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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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I am just a simple balladeer with some small tales to tell. I wonder if I'm competent enough to do it well. I hear my friends encourage me to take up pen and write I see imagination's gleam to fill my mind with light. I want my words to have the strength to weave a magic spell. I am just a simple balladeer with some small tales to tell. I pretend my fantasies are real. People think they are. I feel that in one's inner mind can one achieve full power. I touch a chord of melancholy with the tales I write I worry that I will not dream when I turn out the light. I cry to think senility may one day still my bell I'm just a simple balladeer with some small tales to tell. I understand that nothing last forever. Nor will I I say that there are things that I must tell before I die. I dream of writing tender things to touch somebody's soul. I try to make enlightenment and joy as my main goal. I hope that when one thinks of me, he'll think "He did it well". I'm just a simple balladeer with some small tales to tell. |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
And you KNOW I'm smiling at this...  Simply wonderful and wonderfully YOU... Love you, my friend...   "My friends are my estate." |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
"I am just a simple balladeer" Never ever will you be "just a simple Balladeer" never!! Fantastic write 'Deer! ~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~ ~The breeze that kissed you on the face, |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Your dream of writing tender things to touch somebody's soul, has come true! Your hope that others think, "He did it well", has been realized. --and you have 20/20 vision for your words do weave "a magic spell"!   EA |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Michael this is amazing and this: I cry to think senility may one day still my bell I seriously doubt will pass your way xxoo |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Wonderful sir Balladeer! hugs, Chris "At one glance |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
I try to make enlightenment and joy as my main goal. I hope that when one thinks of me, he'll think "He did it well". ========================= You are right on both accounts..  ( what? no spam lines????)  So glad you did this...love seeing your reflection in your words. "How could I stand here with you and not be moved by you." |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
made me smile...for in your words are so much truth. (I worry about some of the same things)M |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
You am what you am, my Deer BallaDeer... With plenty more tales to tell... |
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Patricia Member Elite
since 2003-04-06
Posts 2160Missouri |
How beautiful...so glad to know you better. Patricia |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Couldn't help it but I had to write you an answer to this lovely poem in Open. /pip/Forum80/HTML/003472.html  Titia LOL and then I discovered you wrote to a challenge, oh well I meant every word of it Like scattered leaves...my words will flow [This message has been edited by Titia Geertman (07-26-2003 05:49 PM).] |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You Am You Have You Do |
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angelblueyes Member Elite
since 2003-07-19
Posts 2148Oklahoma |
First off you are anything but simple you are wonderful.Secondly your sanity will never be taken for it's too strong.Thirdly you have already touched the heart and souls of many with your words and will continue to do so. angelblueyes |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
You are not just a 'simple Balladeer" MISTER! You are perhaps one of the finest poets that I have ever had to priviledge to read and know and this answer to the challenge is perfect....okay you're manager has spoken Melissa~ Intellectually I know that Canada is no better than any other country. Emotionally I KNOW that Canada is the best country in the world! |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Balladeer - you may be a simple Balledeer, but one heck of a writer. Now I want to see the romantic one you speak of... BC |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Michael...You are unique and filled, not with simple but wisdom's guild. It's an honor to know you. Loved this look! |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Michael, thank you for showing us you. You sure are a nice person.  Hugs Ethel |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
smiling the only thing I do not like about this is one word--and that is "just" JUST a simple balladeer. You, sir, are delightful in your naivety. You have absolutely no idea how much you mean to us all, and that "just" makes you all the more charming.  |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Balladeer, brother poet: You ARE the master storyteller. Our mentor, and our craft. Did I ever thank you for telling me of PIP? It was one of the most wonderful gifts, I have ever received. TD |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
well, I just answered each response individually and, upon going to post it, it all disappeared!!! I guess the senility part is already here!  So I'll just say thank you all very much and it's always been a wonderful pleasure being here with you all |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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Ceinwyn Member Elite
since 2000-07-09
Posts 2175VA |
I must agree you're not just a simple balladeer...uhh hopefully I'm spelling it right tonight  If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried. |
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VOE Member
since 2003-07-10
Posts 119From the land of Camelot |
Every time I read your work, it puts a smile on my face...I have to stand in line to say that I don't see you as simple at all, but complex and magnificent in your work!! (Stop laughing, I really meant that!!!) ~V~ I speak from the Voice Of Experience |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I say that there are things that I must tell before I die. I dream of writing tender things to touch somebody's soul. I try to make enlightenment and joy as my main goal. I hope that when one thinks of me, he'll think "He did it well". I'm just a simple balladeer with some small tales to tell. For some reason, this reminds me of your poem about writing for the simple, ordinary man. *S* And there's no question of competency... you succeed so very well... and always find a tale worth telling. *S* Beautiful work, my friend. *S* |
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El_Campeador Senior Member
since 2003-01-29
Posts 761Ohio, USA |
This is sweet, Michael... “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 |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
There is nothing "simple" about the way you tell a tale, sweet poet. Always flowing, always a message, always a warmth that makes me smile from ear to ear. Loved this, my 'deer. Best wishes and hugs, /Kit |
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skyshine
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
You do it, very well!  ~Elizabeth Dreams last for so long, even after you're gone... |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Michael, you are a Hallmark poet or perhaps a Reader's Digest one, given that is more for the people. Challenge well met. I remember how disappointed I was the second time this challenge was posted and you did not respond. Well you have more than countered the disappointment I felt at that time. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
you make me smile |
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rosepetals25
since 2000-05-31
Posts 3076PA |
You have touched many many many souls I'm sure I know you have touched mine with your words Tara |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Thank you very much, Tara. You've always been a special lady |
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TomMark Member Elite
since 2007-07-27
Posts 2133LA,CA |
ah, if this is simple than everyone else would be plain. love this poem. |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Wow, Tom! You are resurrecting things I completely forgot I had written.. Thank you |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Enrapt, I am... You simply take the magic in stride, those intricate rhythms in rhyme, a Balladeer's voice in musical tide disarms me time after time... Oh, the tales that you might weave, dreams borne on midnight's ember shall light the night if you believe forget-me-nots stay December. As for the soul you wish to wake you harbor mine for ransom, spellbound in a twinkling take thru windows blue and handsome, Bloom vistas I have never seen, sing sweet strains of laughter, soft-touch peal, fairways green I'm captured forever after. [This message has been edited by Klassy Lassy (04-12-2009 08:56 PM).] |
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