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Bird Calls
July 1st, 2002
| Sabertooth
Posted on 07/01/2002 11:29:53 AM PDT by Sabertooth
Bird Calls
An olive tree bestrides a cracking mount,
Its blackened boughs bescrawled by dirty talons.
The hour befalls our moments lacking count…
A predawn pall of dark and light imbalanced.
An owl hoots alone. Where is his query?
What pang predates his instinct that he prays?
When awe lives in his eyes that makes him tarry
Upon the branch an instant… Who delays.
A thief would find no watchmen there to look,
But in the air's deduced unspoken calls.
The raven caws to find his master's brook.
The owl takes his roost on broken walls.
The cock crows East. Again…. Impending portent.
The hidden Sun's increased beyond the Jordan.
TOPICS: Poetry
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To: Victoria Delsoul; 2Trievers; CheneyChick; vikingchick; Neuromancer; JohnHuang2; OneidaM; ...
(((ping))))
To: Sabertooth
Good one Toothy !!
Stop the attacks by the wacko, extreme left-wing, enviro-nazis terrorist's on our Freedoms !!
Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!
Molon Labe !!
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posted on
07/01/2002 11:34:08 AM PDT
by
blackie
To: Sabertooth
BTT
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posted on
07/01/2002 11:36:12 AM PDT
by
harpseal
To: Sabertooth
An owl hoots alone. Where is his query?
What pang predates his instinct that he prays?
When awe lives in his eyes that makes him tarry
Upon the branch an instant… Who delays. Exquisite ST ... these may be your best lines ever!
Hugs
2T &;-)
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posted on
07/01/2002 11:37:45 AM PDT
by
2Trievers
To: Sabertooth
Good one...
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posted on
07/01/2002 11:42:00 AM PDT
by
g'nad
To: Sabertooth
Impressive.
Most impressive.
To: Sabertooth
Excellent!
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posted on
07/01/2002 11:50:31 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
To: Sabertooth
Beautiful! Thank you for the heads up!
To: 2Trievers; Sabertooth
His best lines ever, maybe. But my personal favorite is still -- She's smarter than pretty, and sweeter than either.
To: My back yard
Yes ... a great line,MBY.
My personal fave: "He's back in the saddle again" ... oh wait! That's from someother darned thing ... but the sentiment remains ... SO glad to see his wonderful poems again! &;-)
To: Sabertooth
That is so sweet and beautiful, Saber.
To: Sabertooth
Beautiful, but I expect nothing less from you. :-)
I love the new graphic.
To: Sabertooth
,,, thanx for BUMPing these wonderful lines to me. I'm about to start work [Tuesday morning] and they've set me up for the day!
To: Sabertooth
Tres bien, monsieur! A most impressive display of your talents. I really like the flow of the poem as it's read. A very thankful BUMP for the ping.
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posted on
07/01/2002 12:29:46 PM PDT
by
callisto
To: 2Trievers; Sabertooth
2-Ditto that sentiment-had to read it several times-very evoking!
Saber-you ol fang you, veddy veddy good!
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posted on
07/01/2002 12:45:19 PM PDT
by
Republic
To: Sabertooth
Ok, this whole thing has a double meaning, right?
To: Aquamarine
Ok, this whole thing has a double meaning, right?
Or so... any thoughts?
To: Sabertooth
Yes, lots of them, all Biblical.
Key words: An olive tree bestrides a cracking mount, That's Israel and the Temple Mount.
To: Sabertooth
Awesome! Put me on your ping list, por favor.
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