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Bohemianaus
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since 2003-01-05

Posts 69
Australia (South Gippsland)

0 posted 2003-01-05 08:25 PM

By The Coleraine Road

Silent and strong, gnarled and noble,

These sentinels of another time

Stand in scattered formation,

With the suffering of immobilised vigilance;

They are guardians of a world forgone,

In a land foreigned beyond their hope

And a time unaware of their place.

From the majestic to the grotesque

They have been transformed without recourse

'Cept with their memories of past glory kindled by each dawn,

Bathed in dreaming' source, renewing a purpose lost.

Yet in cheating times the forlorn shrouds of loss, loneliness

And thinning enwrap, veil and chill,

(from which in denied, distended yearning for other they reach)

Adding only damp to dying embers.

Scattered they litter the battlefields,

Scarred they seek the comfort of mission,

But sacred they have ceased to feel.

We are tied, these and I,

In a way beyond the knowing;

For at my birth they stood in their fields of pain,

These my gargantuan friends and my grotesque fears,

And all I have seen and recognised on my roads to here and there.

Everpresent and never leaving they reach and touch from there to here.

I will return, and to numbers less,

To that space of birth, of soul and point,

Into the dreams of peace and place,

To dreaming's friends and journey's end

And be content for the Love I've known.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2003-01-05 08:28 PM

Welcome to Passions! What a grand entrance! You have a fan, with more to come. Please, check your E-mail for a Special Greeting!

Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...
I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

2 posted 2003-01-05 08:40 PM

Yes, I agree with Sunshine....beautiful
post...and welcome to a pleasant place. You
should feel at home...

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

3 posted 2003-01-05 08:55 PM

This is an amazing piece! It brings to mind a netherworld of darkness. I look forward to reading more from you.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2003-01-05 09:03 PM

Much enjoyed your opening post!
I shall look forward to seeing more of your work.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

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

Bohemianaus
Member

since 2003-01-05

Posts 69
Australia (South Gippsland)

5 posted 2003-01-05 10:44 PM

Thankyou all for your kind words.

Boh

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

6 posted 2003-01-06 12:20 PM

Welcome to PIP. I think you're going to like it here. This is a really good place to be with a great big "family of friends".
I enjoyed your first post and look forward to reading more of your poetry.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

7 posted 2003-01-06 12:43 PM

Hey Boh,
you made quite an entrance with this piece. See, I told you you would do well here. Welcome, I hope you stay awhile.
Keth

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

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

8 posted 2003-01-06 12:48 PM

What a wonderfully well written first post and I will look forward to seeing more of your work on the forum.

~* Welcome To Passions *~

FLOWERGIRL
Junior Member

since 2003-01-04

Posts 40
the woods of Pa

9 posted 2003-01-06 12:57 PM

WOW WOW WOW
WHAT AN ENTERANCE
HOLD ON THE PAGE JUST GOT ROCKED
WHAT IS NEXT
FROM A FELLOW NEW POET

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

10 posted 2003-01-06 05:00 AM

(big hugggssssssss) Wow, this is an amazing and deeply perspective debut, sweet friend, I LOVE IT!!! Know you are surrounded by worldly beauty, this is excellent! Welcome to Passions, sweet friend, may you be inspired by all of us here as we will all be inspired by your lovely words! I can't wait to read more of your lovely words, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

Shakira

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

11 posted 2003-01-06 10:45 AM

Outstanding. Gigantic sequoias loomed before me, the majestic beauties I've loved since the first glance.
WELCOME!!!

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