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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn 
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It is said That when you reach the age of one Your memory can be described As "One Whole" And when you are nine The sum of your memory Is "One over Nine" One ninth If true... It explains why At the age I find myself now I recall so little Of what once seemed so important But, leads me to wonder What evil device is at work That keeps fresh These images that haunt |
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MoniDaPoet Member
since 2003-08-14
Posts 73California, USA |
Very thought provoking piece. I like that alot. Write more! I have only my genius to declare! |
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dreambuilder Member
since 2003-03-23
Posts 319caddyshack |
Now thats an awesome write well done sir dreambuilder |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
hmmm . . . seem to remember this conception I mean . . . I have maybe two or three good memories myself . . . the rest are ghosts *smile* xxoo |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
A haunting write! There is within us a defense strategy activated when we are haunted too much by certain memories ... but it does not work if we do not collaborate I think .... we should learn to let go and release. The once important things are not linked to problems probably ... that's why they slumber .... just my thoughts. Love, Margherita  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
smile. It's not that we forget more, Ed. We simply have more files to rifle through first.  (But there is many a night, I am grateful I hit the "delete" button, too.)  y'made the witch smile, yeti. |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Ever heard of a calculator, quit using your head, as one's heart will always get in the way of that equation. Very creative way of showing the pain of our memory. |
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Jordyn05 Member
since 2003-07-17
Posts 62 |
Wow. Super poem. It made me cry. Keep on posting. Jordyn |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
Wranx- You always seem to find a way to make the reader ponder your thoughts, and their own, almost every time you write... "It explains why At the age I find myself now I recall so little Of what once seemed so important" Having just this past week agonized another marking of the years, I found myself discovering this same exact principal.. yet not with half the eloquence... Another masterpiece. We are all equal but we’re individually different |
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Tiersdin Member Elite
since 2000-11-17
Posts 2364east coast |
I too wonder sometimes...  *smiles* Excellent poem, Wranx! ~Tier |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Very thought provoking m'friend. An excellent write as usual.  Maree fate is not just |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
thought-provoking indeed |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
made me think how true...my recall is very poor...but mostly with names M |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Is fear, then, the 10th power? Interesting poem, even more interesting as you reach an age that is still beyond you, and you will begin to regain those good memories that you only think you've forgotten, and the haunting ones will start to fade. Of course, sometimes you won't remember what you did 10 minutes ago... I see it happen every day. I can't say I understand the whole of it, especially as I am not strong in the advanced math [myth?] of life, but it does happen. I had been wondering where you were. I'm glad to see you landed where I could enjoy your poetry... |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Clever write! --Hey, Dear Ed, I've got an idea! Why don't you rip the horns off that "evil device" and stick a halo in their place! Then you'll have only happy memories!--Trust me!  Linda |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Ed, I think that "evil device" is called "experience"... Loved the ponder and observation. -MVS You CAN make a difference: |
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majnu
since 2002-10-13
Posts 1088SF Bay Area |
i had to reply even though i do not know how to articulate my feeling. i only know that i strongly feel that this, however well written, is somehow incomplete, wrong, or both. maybe next year, eh. -majnu |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Sorry I missed this, Ed...but glad I dug it up tonight. Clever, thought provoking, and left me with a smile. Nicely done... "My friends are my estate." |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Fractional memories are the end result of too many 'fractured' experiences that were input into your brain at times when your heart was either unable to calculate the impact or accept the full 'value' of the experience. I have some fractions/fragments in my memory banks that I would like to assign a zero value. Interesting brainwave bender, Ed. (I know what I mean anyway.  ) |
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Brad Majors
since 2001-04-03
Posts 2647Georgia |
nice |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
How true... There does seem to be far more bad memories.. Well written.. Susan |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed...It takes time to form an understanding of some events in life....and the older we get, the more experience we have with which to understand. I never was very good at math. Enjoyed the thought in this poem though! |
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