I Don’t Need To Borrow Your Wheelbarrow

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RSWells
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0 posted 2005-01-24 11:54 PM

I don’t need to borrow your wheelbarrow.
The one you importune to put in my way.

Not just its poor condition you can’t see;
a languid wheel misguides a stray direction,
furrows where perhaps it once had raced.

Rust branded bucket whose burrows seep
reason, purpose, too long hauled ashes
from smothered smolderings in wasted time.

The bent legs kneel out of old habit now
and over-handled shafts splay easily,
etched by countless costermonger’s runs

I’d have carried on skirting this narrow
passage, even kept a kitschy clement smirk
that cursory notice would see as smile

but for taunts of “man enough” and “fear.”

I’ve moved mountains in my time going nowhere,
left many sturdier implements broken in my wake.

Whatever else I’ll need moved will move to me

Poets against the war is redundant

passing shadows
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displaced

1 posted 2005-01-25 05:30 AM

yes! what a write!

1slick_lady
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standing on a shadow's lace

2 posted 2005-01-25 06:59 AM

"Whatever else I’ll need moved will move to me"

amen

inkedgoddess
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since 2002-11-19

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Ohio

3 posted 2005-01-25 08:42 AM

i borrowed a cup of laundry detergent and ended up marrying the man..
anyhow,
don't be so hard on yourself
tho it's quite charming

LeeJ
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4 posted 2005-01-25 08:45 AM

I’ve moved mountains in my time going nowhere,
left many sturdier implements broken in my wake.

darlin...we've all been there and done that...and so...be better for it...never looking back, but gliding on the fingers of compassion, is truly what makes you His son....

Your writings are magnificant.

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2005-01-25 09:01 AM

RSWells
With the ambience of a dolphin you swim through the sea well. Enjoyed

Midnitesun

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Gaia

6 posted 2005-01-25 09:19 AM

I enjoyed wheeling around in the wordplay and imagery. I especially liked that ending.

Susan Caldwell
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7 posted 2005-01-25 11:53 AM

"Whatever else I’ll need moved will move to me"

ah..yes..I will have whatever it is you are having!!!

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

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8 posted 2005-01-25 03:37 PM

"I’ve moved mountains in my time going nowhere,
left many sturdier implements broken in my wake."
Dear man, sometimes you write it just the way I feel it, felt it, and at times should have felt it.

"Whatever else I’ll need moved will move to me"

Much are the same as my own sentiments lately Richard. Again, you have written an outstanding piece.

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

jellybeans
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9 posted 2005-01-25 05:40 PM

how could you not read one with a title as this? wonderful lines

I’ve moved mountains in my time going nowhere,
left many sturdier implements broken in my wake.

Whatever else I’ll need moved will move to me

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

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British Columbia, Canada

10 posted 2005-01-25 09:41 PM

Man has all he needs on his person, but then you knew that right

I liked this Richard, and you sure don't need any wheelbarrow that's for sure.

River
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since 2003-09-16

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11 posted 2005-01-26 10:49 PM

so levetation is possible...(something I heard in a song) ... wow, you have officially amazed me and I am now a fan =) I like this so much, it's one of those things you can read over and over. super cool dude! *add

- River

How can I stand here and not be moved by you? - Lifehouse

Martie

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12 posted 2005-01-26 10:57 PM

Agree with the others, Richard...you have some power words...who needs a wheelbarrow!

Susan
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walking the surreal

13 posted 2005-01-27 01:50 PM

I found this interesting - excellent imagery-filled with defiance - good parry and thrust

Susan

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

14 posted 2005-01-27 01:59 PM

I’d have carried on skirting this narrow
passage, even kept a kitschy clement smirk
that cursory notice would see as smile

~*~

Some poets...write lightheartedly...some despondently...and some, thoroughly...

and some poems are meant to be enjoyed,
while others are studied...

because they go deeper than most.

Sometimes I make a very good student.

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