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wordwizard
Member

since 2003-09-08

Posts 483
on the way to next world

0 posted 2004-07-22 10:56 PM

Still a presence even after statues fall
piazza pigeons have lost where to roost
weary souls wonder how other icons rise
from the floor of native houses
yet their officials are elected democratically.

Still a presence on a shelf or wall
a figure carved in gold leaf tradition
ones placed where no idols were to follow
yet weak souls need to see saintly contenances...

Still a presence once living is cast in bronze
to immortalize...what mass media would magnify
enlarged out of perspective, on all continents
yet galaxies are still eons away....

an icon today, forgotten fact tomorrow
generated models collapse with fruitless sorrow
then cyclically rise from pyre ashes,
to colour this world with beliefs
framed in settings of disbelief.

[This message has been edited by wordwizard (07-24-2004 02:40 AM).]

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2004-07-22 11:01 PM

wordwizard, great poem and interesting perspective; and most probably true, with a few, very few exceptions. .......jo

Ratleader

Member Rara Avis

since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

2 posted 2004-07-23 10:56 AM

Depth here...a poem well worth the reading,
and this:

then cyclically rise from pyre ashes
to colour this world with beliefs
framed in settings of disbelief.

....only thing I can say is it shines true and I wish I'd come up with the image.

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LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

3 posted 2004-07-23 11:16 AM

an icon today, forgotten fact tomorrow
generated models collapse with fruitless sorrow
then cyclically rise from pyre ashes
to colour this world with beliefs
framed in settings of disbelief.

This was extraordinarily amazing...and wholeheartidly agree with Rat Leader....
Wow!

wordwizard
Member

since 2003-09-08

Posts 483
on the way to next world

4 posted 2004-07-24 02:36 AM

thanks all for sharing your opinions!

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