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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2006-11-07 09:03 PM



don't think for a moment
that you know me
by one reading
by one photo
no, not even with a hundred
will you see

~ME

and perhaps the reason  
you will not see me
will be
that your lens focal length
is set too short
to see beyond
your immediate space
and your misreads of me
might be
from a similar
shortsightedness

don't think for a moment
that you know me yet
when all you have seen or read
is instant snapshots
bits and pieces of
fragmented rhymes

© Copyright 2006 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2006-11-07 09:39 PM


~ I couldn't agree more with your words, especially within this realm of communciation known as an Internet forum. Well written.
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2 posted 2006-11-07 09:39 PM


Thanks JCP!
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3 posted 2006-11-11 01:56 AM


This strikes a chord.  I have written a similar poem about not assuming that my words allow you to know me.  I share what I wish you to know.  I like this a lot, my fellow midnight sun lover. The aurora is dancing tonight and I thought of  you.

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4 posted 2006-11-11 02:12 AM


You say this so well.YES YES YES. THANKS HELEN
Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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5 posted 2006-11-11 02:26 AM


I enjoyed this!

Be well
Roniece

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6 posted 2006-11-11 07:28 AM


It's so true! You know, you can even live with a person for years on end and still not really know them.

But what I do know of you Kacy, truly makes me smile

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7 posted 2006-11-11 07:49 AM


a perfect description of the reality of this medium...

fits me to a "T"

I've been reading when I have the time even if not responding.

M

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8 posted 2006-11-11 12:21 PM


Thanks for reading!
The Lady
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9 posted 2006-11-11 11:01 PM




"and perhaps the reason  
you will not see me
will be
that your lens focal length
is set too short
to see beyond
your immediate space"

yes Kacy
and even in real life
we seldom take time to
really see others

I love this poem


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10 posted 2006-11-11 11:40 PM


a thoughtful..thought-provoking ‘write’!....

I’ve lived with Mr.‘ME’ for half a cent-RE..
Yet...I still but barely know his name!....

Does anyone truly ‘know’ anyone
or in some very ‘last analysis...even
much of anything?!....
what was it again, that Thoreau said
(somethin’ like):

Men think they ‘know’ many things
But lo they have taken wings
All our arts and the ‘sciences’
And myriad ‘appliances’....
The wind that blows...
Is more than any man
Truly ‘knows’!......

What’s that other one?!....
To the effect that
We hear..but do we genuinely ‘listen’...
And look...but can we truly see?!.....

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11 posted 2006-11-11 11:55 PM


I love these thoughtful replies!
It's true, we can 'live'in the 'Pond' a lifetime, and not see much beyond the surface reflection.
Guess we weren't born with mental scuba gear and sonar to go all the way.
Thoreau was truly gifted.

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12 posted 2006-11-13 10:32 AM


I, for one, would truly like to get to know you better! For what I do 'think' I see, I likeee!


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13 posted 2006-11-13 10:50 AM


What if I read between the lines?

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

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