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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2002-10-20 07:30 PM

fighting
fighting constantly
I fight to swim
upstream...

I will fight
and I do--
against the tide
against the dew

that floats so innocent from sky...
and weighs against my fins of strive.

You might think me, "just asleep"--
but I count warriors and weep--
I do not like to fight but then--
what else is there to do?

There is something
up ahead--
if nothing? Who cares?
this is dead

I will swim the stream--
you watch...

I'll find the center
of the clock.

There I find myself and then?

Watch me do it all again.

scorpio
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since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

1 posted 2002-10-20 08:37 PM

defiant tone...no quarter given in this write...strive to survive...challenging piece of poetry

wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

2 posted 2002-10-20 09:44 PM

Yes, Yes and Yes

Swim to a safe harbor
Swim to the lee beach

Ed

[This message has been edited by wranx (10-20-2002 09:45 PM).]

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2002-10-20 11:11 PM

(sigh) Oh Karen, I know just what you're saying, time is indeed such an impenetrable force and to swim against the tide is such a challenge! (big hugggssssss) Let the tide carry you around the loop-de-loop to the otherside, sweet friend, this is excellent, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Karen, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

Shakira

the_loner_23
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since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

4 posted 2002-10-20 11:13 PM

This poem is so cool

Cold hands means a warm heart

majnu

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since 2002-10-13

Posts 1088
SF Bay Area

5 posted 2002-10-21 11:09 AM

sorry to be trite but i couldn't get salmon out of my head when i read this. hmm, dinner...

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

6 posted 2002-10-21 11:13 AM

Karen, this is really a good write. I enjoyed it. It tells us to keep fighting and to never give up. Thanks for sharing.
Love To All,
Ethel

jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

7 posted 2002-10-21 01:49 PM

ah, is better to swim, to strive, to 'count warriors'....than to give up, to give up is to die......wonderful write

serenity blaze
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8 posted 2002-10-21 02:18 PM

thanks all...and maj? that's not surprising

brian sites
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usa

9 posted 2002-10-21 03:13 PM

something......
yes

serenity blaze
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10 posted 2002-10-21 03:19 PM

bri? where are you????

brian sites
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usa

11 posted 2002-10-21 03:24 PM

mail?

serenity blaze
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12 posted 2002-10-21 03:29 PM

I tried to e you sweets..

hmmm...

here we go again...sigh

have a good day at work, k?

brian sites
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Posts 1475
usa

13 posted 2002-10-21 03:30 PM

tonight then?
love you

serenity blaze
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14 posted 2002-10-21 03:31 PM

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

15 posted 2002-10-21 04:22 PM

"Watch me do it all again."
Excellent piece Karen...
Wonderful strong closing line!
~Hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you
So you won't ever forget me ~

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

16 posted 2002-10-21 04:54 PM

A big thumbsup for this one Karen...

~ chipmunk hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

WhileIWasGone
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since 2002-07-18

Posts 486

17 posted 2002-10-21 05:23 PM

Great work as always...enjoyed.

H.

brian madden
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since 2000-05-06

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ireland

18 posted 2002-10-22 04:44 PM

"Watch me do it all again."

Karen, powerful words on how the spirit endures.

The ladders of life that we scale merrily Move mysteriously around So that when you think you're climbing up, man In fact you're climbing down-Nick ca

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

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Ala bam a

19 posted 2002-10-22 04:53 PM

You go get 'em Ms Salmon!!!....good write

serenity blaze
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20 posted 2002-10-22 05:17 PM

Thanks to all...

and?

"y'can tune a piano but you can't tunafish"

smiling...

(there I go being weird again...)

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

21 posted 2002-10-22 05:18 PM

Before I ever play my guitar I always play that little Japanese love song..."Tu-ning"

serenity blaze
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22 posted 2002-10-22 05:24 PM

Toe? I kinda figured you would "get it"--

thanks, a little less lonely now...

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

23 posted 2002-10-22 05:28 PM

Serenity,

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