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Ratleader

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since 2003-01-23

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0 posted 2003-08-29 01:57 AM

River’s Ending

Inches to the sea
and a mile inland,
yet the river knows,
feels its own ending.

Already pregnant
with the furtive brine
that waits for it there,
still it hesitates.

Did the low, flat surge
of tide and wind wave
bring salt, or was it
the river’s own tears?

[This message has been edited by Ratleader (08-29-2003 02:03 AM).]

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2003-08-29 02:05 AM

Inches to the sea
and a mile inland,
yet the river knows,
feels its own ending.

Good and pensive,
(musingly, or dreamingly thoughtful)

Nice write, Ratleader~

[This message has been edited by BluesSerenade (08-29-2003 02:22 AM).]

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

2 posted 2003-08-29 02:20 AM

Did the low, flat surge
of tide and wind wave
bring salt, or was it
the river’s own tears?

Possibly... but one thing I DO know...this is a fantastic write m'friend.

Maree

fate is not just
whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

(Ani DiFranco)

Kahlil
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since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

3 posted 2003-08-29 02:27 AM

"Did the low, flat surge
of tide and wind wave
bring salt, or was it
the river’s own tears?"
I have lived where the river meets the sea, and I am still in awe of the exchange. You've expressed it so well. ~K~

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2003-08-29 04:15 AM

wow! fantastic!

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

5 posted 2003-08-29 04:17 AM

"Did the low, flat surge
of tide and wind wave
bring salt, or was it
the river’s own tears?"

I like this, Ed...very much.
Nicely done.
"My friends are my estate."
~Emily Dickinson

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

6 posted 2003-08-29 09:54 AM

Ed

Perhaps it is not an end at all, but a new beginning. You are such a thoughtfilled man...it shows in your poetry.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

7 posted 2003-08-29 10:28 AM

someone wrote in a book to me, what we think will happen, and it's so very true...believe my dear friend....that there is nothing in this world that we cannot do, if we put our heart and soul to the sail....

thank you for an awesome write, and your allowing heart....

angelblueyes
Member Elite

since 2003-07-19

Posts 2148
Oklahoma

8 posted 2003-08-29 10:58 AM

I love reading your perspective on things.It's a nice site to see and it always evokes such thoughts from me.Well done here.
Crystal

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

9 posted 2003-08-31 06:32 PM

What a beautiful, poignant perspective... I don't know the answer... but I know perfect poetry... and this is. *S* Excellent!

QjQ
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since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

10 posted 2003-08-31 06:36 PM

very good write,,,

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

11 posted 2003-08-31 07:37 PM

Ratleader - very thought provoking write... Well penned...

BC

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

12 posted 2003-08-31 08:03 PM

Ed...This reminds me of the mighty Mississippi. Thats exactly what happens during the Summer, the salt water from the Gulf of mexico creeps up into the river.
I lived next to the Mississippi all my life.
Enjoyed the poem...Paul

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

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