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Predestination |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn 
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I may have always lived here in this shack Whiling away the pages of calendars Stacking my sins like so much cordwood In preparation for the winter that’s coming Sitting by the woodstove reading my biography From the book of years Stopping always at the unwritten last chapter While other aspects of myself went on about life One, sandal-shod penniless, but otherwise happy Paint spattered jeans and old flanneled tatters Gallons of wine, pints of tequila Another, Alexander Julian and Geoffery Beene Were hanging in my closet, while Johnnie Law Was hangin’ around my Lincoln “Smoky”, Libby, “Sunshine” (a couple of them) Bridgette, Amy and the guileless sweet “Belle” Then, long-last and lost, the girl with brown eyes One man’s many lives budding, blossomed And bearing the odd fruit Before withering away with the end of a season Yet, I have always been right here Perched on the bank Readying the place for when I finally show up Listening for a rustling in the wind and wood Watching the river’s steady slow progress Paying particular attention to the bend upstream So that I might be ready to meet myself here |
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J.Samm Member
since 2004-01-12
Posts 415Iloilo City, Philippines |
great images...so much wisdom in the last line too.  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Whiling away the pages of calendars Stacking my sins like so much cordwood In preparation for the winter that’s coming Sitting by the woodstove reading my biography From the book of years Stopping always at the unwritten last chapter While other aspects of myself went on about life Bro... I know the feeling... though we haveit applied to our lives in different ways and on different paths... smallmouth this time of year are sluggish... but a good grub fished slow along the edges of cover or down the riffles to the still pools will tease them out.... and they taste different..lol... you can taste in them now the coming cold... love the verse bud... but I don't recall reading anything from you that I didn't enjoy.. |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
These reminiscences live and breathe with a life lived full and colourful. Descriptive and poignant journey and I enjoyed taking every step with you. Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
wranx There are as many paths as there are people and I've touched on so few. Perhaps as the circles expand they intermingle. |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Biography? Whose I wonder. Your writing always causes me to slowly meander the scenery and the faces. You write so welllll... Enjoyed, miscellanea |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
it is a kind and generous man, who can look at one's life as such Enjoyed this very much |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
I always, always enjoy your thoughts Bro  i will keep this. Mxx into this night i wonder, it's morning that i dread, another day of knowing of, the path i fear to tread. |
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*Alli4000*
since 2004-03-21
Posts 3188The World of Poetry |
enjoyed this very much.   ~Alli~ *:.AIM = Alli4000.:* My Journal |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
For all you say, I think you found yourself..it's in your words here. A true gentle man with a heart of pure gold. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
and that winter is coming fast now |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
as usual, very well spoken, my friend. Always enjoy your stuff. jwesley |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
ah, meeting oneself - I like the concepts of the multiple facets of ourselves and the waiting for that which we hope to become - so it says to me - many lives over many years have I lived, and yet, I still have not known myself in total - Good stuff- Susan Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind. |
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brian sites Senior Member
since 2002-06-25
Posts 1475usa |
yep.... see folks? he told me it sucked... and when he says that.... I know it will be a good one yeah...keep writing those crappy ones dude I like them the best... this a nice still brown |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
....may your woodpile always stand taller than the house....and on the north side, of course! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
what everybody else said |
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