
Posts 282Dallas,Texas USA |
i think this is magnifico! the style is most fantabuloso as big as an oso. well written. i like the rhyming and the pho paw things. get that paper for school done. |
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paladin
since 2001-08-05
Posts 930Pensacola,Fl. |
I am pleased to see you posting again.I want to thank you again for recommending Passions.Up until then I had only expirenced really screwed up poetry sites.I was begaining to think they were all alike.I enjoyed the stream of conscientious in this post. paladin |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Welcome back Waltyyy! Have missed you... great to read you again too.. this is excellent! Maree |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Well, Walt, it looks like you've been missed around here. After reading your work, I can certainly see why. You made this so interesting that I seemed to read it faster and faster, the farther down the page I got. I hope that I'll see more of you here on Passions In Poetry. Thank you for sharing this with us. "Love makes the world go around" ~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~ [This message has been edited by garysgirl (11-19-2002 03:17 PM).] |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
to you all |
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