At A Portage..... (New Year Poem)

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ice
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since 2003-05-17

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Pennsylvania

0 posted 2003-12-30 11:50 AM

At a portage, near the confluence
Of two tributaries:
The older one
Has given up its rapids,
But still runs silent, runs deep
I do not find it weak,
Nor view its slowing as death;
And so by memory, honor it
Retaining the much
It has taught me,
That is vesseled in its depth.
*
My resolution is this:
To remember its lessons,
Knowing soon it will dump
Itself, seeming lost
Into the basin,
Of all past years;
All spaces
*
retreat, but time advances,
Finds and fills
All basins
Overflows, and rills
Onward, never still...
A ghostly fluid;
That detects the hole of new years eve
Decants...
And becomes
A new-years, first day.

Happy New Year to all.....:-)

Michelle_loves_Mike

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since 2003-12-20

Posts 1189
Pennsylvania

1 posted 2003-12-30 11:57 AM

makes me think of the whole "growing up" aspect of life,,,we grow older,,steady in our beliefs and ways,,,,,move mountains,,,maybe change the course a few times along the way,,,but, in the end,,,it's all dumped out with everyone elses,,,to blend as it will
very nice read
Michelle

I wish all could find the true happiness I have found,,in the eyes of Mike

Sunshine

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2 posted 2003-12-30 12:08 PM

A very good way of delivering
your best, Ice. Thank you.

Happy New Year, Sir!

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

3 posted 2003-12-30 12:12 PM

well done... nice analogy and good lessons to take from it
I enjoyed

passing shadows
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4 posted 2003-12-30 12:13 PM

this is awesome!

Marge Tindal

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5 posted 2003-12-30 12:58 PM

Ford~
Such a pleasure to read you this day~
Happy New Year's blessings to you~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram
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Martie

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6 posted 2003-12-30 01:09 PM

ice

There are many lessons to be taken from nature as well as poetry like this. Thank you. Happy New year!

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

7 posted 2003-12-30 03:36 PM

You just have a way of speaking such truth, and here again, a lesson to learn. Wonderful poetry as usual, and I truly enjoyed it.

A Very Happy New Year To You and Yours!
Let there be peace on earth

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

8 posted 2003-12-30 03:50 PM

ice
As ice turns to water and water to ice.
Well done, enjoyed. Happy New Year

LngJhnAg
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since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
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9 posted 2003-12-30 03:52 PM

Boy! Speaking of dumping into basins makes me wanna go get Balladeer's and Toerag's poems and print them out!

Nicely written metaphor, Ice.

ice
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since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

10 posted 2003-12-30 09:37 PM

Dear Friends:

Michelle_loves_Mike
Sunshine
Cpat Hair
Passing Shadows
Marge Tindal
Martie
Mysteria
Seymour Tabin
LngJhnAg

Thank you all for the wonderful comments
It was felt greatl to come home and see such nice compliments....:-)

I wish all of you a safe and prosperus New Year..
I have enjoyed reading and posting poems in pip, and have come here to settle my mind when things go wrong in my buisness...Reading your poetry, and the poetry of the other members is like a tranquilizer, with no side effects...

Again, Thank you all.... :-)

________ice
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iliana
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since 2003-12-05

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USA

11 posted 2004-01-01 04:08 AM

Really enjoyed reading this! Happy 2004!

Mistletoe Angel

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Portland, Oregon

12 posted 2004-01-11 02:37 PM

(does happy dance) Yay! Happy Belated New Year, sweet friend, I'm so happy to read all your gorgeous poems, sweet friend, I was on vacation from December 28 to January 4 and then I had to prepare for my new term but now I'm back on Passions track, yay! (big angel hugs) God Bless You, sweet friend, may you and your loved ones be blessed all throughout this new year, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ford, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

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