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The Dark Poet (Free verse) by Dovina Haunted by the road not taken,
compassioned for roots of fluttering trees
and the restlessness of both,
observer of happy peril in a runaway colt,
finder of gloom in âeasy wind and downy flake,â
dramatizer of a hired manâs death,
of five hundred dollars for a pair of lost feet.
Through poems, if not his life,
love is agony,
lifeâs a trial,
expectation bows to reality,
bitter binds to every sweet.
Despair wed to fortitude,
endless bearing up â-
for gifts like these they call him dark.
Up the ladder:
Unfinished Warrior
Down the ladder:
Geese
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Posted: August 26, 2007 8:11 PM PDT; Last modified: August 26, 2007 8:11 PM PDTWeighted score: 5.2145653 Overall Rank: 4359 Comments:
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drnick @ 24.247.158.152
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26-Aug-07/8:55 PM
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It is those who are in darkness that see light most clearly.
More about the "happy peril in a runaway colt"- please.
I also think it's too straight/technical/cold.
To make it topical, I suggest the following alternative finale: "for gifts like these they call him drnick".
Hello there old chum, how are you these days? I finally got a job, however its with the oil industry... which isnt necessarily a bad thing if you don't mind being pure evil, so it works! I might actually have to go to the motherland for training, which is exciting. Anywho, good to see you're still alive along with my reputation.
You've sold out to capitalism too? Welcome to the club, just don't get mistaken for a rogue FBI agent when you're in Russia. They'll take you to a London restaurant and serve you an appalling dish of radiation. I'm good, got the degree I was after and am now just saving a few pounds to catapult me to Australia next year. In the meantime there are the one day internationals between England and India to enjoy (you have to be severely English to watch cricket, it seems...).
You know you sent me an email a while ago (refer to a previous conversation for evidence...)? It never arrived. I'd like to tell you what this says about Microsoft, but the words just won't appear. Have you considered Facebook?
Step right in; let your hair down. You know my parlor is always open.
Well I've never had a dish of radiation I didn't like, so I'm not quite worried about that (vanilla uranium yellow cake is the BEST). Going down undah', eh? I'm sure that will be fun! I can't say I've attempted to watch cricket in a very long time and I've forgotten all the rules so I might not find it interesting if I did.
I do have a facebook account, I tried to search for you but...I don't know your name, so that posed a minor problem. I did just friend request you on myspace, though I don't really use that very often. Try to find me on facebook, my name is my email address on my profile here.
Sit right down, Love. I'll put on a kettle of tea and bring out some biscuits. Now how true is it you're in the dark as Ranger notes? And how is the light brighter for you and this poet of whom I was speaking. I'd love to hear your thoughts, but you and Ranger just sit here and chat awhile; I'll be right back.
I always chat. If you know the rules of cricket, so much the better.
I'm in the dark because I choose to be. I revel the dark side of human nature, it is far more fascinating to me than the opposite; more complex, mysterious. The light is brighter because you can appreciate it more, it's a contrast to everything around you(i.e. a winning lotto ticket to a homeless man is far more significant/meaningful than it would be to a millionare).
I thought at first to hang the old adage on you: Think negatively, then anything positive that comes along seems like a miracle. But maybe you and the poet of whom I speak are realists instead and give realism to the rest of us optimists as a gift we can really use. Maybe there is more beauty in buried roots than we thought.
Your email's set to 'private/not displayed'!
Of course, I hate myself. Alright, my last name is Kott...I'm sure you can figure out my first name. I'm in the western michigan university network.
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