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Seldom Look Back

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               Seldom look back,

               There are memories to remember

               There are lessons you have learned.

               Truly there are regrets, and mistakes

                You wish had never happened.

 

 

 

 

                But every day brings another tomorrow.

                Every day is a chance to make changes

                Made in the mind and carried out

                In one's life physically, spiritually, emotionally.

                Every day that one has life, there is hope!

 

 

 

 

                Hope for change, hope for healing.

                Hope for their tomorrows and their dreams.

                We all have regrets, but we learn through mistakes.

                We learn to rethink, rebuild, to be visionaries!

 

 

                

                 For no one can change their past

                 But they can change their future

                 Not only for themselves but the one's they love

                 Besides others..So dream, that is how inventions

                 Were made, cities were built!

 

 

 

 

                 That is how we build our lives for life and love

                  Plus all the beauty that God has given us.

                  Go on living, loving, and dream!

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"So dream, that is how inventions were made, cities were built. That is how we build our lives for life, love.Go on living and never stop dreaming!

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  • Kendal Palmer gold member
    May 6

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    I have to agree with you about dreaming...so much has started as just a dream...i loved the picture too...so inspirational...thanks for sharing...peace and light, kp

  • o..................
    April 6

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    Yes ! Dream

    Hi Rose Angel
    A warm feeling when reading "Seldom Look Back" Dreaming is a gift we have for escaping or preparing . Thank you for sharing your thoughts .

    Smiles
    Gabor


  • Heroesrox
    March 4

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    I love this! This was so pretty and inspiring. The last two lines were great! I really enjoyed reading this and the image at the top was quite lovely! Thanks for such a wonderful share!


  • miss-princess
    February 24

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    Wow.... This speaks truth perfectly I love the last 2 lines the best
    And all the beauty that God has given us
    Go on living, loving, and dream!

    Great write


  • muffkit
    October 22, 2008
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    Uberly Rahdical- you definately have talent

    i loved the way it sucks you in, it moves you.

    XD


  • Elle Kaye
    July 2, 2008

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    Fantastic poem my dear poet friend! i really enhoyed reading this one. Your thoughts are well portrayed in the lines you have penned so flawlessly. Amazing write, thanks for sharing and keep on penning!


  • finding myself 84
    June 19, 2008
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    The first line was my absolute favorite! "Seldom look back" that's what I think all of us need to be told at least once in our lives. I need to learn to move on with the future & stop living for the past. I liked this poem a lot... keep up the wonderful writing.

    Sonya


  • Terry Collett
    June 19, 2008
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    Classic poetry.

    Fine work.


  • Beautiful-Mistake
    January 30, 2008
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    What a great write. This poem scans perfectly, without feeling forced. The rhymes are clean. The grammar is straightforward and conversational. And all of that comes together to put forward a powerful message. All in all this made for a great read. I hope you keep writing such powerful poetry, and I look forward to reaading more from you. Excellent work.


  • Blooming Poet
    January 20, 2008
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    well written. Its good you realize the importance of never lookng back to dwell.


  • grannyeri gold member
    January 19, 2008
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    This is a lovely picture to write for and about. Liked the sentiment you express so well in these lines; we all have regrets but they cannot hold us back. We learn from out mistakes and move on. Every day does bring some new opportunities for us to experience. Liked the ending you wrote here as well - go on living, loving and dream!


  • PrabhuDayal Khattar silver member
    January 19, 2008
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    And that is how we build our lives for life, love

    And all the beauty that God has given us

    Go on living, loving, and dream!


    here I witness the beauty of the thoughts along a light of this great God as well..well done...


  • Nishantshah2381
    January 16, 2008

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    very erudite and poignant writing

    in my words

    "i am the incadescent hope in the days of grime'

    just move ahead in life thats the only way to succeed


  • volcaniclastic
    January 10, 2008

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    Good write - I love the quote you put into your author notes -

    "So dream, that is how inventions were made, cities were built. That is how we build our lives for life, love. Go on living and never stop dreaming!"

    So true.


  • Bee gee silver member
    January 10, 2008

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    repair ourselves

    people make mistakes and mess up all the time sometimes we need to repair ourselves to repair things done wrong. things said that shouldn't have been said.life hands us leomons we must make lemonade.whatever we do we must do as best as we can.follow our hearts, try to live out our dreams and anything messed up can probaly be fixed.if it can't it wasn't worth bothering with.one must take life and love as well as we can.do good unto yourself and others.


  • gullionmar
    January 10, 2008

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    very nice

    how true sometimes we do seldom look back but when we do if take the lessons learned and apply them to the future we have made a great stride in this life very well written god bless thanks for sharing


  • lostfromwithin
    January 8, 2008
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    I love this poem, It's a very good write, I just wish I could get it through my head. It's so hard to keep moving forward in life without letting what has already happened bog you down. I struggle with it everyday, Especially when something traumatic happens and you need to move on and you can't. Good write though...Thank you

  • Blooming Poet
    December 7, 2007

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    I wish more people would realize you can't turn back time, what happened happened. Its okay to remeber memories as you said in such beautiful words, but don't dwell. It is good you got that concept, it can help you in life. Great Poem.


  • blondone
    December 6, 2007

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    Oh Wow I must say this is one of the most uplifting poems I've read in a long time so full of love and life this is how each and everone of us should live each and everday I am so glad to had this chance to read this lovely poem


  • sassylilpoet silver member
    December 4, 2007

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    Very beautiful and uplifting write. Often times lifes troubles can you so down that we forget to dream, or hope. Much energy and thought, worries, are put into the most trivial problems, for when a new tomorrow arrives, new ones take their place...yet, life is about change, and growing, overcoming. You have penned some very soulful thoughts here, thanks for reminding me to dream.

    Well Done
    Sincerely,
    Sassy


  • Soulful Woman silver member
    December 2, 2007

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    This was stunningly written. It really makes you think about your life and how we just have to let things go and move upward and forward. Such a positive vision.
    Soulful Woman


  • Barely Breathing gold member
    November 30, 2007

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    This is such a wonderful poem. I love the depth of this and the neverending hope that seeps from every line of this poem. Well done, this is great.


  • Jeremy0826 silver member
    November 28, 2007

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    This is awesome Rose!
    Such wonderful, inspiring, and beautiful
    words you have penned here my friend!
    Thanks a lot for sharing this one here.
    Keep up the wonderful work my friend!




    Jeremy0826

  • keeko
    November 25, 2007

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    a very inspiring poem, i'm not a big fan of non-rhyming poems, but i think yours was VERY good. i was at first going to comment on the two lines that are in your author notes also... they said, "so dream, that is how inventions were made, cities were built." i was going to say that it didnt really fit into the poem and its meaning because it takes away from the sorrow in the beginning and the hope in the middle and the will to move on in the end, but once i continued to read, i see what you were trying to do, and i think its a nice touch.

    i really like how you built up the sorrow and brought back memories of the things we regret and then reassured us and brought back hope to life. great write, keep writing

  • michaeline
    November 22, 2007
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    You made me stop thinking of the painful memories and regret and want to keep going and dream of better days.Your poetry has a way of inspiring so many people I think.Wanting them not to give up and have happiness is evident in so many of your pieces.Thanks for picking me up and getting me going again.

  • Maingie Luupi-n-ine
    November 22, 2007

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    God Knows What To Think

    I can change how I relate to my past at the very least, which is to change the past.

    Do you know the concept "reification" (from "to reify")?

    So far as poetry goes, the interrupted flows of panagyrics such as this
    In my opinion seldom sows anything that shows
    in aught but summer suns,
    for winters' stuns all into silence when leaves
    subsist below snow and seldom do any know,
    in the Biblical sense, how to worship...

    Not a Christian. Sorry.
    Nice sediment, though.
    May the rivers flow.


  • SunshineLove
    November 20, 2007
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    Beautiful

    Very beautiful and very inspirational.


  • TheClimb
    November 20, 2007

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    This just about brought tears to my eyes...it was just AMAZING! A wonderfully inspirational message..


  • Blood-Rose
    November 20, 2007
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    I enjoyed reading this. It's beautiful.


  • love my jose luis
    November 20, 2007

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    This is the second poem of your's I have read and I really like this one also I think that you have great talent and that you should keep on writing and expanding this talent you have.
    ~Alix


  • vdpuppylvr
    November 19, 2007

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    I like the idea and wording of this poem. I enjoyed reading it... I also look forward to reading more of your poems.
    God Bless

  • goalsv
    August 20, 2007

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    Beautiful and true poem hear. Your writting was very good, and it flowed snoothly all the while giving great advice!


  • michael thomas
    August 19, 2007

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    well done

    good cross between prose and poetry.
    you might try reading Carl Sandburg, one of my favorites like you he writes nice things. I gave you three of the silly faces.

  • Liquid memories
    August 19, 2007

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    Well Done, Rose

    I liked the flow here of things thatoccur in our lives. For sure the past is past, and not one of us can change it. Tomorrow is our chance to improve, make changes that will result in happiness.


  • Amera gold member
    August 19, 2007

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    I agree, there is so much wisdom in this verse and I look up to your wisdom and advice. Thank you so much for being my aunt and guiding me. You mean more than you will ever know.

    Love,
    Amera ♥


  • poeticweaver gold member
    August 19, 2007

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    Nice,

    Well done poetess, thanks for sharing here, and I'm truly blessed to be able to read ya! Keep up the wonderful works, and I'll read ya laters. Peace, Timothy aka poeticweaver~


  • Roaddog Wolf
    August 19, 2007

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    Absolutely a beautiful poem

    says so much and is full of meaning and advice for life. so full of hope and faith believeing in all the good, the heart and the soul. you did a wonderful job on this one my dear Angel Rose

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