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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2003-02-20 10:26 PM

Have you never felt it there?
in the silence of aware
upon the neck--antennae hair--
profound presence of a prayer...

someone loves me
sends me greet--
oil poured, most savory,
upon my unbecoming feet--
~*~*~*~*~*~
weighted ankles dance the air.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Someone’s out there.
Someone cares.
Solace seeks
me in the night
yanking blanket of despair--

someone prayed for me tonight.

[This message has been edited by serenity blaze (02-21-2003 05:36 AM).]

Joyce Johnson

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1 posted 2003-02-20 10:31 PM

Just lovely. Joyce

Balladeer

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2 posted 2003-02-20 10:38 PM

I confess....it was me

"weighted ankles dance the air." How do you come up with lines like that??? I think the greatest place to spend a vacation would be inside your mind

You'll always get my vote!

Seymour Tabin
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3 posted 2003-02-20 10:41 PM

serenity,
Super, you got my vote.

Mistletoe Angel

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4 posted 2003-02-20 10:52 PM

(smiles) Oh Karen, God has a plan for us all and He has that special someone always whispering to your heart, who is meant to be with you forever and ever! (big hugggssssss) This is lovely, sweet friend, your prayer shall be answered gracefully, you have my vote, yay, many angel hugs for you, 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

Janet Marie
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5 posted 2003-02-20 10:52 PM

Have you never felt it there?
in the silence of aware
upon the neck--antennae hair--
profound presence of a prayer...
someone loves me
sends me greet--
oil poured, most savory,
upon my unbecoming feet--
weighted ankles dance the air.

==============================

I feel it everytime I read your rhymes divine baby....you write em... I inhale em...

Ya know how she does it Deer? ...
cause shes got poetry in her bones!!!
Verses in her veins!!

one of my faves of your KA..ya wrote your own lullaby.

"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky ...
We fell them down to turn them into paper that we may record our emptiness."

K.Gibran

Duncan
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6 posted 2003-02-20 10:52 PM

'Someone’s out there.
Someone cares.
Solace seeks
me in the night
yanking blanket of despair--
someone prayed for me tonight.'

I remember this...still gives me the same warm feeling. Great choice Karen!

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

7 posted 2003-02-20 10:57 PM

You make me smile lady...
Wonderful...oh yes, one for the book!
~Hugs~

~ Trace my body with your words..
And in doing so, you touch my heart. ~

SEA

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with you

8 posted 2003-02-20 11:23 PM

Serenity, I love what you do, when you do it like this

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Dark Angel
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9 posted 2003-02-20 11:44 PM

Oh I'm with SEA. You never cease to amaze me Gorgeous One.

You're Brill!!

Maree

p.s voting!

we would share and listen and support and welcome, be propelled by passion not invest in outcomes, we would breathe and be charmed and amussed by diff

serenity blaze
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10 posted 2003-02-21 12:01 PM

actually, this one was written for/about all the good poet people here. The love in this place shines...

truly the philosopher's stone.

and that was the last book entry for me this round. (Hint: to a certain delightful 'nag'--nudge-wink)

Just wanted to add a little hope and gratitude to me offerings.

Thanks...geez...I swear I am a fountain of tears these days...

Mysteria

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11 posted 2003-02-21 12:55 PM

I am but a prayer away

~* Carpe' Diem *~

garysgirl

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12 posted 2003-02-21 02:23 AM

Karen, I never did see this before. I love it and you have my vote, Lady.....

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BTW, if I was as good a writer as you and some of the others here, I'd submit more poems to the book, too. I just don't know if I'll get one in, and if I submit more, I may not get any in the book at all. But, if I don't that'll be okay....

Hugs,
Ethel

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GG
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13 posted 2003-02-21 02:30 AM

yea, I've felt it. In the still of the night when it seemed I was alone.. I felt the prayers and read of the hope you all can bring.
Lovely write

..you've got my vote.

Always, Alyssa

- And so it was that time stood still -
(blink, breathe, stand, fight)

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Charisma

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14 posted 2003-02-21 04:19 AM

another beauty from your hand, enjoyed it!

Charisma

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

15 posted 2003-02-21 06:47 AM

Yes...choices for me....
first choice?
hug you!

El_Campeador
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16 posted 2003-02-21 07:48 AM

"Someone’s out there.
Someone cares.
Solace seeks
me in the night
yanking blanket of despair--"

Excellent lines... It is certainly wonderful to know someone is praying for you.

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

Sudhir Iyer
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17 posted 2003-02-21 07:51 AM

weighted ankles dance the air
....
yanking blanket of despair

....

shall I say WOW? ah... just did...

regards,
sudhir

Chanson
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18 posted 2003-02-21 08:28 AM

That hair-raising
invisible to the eye
presense. Ahhh, yes.
I have experienced it.

Lovely poem, serenity.

When you think you have heard it all,
listen more closely.
~Dorene

bsquirrel

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19 posted 2003-02-21 01:06 PM

I love this one, but I actually like the bitter one that ends "someone could have prayed for YOU" better. Still, I am voting for this 'un. It touches the antennae just right.

LngJhnAg
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20 posted 2003-02-21 01:15 PM

Man! Is this melancholy, or what!? A lingering sense of loneliness pervades this poem, lady. Very lovely, but very sad, too.

Elizabeth Santos
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21 posted 2003-02-25 06:38 AM

Amazing poem, the ending, exquisite
Liz

wranx
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22 posted 2003-02-25 07:11 AM

A squirrel with antennae...Sheesh

~Yeti

Nan

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23 posted 2003-02-25 07:21 AM

Someone voted for you as well...

..

Ceinwyn
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24 posted 2003-02-25 01:47 PM

*sigh* don't you just hate those one liners!?

sorry..but it has such great oomph behind it

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

vlraynes
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Somewhere... out there...

25 posted 2003-02-25 11:44 PM

Karen, my friend...I am so glad you decided to submit
this one...it's one if my favorites of yours.
Of course, I think ALL of your poetry is my favorite,
but this is one of the special ones.
Love and hugs to you,
~Vicky
"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

Lighthousebob
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26 posted 2003-02-26 12:25 PM

Recently, just me recovering from double transplanted organs, alone, but yet knowing all would be all right because I had prayer holding me together....

Yes, I can definitely relate to this one and your poem and sentiments definitely get my most sincere vote. Prayers and God blesses.

-Bob

Aenimal
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the ass-end of space

27 posted 2003-02-26 10:48 AM

you don't want my answer to that question but you can have my vote anyday

Larry C

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28 posted 2003-02-27 12:36 PM

Well now Karen,
I hope that was my prayer! Excellent write. Here's my vote. Hope this makes the book.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Justbleu
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Oregon, Originally From Alaska :)

29 posted 2003-02-27 08:57 AM

Very nice Poem......

Bridgette

"Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Andre Brink

vandana

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30 posted 2003-02-27 07:20 PM

enjoyed this much

Paul Wilson

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31 posted 2003-02-27 07:26 PM

Serenity~ Enjoyed.

Someone’s out there.
Someone cares.
Solace seeks
me in the night
yanking blanket of despair--
someone prayed for me tonight.

Now you know +++ Paul

"To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you"

Bill Charles
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highways, & byways, for now

32 posted 2003-02-27 09:18 PM

serenity blaze - what can I say to a writer as fine as you except my vote is yours...

BC

Magicmystery
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33 posted 2003-03-02 03:08 AM

I cannot tell you how much I adored this poem... it was as though I needed it, felt it in the air "someone prayed for me tonight"
It is an incredible feeling that someone cares that much... and indeed we know... we just know.

Well done.

Sherry

Cherish the good memories of the past and look forward to the adventure called Tomorrow. But above all... be kind to yourself today.

Ratleader

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34 posted 2003-03-09 10:24 PM

I've found that happens more often than we know.... and in both connotations of the word! Give thanks for 'em both....

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littlewing
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35 posted 2003-03-10 05:31 AM

K - always leaving me with a smile - xxoo

kaile

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36 posted 2003-03-10 06:16 AM

glad to vote for this one

suthern

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37 posted 2003-03-11 03:59 PM

Those "someones" and their caring can sure drag spirits out of the dust, can't they? *S* I love this, serene one. *S*

Amara
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38 posted 2003-03-11 08:22 PM

Mmmm...very nice! I like the last stanza-and-line, 'specially.

and prayers to you, tonight!

- Stephanie

Every heart has hidden treasures...a secret wish, a silent dream, and a cherished love. [Unknown]

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brian sites
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39 posted 2003-03-13 05:30 PM

nodding.....yes
hugs you

littlewing
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40 posted 2003-03-19 02:41 PM

K - I am sooo proud of you - congrats xxoo

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