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Kazm
Member

since 2003-11-13

Posts 99

0 posted 2004-06-16 01:53 PM

Pier

Our steps blend like cream and coffee,
stirred by love and something else
so deep we don't name it.
It's a pier like every pier, made
of ancient planks and fishermen,
gulls and the necessary poet.
He sits in his own shadow
writing himself into a diary,
and we hope he puts us there today.
How many lovers have walked here?
Feet have etched the gray wood into waves
that tell of time. Which wave is ours?
Is our wave here at all or is it
one of the quick green waves below?
Are surfers riding our time right now?
Looking for it we walk the length,
old boards, new boards, and our time.
Yes we have a time and find it here
just as we were turning back.
We'll mark it with a kiss for memory
and feel the water answer from below.
Our time was a wave held up
for us on the backs of dolphins.
Now it is here, marked into this wood
forever in writing these fishermen
will never see, nor the poet dream of.

Kaz

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2004-06-16 02:39 PM

Kaz, this was really a great write. I loved the idea of having your own wave!

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

2 posted 2004-06-16 02:43 PM

Beautifully romantic. Much enjoyed.

Susan

The whole of the Universe resides within each individual heart.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2004-06-16 03:57 PM

Our time was a wave held up
for us on the backs of dolphins.
Now it is here, marked into this wood
forever in writing these fishermen
will never see, nor the poet dream of.

How incredibly lovely! *S* You write the scene so vividly I taste the tang of salt in the air... even as I sit in a bland land-locked cubicle. *S*

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2004-06-16 04:02 PM

Very lovely..and much enjoyed.
Hugs~

Something tugs at me, I've no doubt of that.
Something from the sea, whichever one I'm near.
When I stray too far from beachland, it calls me back

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2004-06-16 04:56 PM

Kazm

The ocean holds so many stories...some of them are love stories. Much enjoyed your poem!

Kazm
Member

since 2003-11-13

Posts 99

6 posted 2004-06-16 07:52 PM

I can't say this poem is all mine. I have two friends who kindly help me sometimes. It was important to have this one be good so I asked both of them to make suggestions before I put it here.

Kaz

Ratleader

Member Rara Avis

since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

7 posted 2004-06-17 09:51 AM

This is one of your best, Kaz...I'm glad you decided to post it.

You have a way with (looking for the right word) the implications of things, that is truly remarkable. Keep it up, man!

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suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

8 posted 2004-06-18 01:45 PM

Yes we have a time and find it here
just as we were turning back.
We'll mark it with a kiss for memory
and feel the water answer from below.

I find a different place to get lost in your words each time I read this... guess that's why I forgot to add it to my library... correcting that omission NOW! *S*

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