Have you ever heard the sunlight
crash upon the shore?
Or ever watched the thunder
knock upon your door?
Have you ever smelt the raindrops
break against the rock?
Or ever walked atop the wind
beside the soaring Hawk?
Have you ever heard a truthful man
talk without a lie?
Or ever known a peaceful man
who ever gets the prize?
Neither have I.
Author notes
L o s t M e m o r y
A contest entry
- - Prompt Round Contest - by xxRainbowDawnxx.
300 points, ended January 14, 2008, 11 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - the asylum rounds;; auditions. [do you have what it takes?] by heavenbird.
800 points, ended August 6, 61 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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no, sorry
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This was a beautiful poem with such an subtle imagery.
"Have you ever heard a truthful man
talk without a lie?" I adored this line.
Commenting for the group. Keep writing!
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9pts...
Thank you for this wonderful contribution to The Poetic Bandits reading list, and congratulations on the silver trophy
~Lilac
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Wonderful gush of thought, just enough to sink in,
clear especiall lines five and six. nice posting,
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Very well deserving of the silver...short, yet sending across a powerful message.Well done, Good luck
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This is very good and well deserving of the silver buttons.
The style is very crisp.
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This has very good rhythm, rhyme and flow in the lines; easy to read and understand, can see why you took silver in this contest. Way to go.
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Beautiful
The way you have used the expressions of nature to relate to a peaceful and a truthful person is really novel. I am impressed and influenced and it leaves me thinking.
Surely deserving a silver if not gold, congratulations...
Thanks for sharing and keep penning
The Pole Star.
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This is a wonderfully written poem
it is really deserving of the silver... I liked that you kept it short and concise, you didn't need to use superfluous words and thesaurus language to make it powerful and meaningful for the reader... the ending was masterfully done
Keep writing
Polly -
Wow.
I loved this.
Wow.
I liked the way you ended it,
you've wow
amaze me with this.
Great work
and congrats on the Bronze.
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First Congrats on the Trophy
loved this...very well deserving.
E♥
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I like this poem and it is different. You ask some good questions and I can say I never experienced any of those things either. Congrats on the silver.
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Interesting write nice rhyme and good twist at the end.
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An intersting write, with wonderful rhyme and rhythm and makes the reader think. Great job on this!
Love & Light
Debbera
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I like this. The wording is almost contradictory, though, but it does invoke thought. I'm not sure of the word I'm looking for, but its unique in the aspect that sunlight doesn't crash, etc. I almost feel as though the last line doesn't do the poem justice. I know its there for emphasis, but I think that if you let the reader's mind wander to farther places instead of saying "I've never heard of this either" then it might be more deep. Just my opinion. Overall an interesting piece. :]
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I've already commented on this. Congratulations on the trophy.
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I like your rhythm and rhyme, it flowed very well. You have used off beat metaphors which is intriguing, and I ponder your meaning of some of them.
alby
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I really enjoyed this write. I loved the rhyme and rythmn of the piece. I was confused by the last stanza 'have you ever heard a truthful man talk without a lie' isn't that what a truthful man does? I really found this one entertaining and most importantly, thought provoking.
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i didnt expect many to understand the last stanza. it was meant to make you think. my meaning was to say than even a truthful person will make mistakes and lie, and often it becomes human nature throughout life to better only one's self (im not saying thats true for everyone just many people i've met)
and lastly thank you.
~Nick
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beautiful imagery
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i like this thoughtful very nice imargy flow and diffrent style again nice work this is what poetry is all about you have been with me from the beginning and i have alway liked your work nice work
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thank you, its just another poem that just started to come out... i didnt really think about it... just wrote
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