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By The Coleraine Road (repost: Open Poetry #24)
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By The Coleraine Road (repost: Open Poetry #24) |
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Bohemianaus Member
since 2003-01-05
Posts 69Australia (South Gippsland) |
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. God bless and keep you, Namaste! Boh [This message has been edited by Bohemianaus (04-03-2003 02:37 PM).] |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
I really enjoyed this piece  |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
I would have voted if I could. Joyce |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggssssss) Oh Christopher, this is amarvelous write, sweet friend, you write straight from the heart and that is what dreams and hopes are made of and you are bound to find them, this has my vote, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Christopher, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Chanson Senior Member
since 2000-08-19
Posts 1559Up Creek w/Out Paddle |
I started to select my favorite lines but the more I continued to read I realized the whole of your poem is a favorite line. It's beautiful. Chanson |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Wonderfully written, a solidly classic feel. I much enjoyed Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
very nice J |
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WhiteRose Member Elite
since 2002-07-23
Posts 3208somebody's dungeon |
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SPIRIT Senior Member
since 2002-12-29
Posts 1745California Desert |
Very vote worthy indeed. |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I came back as I was sure you forgot that darn voting box! Great job on this one. |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
This is really good....Enjoyed!!!! Bridgette  "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown |
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jjote Senior Member
since 2002-12-25
Posts 1088Ontario, Canada |
There is such a mysterious feel to this - intriguing poem, I had to read it all over to totally immerse myself in it. Here's my vote. |
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