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Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 8:02 am:   

new day is dawning
coffee bites my tongue
spring bursting forth
song remains undone

dancing in the darkness
old song drew to a close
dream a couple dreams
freshened in repose

awaken to the notes
song of you through we
richness of the harmony
rhythm of the melody

alone, i sought a song
together, we create
symphony bright and grand
spread to all the land
Ravenman
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Username: Ravenman

Post Number: 508
Registered: 4-2002
Posted From: 216.83.185.164
Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 2:06 pm:   



Judge Smails circa 1980

its easy to grin
when your ship comes in
and...you've got the stock market beat

but the man who's worth while
is the man who can smile
when his shorts aren't to tight in the seat
Aquaholic
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Post Number: 30
Registered: 8-2005
Posted From: 167.21.3.5
Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 2:20 pm:   

Images
by Tyrone Green

Dark and lonely on a summer's night.
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.
Watchdog barking. Do he bite?
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.
Slip in his window. Break his neck.
Then his house I start to wreck.
Got no reason. What the heck?
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.
C-I-L my land lord!

Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 7:26 pm:   

from the heart of the flower
inspiration is born
from the eye of the child
fresh summer morn

asleep for a moment
many yesterdays and today
and then in an instant
new choice to play
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 8:00 am:   

Gifts of love
Sent from above
Daughter or son
To everyone

Learn to trust the heart
Dare to make a start
Sharing love with all
Whether large or small

Lend a hand
Take a stand
Plant a tree
Spread some glee

Change the world today
Shine your heart's bright ray
Begin just where you are
Together we'll go far
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 7:45 am:   

Morning after night
New love dawns again today
Fresh flowers in bloom
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 5
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Thursday, March 30, 2006 - 8:20 am:   

Look to the light that shines from your heart
Open your view to the lessons of all
Rise to your feet, slowly stand tall
Wake to the beat of the creation of art

Fire is kindled, heat fills the space
Light of the stars, shines from your heart
New life enlivens, all and one taking part
Child is born, from a scream to embrace

Day is filled with a newness when we start
Listen in quiet, from deep, hear the call
In time we will sprint, but now, only crawl
Blending together, no longer apart
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 6
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Monday, April 03, 2006 - 8:29 pm:   

She scurried into the chill of darkness
Comforted by the ravaging thoughts
Solitude was safer than reaching out
Chilling disturbance ran down her back

Hints of light danced in the periphery
Memories of so very long ago
Now faded and foggy and dim
Ancient faith left her nothing to grieve

Knowing was beyond her furthest reach
Clarity, the glimmering of a drop of dew
Only one choice left for this lost heart
Find a corner to embrace death quietly

But grace has a way of synchronicity
Waits 'til the darkest of instants
The universe has learned time and again
Daughter made in the image of all

Immeasurable ages of experience
Held in the heart of a child
Pain is a necessary teacher
Creation comes only at that cost
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 7
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 6:18 pm:   

In a moment of stillness
All cares melt away
In this moment of choice
All worries left behind
In this instant of clarity
Your life begins anew
With the breath you breathe in
We are all refreshed
And in the stillness
A distant song moves in
That song from the All
I hear the song, too
And then in your mind's heart
The new dance is given a start
With a movement of a foot
In this perfect moment of stillness
And we breathe in as one
And we out as two
And we are joined
In this instant
Me and you
And you and you, too

May I have this dance?
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 8
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 12:09 pm:   

One with the butterfly
In tune with the bloom
Divinity personified
In love, we consume
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 9
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 12:10 pm:   

Gratitude for friends like you
As you reflect the best in me
I hope and pray that I renew
Depth of divine in you I see

Depth of all in you I see
Hint of sadness, breaking free
Eyes of all see deep in me
Hope of then, for now I'll be
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 10
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 11:01 am:   

child within throws a tantrum
wise man thinks he knows all
strength of the rock in stillness
remember that fear builds a wall

knowing that comes from the ages
peace as the waves kiss the shore
breathing out words of the muses
forgetting to open heart's door

thoughts of the angels pervade
life's lessons seek to persuade
distractions of mind, they disuade
as memories of love start to fade

then from the distance, she comes
wisdom in the words of a friend
remember to LIVE this new life
love begins where knowledge finds end

rising anew from the ashes
phoenix reborn yet this new day
flight of the angel returning
sing, dance, rejoice, and play
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 11
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 68.50.51.42
Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 12:26 am:   

tulips in the meadow
break of dawning day
joyful moments flow
carefree children play

likewise love is born
gift from deeper place
nourished by the sun
end forever chase

dance of trees and wind
strengthened by the years
river rushes on
filled by nights of tears

time has made us whole
ready to share a life
many lessons taught
wake to end the strife

eagle builds a nest
in the highest peak
readied for the test
no time for the meek

flight of faith begins
with a choice to leap
intent planted whole
love is what we reap
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 12
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 8:10 am:   

Clouds fade away from yesterday
Bold sun warms this new morn
Storms of the past held at bay
Fear that was once, newly shorn

Hope born as birds sing bright
Feel the warm touch of a friend
My butterfly finds her new flight
As a chapter comes to an end

Colorful light from your heart
Finds a way to shine through me
New friends make a new start
Smiling and skipping with glee
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 13
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 2:37 am:   

Met you in a dream
Made love the whole night long
Passion's fiery scream
Inspired our hearts in song

But nothing could compare
To tasting your lips, fair
Felts ripples everywhere
First kiss, two souls bare
Sportfisher
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Username: Sportfisher

Post Number: 2002
Registered: 10-2002
Posted From: 12.218.95.23
Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:07 am:   

Before I ask y'all, please understand,
Even as I come from way down South,
My heart is more loquacious than my mouth,
Yearning like a wave for your smooth sand.
Very few down here will show their hand,
Aching like a riverbed for rain,
Lying like a platitude in pain,
Each chili inside, outside baked beans bland.
Now here down South it ain't right to demand
The things you're dying for, but you real fine,
In a voice polite as preachers set to dine,
Nicely say, "Mind if I trouble you, Ma'am," -
Easy like - "to be my Valentine?"
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 14
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 6:50 pm:   

kindred in spirit
connected in mind
aboounding joy
in a perfect find

dancing in glee
love's perfect spree
illusions flee
from you and from me

together in time
two souls, divine
spirits intertwine
soul's mate, we find
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 15
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 7:44 pm:   

Butterflies and bees
Fly in the breeze
Rainbows of candy
Sweet eyes behold

Smile of a child
Innocence untold
Beauty and wonder
In all that she sees

Follow a squirrel
Lost in the trees
Never a thought
Of burdens of old

Love ever flowing
Never withholding
Singing a song
Of A B C's

Find a four-leaf clover
Wish upon the sun
Play a round of hopscotch
Day has just begun

Call me by name
We'll play in the sand
Take hold of my hand
We'll play a new game

Joys of our youth
Take my hand today
Under the broad trees
Fly amongst the bees

Joys of youth
Available to all
Close your eyes
Breathe in deep

Remember the place
We visit in sleep
Over the hill
Past the swings

Around the next bend
Remember...

And believe
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 16
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Thursday, May 04, 2006 - 6:43 am:   

Coffee and tea
Your place and mine
Sing, dance, and play
Hope that you'll stay

Romance and hot love
Stroll or stand still
Walk, dance, and pray
Love renewed today

Cream and sugar for you
Black and hot for me
Enjoying another cup
Starting perfectly

Started with a glance
Moved to warm romance
Last night's perfect dance
Two hearts took a chance

Birds are smiling, too
Steal a glace from you
Flowers bow with grace
When they see your face

Another perfect day
Love and dance and play
Connected to your heart
New souls, perfect start
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 17
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 69.143.85.55
Posted on Thursday, May 04, 2006 - 11:31 pm:   

Story began many years ago
Child of my heart is weeping
Thunder keeps my mind from sleeping
Flood of memories, to and fro

Facing ghosts asleep so long
Wall of fear we built so tall
Wonder how we sleep at all
Dancing in this deep, dark throng

Looked into the eyes of the mirror
My face aglow with the rising tide
Today is the day I no longer hide
Today is the day I walk in the dark

Burdens too heavy for a child to bear
Secrets hidden where I dare not look
Underneath joyful smiles they took
Darkness floods, makes still the air

Time comes for the choice to leap
Into a fog that engulfs the soul
Believing fully, remade whole
Jump out of the endless sleep

Looked into the eyes of the mirror
My face aglow with the rising tide
Today is the day I no longer hide
Today is the day I walk in the light

Joy beyond my wildest dreams
Divinity sought, Nirvana seen
Pure white light, new life’s sheen
Tea and honey, flowing streams

Healing all, but first heal me
Jubilant dance, heavenly scream
Breathing light, tasting gleam
Peaceful calm of letting be

Looked into the mirror of your eyes
Our faces aglow, begin the wild ride
Today is the day we no longer hide
Today is the day we live in the light
Ifish2
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Username: Ifish2

Post Number: 772
Registered: 4-2005
Posted From: 205.188.116.5
Posted on Thursday, May 04, 2006 - 11:52 pm:   

There once was a man from Nantucket,
Oh nevermind I never was any good at this stuff! LOL
Ringo
Tacklemom
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Username: Tacklemom

Post Number: 932
Registered: 7-2005
Posted From: 68.163.3.168
Posted on Friday, May 05, 2006 - 2:24 pm:   

Hey Ringo bring a cassette player next time we all go fishing - I have a John Valbi (sp) tape that will help you remember the rest of your poem.... :-) just don't play it around any kids ....
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 18
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 71.200.160.72
Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 5:36 pm:   

Virtuous vices
Make me bleed
Bite me, hate me
Hurt recede

Riding on the
Racing steed
Dark horsemen
Take me, I plead

Fear of death
Washed away
Numb sensations
Make me stay

Gentle chaos
Floods the day
Turn your back
Find the way
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 19
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 71.200.160.72
Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 5:38 pm:   

Arrows of love
Pierce my soul
Flaming heat
Make us whole

Molded in a moment
Floating on a cloud
Gift of creation
Shout out loud

Ecstatic bliss
Waves of you and me
Allness, oneness, joined
Close your eyes and see

Giggle and dance
Alive in adoration
Passing a glance
Time running short

I feel your gaze
Cutting ever deep
Mixing of our bodies
Clothed in holy sleep

Instant of perfection
Just around the bend
You feel it, dont' you?
Uniting, a life to spend
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 20
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 71.200.160.72
Posted on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 11:34 pm:   

gyrating, pulsating, drenched
warm flood washes over us
we rub together and mix
all that is our fabric remains
all else carried into the flow
cleansed in the warm rinse
overwhelmed by the rotation
and then we stop....
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 21
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 71.200.160.72
Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 8:15 am:   

Love's burgeoning glow
New hearts overflow
Hope's infinite flow
Let the sown seeds grow

Lighting my heart
Inspiring my art
With these words impart
Joined from the start
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 22
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 71.200.160.72
Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 7:52 am:   

Having broken down the walls
I see the trueness of you
In the reflection of me
Light of the soul, fresh hue

I am a cool breeze of hope
You, a soothing beam of love
The path is clearly marked
Walking together, new dove

We step into the warmth
Infinite healing embrace
Reaching out to you
I touch my own face

The canyon of separation
Now empty of space
Time has no meaning
End of suffering's chase

Believe in the power
Willing to bear the pain
Universal shifts
Peace, love, nirvana... remain
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 23
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 71.200.160.72
Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 5:49 am:   

Soulshine

Flowing breath of life
Growing in the sun
Lessons learned today
New love just begun

Minds and hearts collide
Where the spirits dwell
Ageless, eternal flame
Ever-ringing bell

Shining through the eye
Divine in sacred glory
Timeless thoughts on high
Creation's continuous story

Shine the light of one
Eternal candle of All
Soul's dazzling flame
Body and spirit enthrall
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 24
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 71.200.160.72
Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 1:29 am:   

free to feel
free to share
free to say
i love you

free to be
free to see
free to play
play with me?

free to smile
free to sing
free to ask
care to dance?

free today
tomorrow, too
free to say
i love you
Livingthepoem
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Post Number: 25
Registered: 3-2006
Posted From: 71.200.160.72
Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 12:47 am:   

Five years ago we met
At the bank of the stream
In an instant we knew
Answer to the dream

Destiny led us to be
Together for all time
Hearts, one, you and me
Joined by God, divine

You've captured my mind
I've held tight your love
Souls sought, now find
Angels sang from above

Five years of loving bliss
Joined in every way
Dancing daily this lovely life
Thank you for being my wife
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 26
Registered: 3-2006
Posted on Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 10:21 pm:   

barefoot
in the grass
the dew cools your feet

standing
feeling the light
of this early new day

a sound
from the distance
muffled and subtle

stillness
standing in quiet
waiting for the sound's return

breathing
deeply pulling in
the fragrant bouquet

open
fresh eyes
overwhelmed by the glory

sunrise
at it's wondrous peak
tints and hues light the blooms

smelling
the flowers of summer
wild and abundant meadow

breathing
even more deeply
remembering the last time

the warmth
unwelcome at first
surprised by it's return

the sound
same as before
much closer now

footfalls
a strain to continue
to stand still, eyes closed

finding
strength within
but the lovely anxiety is unnerving

burning
moistness returns
fueled by the memories

the touch
electrifying
fingers to wet lips

questions
is it really him?
or a return of the dream

open
heart leaps
eyes fall on his face

familiar
yet brand new
memories of ancient bliss

newness
dawning this new day
precious morning of the heart
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 27
Registered: 3-2006
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - 7:29 am:   

moment of grace
seek your face
father, lover
fill this deep place

door to increase
pathway to peace
brother, savior
all fear release

heaven's power
rainbow's shower
heart's new light
take me, this hour

heal me, my soul
fill this deep hole
die to be born
fresh life, console
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 28
Registered: 3-2006
Posted on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 11:40 pm:   

Deepening vessel
Time rushes on
Life in the flow
Take another breath

How may I serve
The Creator of all?
What might I do
To express my joy?

Sing a new song
Praise all there is
One in perfection
Beauty within

But still there are times
When anger flares out
Forgetting my nature
Connected to One

I judge when I'm judged
Feel fear when afraid
Offended by children
Alone in the haze

Hardships befall
All who would grow
And so I am grateful
Even when small

Take me and keep me
Mold me some more
Gilded and forged
Flames cure us all

To walk is to live
To live, to show love
Thankful for lessons
Breath of God above
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 29
Registered: 3-2006
Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 10:05 pm:   

mystic awareness, mind falls
fallen mysteries, silent halls
hallowed beacons, wonder calls
wandering angels, falling walls

take me to the deepest place
as one, we feel divine embrace
ending sorrows, love erase
passion's fire, making chase

heights of waning perfect pain
flooding tempest, piercing rain
surrender all, sweet bliss attain
engulfing fire, dawning domain
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 30
Registered: 3-2006
Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 10:58 pm:   

Seventy-four

Join the procession
Dancing down the sidestreet
With a stranger

Seventy-five

Close your eyes
Fill your lungs with new breath
Visualize

Seventy-six

Filled with me
Thrusting, melding
Sweet painful scream

Seventy-seven

Kiss a new infant
As he opens his eyes
Joy streams from yours

Seventy-eight

Walk on
Life streams in triumphant glee
Take my hand and dance

Seventy-nine

Write the next lines
Your life or mine
Freedom of confident hope
Livingthepoem
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Username: Livingthepoem

Post Number: 31
Registered: 3-2006
Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 7:19 am:   

Met you in a dream
The dream become real
You taught me to fly
I taught you to feel

Wake to the truth
Be the cool winter breeze
Rise from the fear
Find the child who sees

We'll walk for a time
And time will fall away
Come closer, my lover
I'm asking you to stay

Let's build some new castles
Of sands by the ebbing tide
Keep me in your heart
Feel me deep inside

Today is the beginning
Of all that is to come
Let's walk the beach together
Beneath the rising sun

Copyright 2006 Steve Robison
www.livingthepoem.com
Bryan123
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Username: Bryan123

Post Number: 5
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 8:00 am:   

Great job! Keep the good work!

(Edit by Rob)
Hy-de-ho there 123
I see you've found another thread to polute
But what your about to see
is your post go down the shute
You see we all agree
we like it better when you're mute
gotta go now, I have to pee.
Oldinlet
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Post Number: 5
Registered: 4-2007
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 1:37 pm:   

test
Ripper
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Post Number: 30
Registered: 3-2006
Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 8:23 am:   

rodger, confirmed test.
Crabfree
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Post Number: 102
Registered: 9-2000
Posted on Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 11:30 pm:   

Fog's just lifting, throw off your bow line, throw off your stern... Blow your air horn and throw a wave to the light house keeper's kid on Thatcher Island. Guys are busy, you're in charge. Ya know what? You're a sword boat captain. Can't be good unless you love it.
Bent_rod
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Username: Bent_rod

Post Number: 564
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008 - 12:19 pm:   

Amtrack has a real high speed train
160 mph...is that really good?
only difference I see after a wreck in the rain
Is a much longer walk out of the woods
Sportfisher
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Username: Sportfisher

Post Number: 2105
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008 - 2:22 pm:   

Man, you guys are good! Perhaps Livingthepoem will publish your poems on his website.

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