Open Poetry #31 |
babble tower |
Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
apprehension and aggression perhaps even fear upon meeting him at first a bit gruff and concealing but people are like that and when I grasped he was simply dying too I then saw the child if we were all just a tad taller |
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Kahlil Senior Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881 |
Indeed...I love how you've captured this vision...seeing the child. I look for that too; not often enough, though. ~K~ |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
fear drowns out our vision sometimes . . . I liked how it did not in your poem. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
some of us are |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
quote: a compassionate POV |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
The compassion speaks for itself... So glad to see you in here, again... |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
reb, I'm taking this as a poem about your father who you haven't seen for a long time and is dying. Am I off the mark (as I often am)? |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Nice... though I interpret it more about meeting our preconceived notions... simple and complex, you. I like it that way. |
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Grover Senior Member
since 2004-01-27
Posts 1967London, ON, Canada |
Very good! |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Rebel~ Poignant thoughts from your pen~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Hey Rebel, it's very good to see you here with another wonderful poem. You always make me think, and that's a very good thing. Hugs, Ethel |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
LR Whatever the meaning ...this touches a truth about people and feeling and that makes it good poetry. |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
oh the places you'll go poetry in motion, very cool |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
thank you one and all... Deer and Blazey, I'm not long on explaining poetry, I think the potential for uncovering insights in the reader that were unintended by the writer are one of the higher aspects of the art. I will say though -- that my father died nigh on 4 years ago now.. but, that doesn't mean that it couldn't have been about seeing him before he died. It could also certainly be about meeting pre-conceived notions. I like what I'm hearing. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
"I think the potential for uncovering insights in the reader that were unintended by the writer are one of the higher aspects of the art." that's exactly it! |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
yeah, what passing shadows said |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Wow. This is an awesome piece. Going back now to read it for a fourth time. Chris Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
always a pleasure to read you, hits close to home today actually |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
as always...thought provoking...sigh I find that on my knees I am just the right height *smile* |
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