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Marshalzu
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0 posted 2003-03-27 06:13 PM


Only the birds get it

Hanging eyes
carry heavy bags
worry about bills
ducks seem to manage
to fly away
to a foreign hole
deep and black
a hungry bear
fishes for food
but the seagull is there first
food laden beak
like heavy bags
these tired eyes.

© Copyright 2003 Andrew Sewell - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2003-03-27 06:27 PM


Excellent choice Andrew!
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2 posted 2003-03-27 07:45 PM


It if isn't for worrying
over green bills it's
worrying over filling
the bill.

You did it. This poem
fills the bill. *s

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

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3 posted 2003-03-27 08:05 PM






(big hugggsssssss) The irony of it all is the wings only come to those who have the grace in them, for those kind of birds it's not wings, just propellers, and there is no manual control in being propelled! (sad sigh) This is well-done, dearest friend, you have my proud vote, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Andrew, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

Shakira

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4 posted 2003-03-27 08:43 PM


Andrew, I like this and it
gets my vote.  

Hugs,
Ethel

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5 posted 2003-03-27 08:52 PM


Seagulls are considered scavenger birds---but I am a seagull lover! I enjoy watching  them ride the thermals across a cerulean blue sky and listen to their shrill cries above the sound of the crashing waves...
Sorry about rambling on like that! I seem to have gone off on a tangent---but you made me do it!  

Peace & Light,
Earth Angel

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6 posted 2003-03-28 02:09 AM


Booyah. Heh heh you listened to me and posted it *grins* It gets my vote!

If I love you enough will you feel it over the distance?

Marshalzu
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7 posted 2003-03-28 05:55 AM


Thank you for all the replies
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8 posted 2003-03-30 06:00 PM


Zu - A great God-clothes-the-lillies-of-the-field wake-up call.  You made the call.  I wonder how many people answered it.  It certainly belongs in the book.
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9 posted 2003-03-31 03:01 AM


hmmm, i'm wondering if i really do get it ...enjoyed how you span this reader around with the use of identical words to describe different characters
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10 posted 2003-04-02 08:35 PM


I like this one too!  

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

pjtalty
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11 posted 2003-04-02 09:24 PM


I love reading poems that are pitched at several levels of meaning. This one is a good example and it goes straight into the library for future visits. It also goes into the book if my vote has anything to do with it!

Patrick Talty

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