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RMW
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since 2001-03-21

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0 posted 2003-09-09 06:47 PM

Essence

Odd that in a metal box
I should deposit for safe keeping
an insurance contract on my life.

While buried deep within a chest
the scent of cedar and old growth forest
envelopes letters.

RMW

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2003-09-09 06:58 PM

funny??? not really, but it does draw the lines between what is the commerce of our life and the things with soul... old letters would not fare well in cold steel..they need the essence of the wood to breathe...

as all souls need to

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

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2 posted 2003-09-09 07:06 PM

Well said, Captain. Thanks for taking a moment. Bob

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2003-09-09 07:07 PM

Enjoyed this...just as I enjoy the scent of cedar.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~ Summer can't be over...
I still have sand in my shoes ~

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

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4 posted 2003-09-09 07:14 PM

Thank you, Nancy. I always appreciate your kind comments. Bob

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

5 posted 2003-09-09 07:50 PM

Remind me
to place mine
in an oak box...

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

6 posted 2003-09-09 07:58 PM

Robert...Love the way this shows the different kinds of important. I keep all my special photos in an old wooden Captains chest. Wood is made for this kind of special.

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

7 posted 2003-09-09 08:08 PM

RMW - isn't it amazing what one will find and deposit in a metal box...

BC

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

8 posted 2003-09-09 08:37 PM

Sunshine and Martie...you too are so kind. You always comment. I should learn from you. Thank you.

Bill....I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to read your words, not only here, as comment, but your verse as well. Thank you very much. Bob

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

9 posted 2003-09-10 02:34 PM

ah, yes, what is really the better insurance that a life has been lived and is being lived but the essence of letters enveloped within a cedar chest

wonderfully woven

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Tiersdin
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since 2000-11-17

Posts 2364
east coast

10 posted 2003-09-10 05:53 PM

Is there a hint in this poem somewhere?

*smiles*

well done,

~Tier/you know who...

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

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USA

11 posted 2003-09-10 07:35 PM

enjoyed

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

12 posted 2003-09-10 09:23 PM

Yes...how true. A piece to ponder. Enjoyed. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul ~
Emily Dickinson

angelblueyes
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since 2003-07-19

Posts 2148
Oklahoma

13 posted 2003-09-10 11:24 PM

So true.Enjoyed.

Crystal

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