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[aid] => mick
[title] => Glory and Shame
[time] => 2005-08-05 00:30:05
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[bodytext] => Alone I walked the ocean strand,
a pearly shell within my hand
and stopped to write upon the sand:
my Name and year... the Day-
So onward from the spot I passed..
one wayward look behind I cast
as a wave came rolling, high and fast
and washed my lines away.
And so methought 'twould shortly be
that every line on earth from me
in a wave of Dark Oblivion's Sea,
would sweep across the place;
where I had trod the sandy shore
of time, and been to be, no more
of me: the day and name I bore,
to leave but not a trace..
but yet with Him who counts the sands
and holds the water in his hands,
I know a timeless record stands
inscribed against my name.
In all my mortal part is wrought
the thinking of my soul in thought..
and from these fleeting moment's, caught
the Glory and the Shame.
M.O.H.
[comments] => 20
[counter] => 206
[topic] => 32
[informant] => Man_On_High
[notes] =>
[ihome] => 0
[alanguage] => english
[acomm] => 0
[haspoll] => 0
[pollID] => 0
[score] => 34
[ratings] => 7
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
[topicname] => SadPoetry
)
Glory and Shame
Contributed by
Man_On_High
on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 12:30:05 AM in AEST
Topic:
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Alone I walked the ocean strand,
a pearly shell within my hand
and stopped to write upon the sand:
my Name and year... the Day-
So onward from the spot I passed..
one wayward look behind I cast
as a wave came rolling, high and fast
and washed my lines away.
And so methought 'twould shortly be
that every line on earth from me
in a wave of Dark Oblivion's Sea,
would sweep across the place;
where I had trod the sandy shore
of time, and been to be, no more
of me: the day and name I bore,
to leave but not a trace..
but yet with Him who counts the sands
and holds the water in his hands,
I know a timeless record stands
inscribed against my name.
In all my mortal part is wrought
the thinking of my soul in thought..
and from these fleeting moment's, caught
the Glory and the Shame.
M.O.H.
Copyright ©
Man_On_High
... [
2005-08-05 00:30:05]
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 12:32:59 AM AEST
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| Man On High. I give this poem mega props. It was beautifull SLipSiX. |
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by Jane_Doe on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 12:39:24 AM AEST
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| Wow... that was really powerful and I liked it a lot. Bravo! |
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by emystar on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 12:52:12 AM AEST
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I luv the awesome beauty of the scenary in this write.
thanks for the walk on the beach. I haven't been there for such a long time.
huggs,
emy
Great writing. |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by MorningDove on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 01:06:57 AM AEST
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Billy, I must say truly, this is a brilliant write on our mortality and immortality combined. Yes, we will leave but yet we will forever live on. I have to give applause to this one.
Smiles,
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by Bruce on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 01:24:31 AM AEST
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| very well done, great write |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by jmpy84 on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 01:26:40 AM AEST
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| powerful words well done |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by Vampirequeen on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 02:09:59 AM AEST
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wow beautiful
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by PoeticLicense on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 02:45:06 AM AEST
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| The words actually fall straight into the rhythm. Whodathunket? Awesome. |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by Bohemian_with_a_pen on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 04:34:23 AM AEST
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| another incredible write, well done |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by Zandria on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 08:23:35 AM AEST
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Kudos!
With the big chocolate chips!
I really liked this one. Write on! |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by Jenni_K on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 08:46:43 AM AEST
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"but yet with Him who counts the sands
and holds the water in his hands,
I know a timeless record stands
inscribed against my name."
You certainly have left your mark, Billy... even on my soul.... Excellent work.
Hugs
Jenni |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by pUnKa_RaCh on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 08:47:41 AM AEST
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Words, so wonderful and moving.....
I love the word imagery used Billy, paints such a pretty picture in my mind.....you're splendid my dear poet! |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by Eternal_Dreamer on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 09:24:09 PM AEST
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Absolutely amazing Billy. You've left ur mark on me my friend. Ur work is by far one of the best I've come across. I bow to u my friend.
Keep up the remarkable work.
Hugs,
Dreamer |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by sprinter27 on
Friday, 5th August 2005 @ 10:48:22 PM AEST
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beautiful write! i loved this poem and it is so, so true. perfect ryming as always and you picked the right words! great job on this write, i enjoyed reading this one very much, great job, keep it up!
~sprints |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by wizard on
Saturday, 6th August 2005 @ 01:34:53 AM AEST
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i loved it bro.one of your best.
again i'm left in bewilderment by your talent.
wiz |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by EmoDCgirl36 on
Saturday, 6th August 2005 @ 10:55:57 AM AEST
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| It makes you picture a serene beach before the person dissolves away to heaven. I may not be totally in love with this poem because it's a little bit hard to see the shame and glory of dying. Maybe you could help me with that. But overall to me, a nine point nine nine nine. It's wonderful. |
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by Fionndruinne on
Sunday, 7th August 2005 @ 01:28:02 AM AEST
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This is worthy of the neoclassicists of yore, and better than some. The rhythm and rhyme is perfect (not one line sounded forced), and the theme is captivating. I like it!
Andrew |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by brew on
Sunday, 7th August 2005 @ 10:49:12 PM AEST
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One of the nicest, and elgant writes of all. ! You are so talented, and make me so jealous.lol I do love to read all that you have penned, and never a bad one. Thank you for posting.!
Brew~ |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by Lancaster on
Sunday, 21st August 2005 @ 09:25:36 PM AEST
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| this poem just blew me away...i read it...and it just flowed so magically...awesome as usual |
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Re: Glory and Shame
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by Former_Member on
Monday, 24th October 2005 @ 09:16:34 PM AEST
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Billy, everytime I feel you can not eclipse the emotion and depth
your writes evoke, you go and write something like this.
Incredible. Moving and so very deep. You capture so
many emotions and hold your readers spellbound. I am,
again, humbled beyond the capacity of explanation.
Much affection~
~Breezy |
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