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Alwye

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In the space between moments

0 posted 2004-09-27 11:09 PM

Scarleted Bellona
fingers clenched 'round
the cold of death
and trembling at the icy touch
of justice twisted--
Even you, hostile-handed deity,
shiver at the shifted sight
of moral martyrs
dying for a vision skewed.

The olive branch is burning
in poignant fires of ignorance
that dance in the eyes of men
who stifle truths
whispered in their souls
who stifle truths
etched in their religions.

What do the ambered rivers prove
as they tumble o'er lands conquered,
tumble o'er lands freed--perhaps
they show that either way--
we've lost so much and gained so little.

So, scarleted Bellona
wash your hands of savagery
let pensiveness constitute bravery
and simple answers fall aside...
For enlightened men can find a better way.

Hey everyone, once again, it's been a while and I apologize for that.College is hectic.I hope everyone is doing well.

~*Krista Lee Knutson*~

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
~Rabindranath Tagore

Mark Bohannan
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In the winds of Cherokee song

1 posted 2004-09-27 11:19 PM

Krista - How wonderful to find one of yours in here. As usual, you are teaching us not only how to expand in poetry but how to expand in thought also. Very insightful piece with a very powerful message in it's content. I truely enjoyed very much. Thanks for taking a break for us from the books.

IndigoEve
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Etched in the illusion of time

2 posted 2004-09-28 05:17 PM

I'm keeping this.
Hope you do not mind.

If I were to touch you, would you bleed a velvet river, running miracles through the sodden ground? --Moi

DavePage
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3 posted 2004-09-28 05:32 PM

You have your own opinion and the images and excellence are excellent

It reminds me of listening to a Liberal Lord in London after the Lord Mayor's show

I took the debts on for a charity after whatever, 18 comittee ran out.

It was turned round but the words are superbe and someone else paid the cost

Maybe I have misunderstood the words - poetry is about words.

Dave

Michael

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4 posted 2004-09-29 12:49 PM

You've been missed. Don't remember much from you in this style -- you're writing has definately grown (since last I caught it anyway).

Margherita
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Eternity

5 posted 2004-09-29 08:08 AM

Enjoyed ..... yet truth is always simple. It is an art though to share it with simplicity.

Thought provoking, well written piece.

Love, Margherita

LeeJ
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6 posted 2004-09-29 08:45 AM

Even in the ages now, history is on a constant roll, repeating itself...will mankind ever grow beyond what is past...into the intellectual new age of non-material

A poem well worth the read, deep, profound, superbly written!

Seymour Tabin
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7 posted 2004-09-29 08:48 AM

Alwye
Well done, enjoyed the write.

miscellanea
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OH

8 posted 2004-09-29 10:15 AM

Enjoyed the title on down. You'd think everyone could put 2+2 together about battling, but unfortunately they haven't, threatening peaceable people... This is very thought provoking. I wish I had the answers!

miscellanea

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

9 posted 2004-09-29 10:24 AM

Krista~

'The olive branch is burning
in poignant fires of ignorance'

Oh my ... layers of truth found embering in this one, dear lady~

Liking the all of it~
*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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Gentle Spirit
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10 posted 2004-09-29 11:30 AM

The olive branch is burning
in poignant fires of ignorance
that dance in the eyes of men
who stifle truths
whispered in their souls
who stifle truths
etched in their religions.

Krista....love this verse. Very insightful writing....glad you took a break and came to inspire us once again!

The greatest beauty on earth, is
found in the hearts of those
who love....

Alwye

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In the space between moments

11 posted 2004-09-29 12:45 PM

Hi everyone, thanks for all the wonderful comments. My life is so crazy and instead of paying attention in my Shakespeare class (which I guess wasn't so bad because we don't really talk about shakespeare...), I wrote this poem. Bellona is actually referenced in Henry IV, which is what we were reading at the time.

Thanks once again for all the kind words!

~*Krista Lee Knutson*~

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
~Rabindranath Tagore

skyshine

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Beneath the northern stars

12 posted 2004-09-29 02:45 PM

There's a better way for a lot of things to be done. Well written!

~sky

So you go and make it happen
Do your best, just keep on laughing
It's all on you, there's always a brand new day. -Avril Lavigne

exhale
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Alberta,Canada

13 posted 2004-09-29 02:57 PM

this was an incredible write that moved me to my very soul,saving this one for a rainy day to ponder.
amazing write,very thought provoking.

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