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Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 2004-01-25 11:08 AM

O’ would it be that I with angels vie,
To gaze beyond a midnight Kansas sky,
Lo’ not to dream, but view with wakened eye-
Forevermore, with mortal lens espy.

I wish it so, that I would pierce the night,
Upon the summer blaze of Persiedes,
To touch upon far side of welkin’s light,
Where gods alone o’er unseen realm preside.

Polaris and the Southern Cross to merge
As vastness of the Milky Way would shrink
Until the firmament and earth converge
And I a mortal man would cross sky’s brink.

O’ would it be, that I a man might see,
Beyond what is, to see eternity.

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2004-01-25 12:45 PM

Tim

"O’ would it be, that I a man might see,
Beyond what is, to see eternity."

I think you already do.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2004-01-25 12:46 PM

good stuff!

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2004-01-25 12:52 PM

And I? in order that darkness would reign
where stars and thoughts would reach the realm
I would stay myself, and from rising abstain
while the master stands the helm.

Bravo!

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

4 posted 2004-01-25 01:14 PM

Tim
Martie beat me, you're aleady in eternity.

Munda
Member Elite

since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

5 posted 2004-01-25 02:27 PM

You are definitely the Sonneteer of these blue pages.

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

6 posted 2004-01-25 03:28 PM

Such applause...
enjoyed the view here. TD

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

7 posted 2004-01-25 05:17 PM

(smiles) Oh Tim, this s wonderful, sweet friend, this is a true cosmic journey perceived from your eyes, dearest friend, how lovely it would feel for anyone to swim in Andromeda, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Tim, 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

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

8 posted 2004-01-25 05:37 PM

Oh I love this, so much...I only wish I could write them. Beautiful!

and this...
O’ would it be, that I a man might see,
Beyond what is, to see eternity

like Martie said... "I think you already do"

Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
(by Virginia Woolf)

croyles
Member

since 2004-01-27

Posts 102

9 posted 2004-01-31 03:07 PM

Can someone tell me what the difference between a stressed and unstressed syllable is? someone xplain please. thanks.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

10 posted 2004-01-31 03:14 PM

Recently, I was away from the city lights
and was able to see so much of the grandeur
above me in the skies....

You took me there, thanx Tim.

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

11 posted 2004-01-31 03:20 PM

Tim,
you shine like the very stars themselves

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

A Romantic Heart
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-03

Posts 5496
Forever In Your Heart

12 posted 2004-01-31 04:15 PM

Tim,
You are Shakespeare himself,You words are like velvet silk, flowing so softly.....

I do admire your talent!

You are one of the best poets on here!

This one was my favorite....I have read and replied to yours before..but this one is sweet~

I have tried to email you, but you have no email address....feel free to email me!

~ARH

love and hugs

Open your eyes, open your mind, open your heart, let me come in and show you love.....~ARH

[This message has been edited by A Romantic Heart (01-31-2004 05:06 PM).]

Grover
Senior Member

since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

13 posted 2004-01-31 04:19 PM

Very good poem! Grover.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

14 posted 2004-01-31 05:38 PM

Ahhhh, Tim, you make me want to write a sonnet! Masterfully done!

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

15 posted 2004-01-31 06:06 PM

Tim~
Not much better to find than this~
You have delivered a delicate worded beauty to us ... and I thank 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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