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wordwizard
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0 posted 2003-09-10 12:45 PM




Ecrivan here under another pseudo for a new computer:


A hidden cache in the hole of a tree
the nights we looked my brother and me
Bo left them to be taken, we'd never know
the nights we peeked in to the wooden hollow.

hush young child, no need to weep
the mockingbird call is yours to keep

What a strange man-boy Bo was back then
was much younger than him, not barely ten
he'd stare at us, something had taken his voice away
we'd always wonder why he'd never come out to play.

never kill a mockingbird to hear its call
the song of the bird announces mans fall


My dad defended the rights of a negro back then
poor soul ran away from a wrong sentence when
my dad was routinely chided,
in a law system he had confided
he represented a man with another colour skin
no question that he'd be from another family or kin.

young child, wake up from your deep sleep
the mockingbird call is yours to reap

That night we returned from a ritual trend
to found out the truth of our silent friend
and I accompanied him to his door that night
thinking how town folk reacted to him with fright.


His salient trait was in the silent art of giving
we learned from the gifts in his solemn land of living.





[This message has been edited by wordwizard (09-11-2003 02:19 AM).]

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1 posted 2003-09-10 01:46 AM


very good write n read,, enjoyed,,

                

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2 posted 2003-09-10 06:18 AM


Hello Ecrivan...here I was, ready to send Word Wizard a lovely Mockingbird to go with the poem...but, sigh...I couldn't find one.  Yes, you whisked me right back into the B&W of it all...

thank you.

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3 posted 2003-09-10 07:07 AM


I'm glad I opened this to read a new/established poet's work - Your theme speaks a wonderful message, as always - Nicely done word/ecrivan/wizard...

[This message has been edited by Nan (09-10-2003 07:08 AM).]

wordwizard
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4 posted 2003-09-10 10:30 PM


Karilea,

Those black and white images at the end are particularly touching. Amazing to see Robert Duvall in this tender role


wordwizard
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5 posted 2003-09-10 10:32 PM


amazing to see Duvall in this tender role
enjoyed those black and white images myself


wordwizard
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6 posted 2003-09-10 10:33 PM


remove please

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