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A Quiver of Pens and Men

A Quiver of Pens and Men
by: The Articfalcon

It has been four scores and a year ago
Since I have last written from my pen
I have placed it down
Into an abyss
Filled with dark memories
Never to relinquish
It again

For woes and worries
And troublesome mends
Have for weight
Made impossible; flight
For a single feathered quill
My entrusted pen
To a page or parchment
Write

Too many long years of anguish
And indifference have we shared
For us to make recompense

The hopes of glee and happiness
Have flee
And fled in flocks
Where common tail feathers joined
To fly in due course
Away from words that scorn
And in contemptuous jeer
Do with derision; mock

I have placed it down
Into a bottomless abyss
Of a liquid mist
Of souls that trump
In hopeful schemes
To ward better dreams
To one day
At port harbor
Be found adrift

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  • Freed by Mercy silver member
    February 13, 2008
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    Very well written! Congratulations on winning the bronze!


  • princess hope
    January 23, 2008
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    Lovely,
    I realized that you have enterd to poems, but kindly placed your name on both. I loved both, and both made it to the finalist list. So congrats,


  • Shakes-spear
    January 18, 2008

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    very nice

    this reads well and the story is strong. We all go through writers block at one time or another. Don't ever walk away from your pen, for then surely you will find insperation! The Shaker


  • SunDew
    January 18, 2008
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    Writing is a wonderful, wonderful thing, isn't it? I have had writer's block before, but not four scores & a year ago. I hate writer's block!

    Writing is a passion of mine too ( kind of obvious, isn't it?).

    I love the way this is put together. Thank you for sharing with me (& others). Good luck in the contests!
    ~SunfloweRose


    • aArticfalcon
      February 14, 2008

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      Gratefully Yours

      Thank You for considering my writ to be worthy of a good mention. I trust and hope that it has opened a door for someone.
      Thank You
      Wonderfully
      Articfalcon

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