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Nothing.. "is" Forever..! Copyright Joe Maverick 2011

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Skat A

Date: 12/30/2012 7:39:00 PM

Stopping by Joe, 2 wish U a kick my heart healthy New Year Start. ~LUV~SKAT

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 11/11/2012 2:49:00 PM

everything IS forever ;Thanks for stopping by my writes. Light & Love

Joe Maverick
Date: 11/12/2012 2:40:00 PM

Good to get your thoughts debbie; I do admit Its a rather stark poem.." But it can be viewed like this; Jesus though part of the Godhead.." Did not shrink from becoming incarnate of the flesh, and accepting the role of a servant; and obediant even to death on the cross, he gave his life to ransom many.."

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/24/2012 5:44:00 PM

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/23/2012 6:40:00 PM

I enjoyed your comments, Joe. yes, the world is a very strange place compared to even 50 years ago! I guess a lot of things do not change though. Just think of the horrible wars we had before 1950. Maybe people have always been as greedy as they are now? I just don't know.

Don Johnson

Date: 6/12/2012 4:47:00 PM

but the pyramids try... endeavour

Michelle Mac Donald

Date: 6/6/2012 7:53:00 PM

This is a mind probe, Joe. We can wish though for things to alway be, but as you say "Nothing ''is'' forever..!" Memories just don't cut some realities.:( Best wishes, Love, Mikki

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 6/4/2012 3:32:00 PM

Hi, Joe... Im so happy you tell it like it is.... everything is what it is.. How about only if... If is big... I like all the illusions Is can be... Something like...like splat... Only is.. Flat outlined.. No if ands and but's about it...love pd

Joe Maverick
Date: 6/4/2012 4:25:00 PM

Thanks for you valued comment P D:

Daver Austin

Date: 6/2/2012 12:55:00 PM

I hear ya, Joe. In this expanding universe, that furthest galaxy is a gonna expand clear out of imagination one of these years. I guess that makes that furthest galaxy "nothing," eh. You blew my mind with this one, Joe. Love, daver

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/15/2012 9:11:00 PM

HI, Joe!!! (again, haha)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/14/2012 12:17:00 AM

hi, my friend. Revisiting this very small poem of yours. (but small only in size!!!)

M.I.A .

Date: 1/24/2012 1:28:00 AM

Joe, i'm silently clapping here. brilliant.

Don Johnson

Date: 1/14/2012 3:41:00 PM

cept pyramids but i aint clever ......yes it all fades:(

Judy Ball

Date: 12/29/2011 10:07:00 AM

Very deep thought here my friend. I Am, I Is , I was. Great job. God |Bless, JB

Judy Ball

Date: 12/17/2011 1:03:00 PM

WoW! Such hard hitting verse with such few words. Excellent . Good job. God Bless and Merry Christmas, JB

Don Johnson

Date: 11/24/2011 5:41:00 PM

cept poets like you an me through eternity, ALL TIME

Anne Rutherford

Date: 11/20/2011 12:00:00 PM

You are so right Joe . My husband died on nov.17th , wish that was had lasted forever .

Matthew Anish

Date: 11/17/2011 1:24:00 PM

You hit it right on the nose. However I believe that many people don't see it that way. Thank you for your kind words. Harold Swiss was an intresting writer who wrote "Out of Eldridge Street" and "Ebb and Flow" - his biography in two volumes. His sermons were a little too long but he was an important figure - that is what I think, anyway. Peace & Blessings Matthew Anish

Daver Austin

Date: 11/15/2011 12:17:00 PM

This seems to be an acceptance and a denial all at the same time. Depends on one's perspective. Love, daver

Sharon Ruebel

Date: 11/14/2011 3:55:00 PM

Hello Joe, This is so you, I love it as for me, I am learning just what you have written here. Doing better, will read more of your wonderful poems this evening. Thank you for sharing.. As Always, Shar

Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 10/30/2011 7:17:00 PM

For sure, all around us, the news, the weather, our earth, all is change, some good, a lot bad from my perspective. Short, sweet and right on my friend!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/30/2011 4:10:00 PM

LIterally this is true, Joe. Since nothing means nothing. how can it exist and last forever? If I dwell on that thought too long, I might drive myself nuts. haha. (I'm not the philosophical sort)

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 10/30/2011 2:14:00 PM

Ooops. Mentioned Johnny twice. The fourth verse was done by Waylon Jennings. I listen to it over and over again. Something hauntingly beautiful about it.

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 10/30/2011 2:12:00 PM

This topid has been on my mind a lot lately, Joe. Matter can be changed and not destroyed. Perhaps Johnny Cash said it best with "I may only be a single drop of rain; but I'll be back again." The song "Highwayman" by Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristoffersen and Johnny (on youtube) gets me thinking just as your poem did. Hope you are enjoying a nice weekend! Love, Carolyn

Michelle Mac Donald

Date: 10/29/2011 7:53:00 AM

Oie, "Nothing "is" Forever", Joe, it would be as dull a life, as in the movie, "Groundhog Day". Invariable situations can be altered if one chooses to make concessions. Been there Joe; the most damaging part can come from the so called well wishers.:( Oh, we need support but should be wary of control. Best to you all! Love, Mikki

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/28/2011 5:10:00 PM

Another one that I am not sure that I understand...If only doesn't get it does it..Yes, all things do come to an end except for God's love..It is a forever thing..Thanks for the kind review of me and my work..Sara

Sara Kendrick
Date: 10/29/2011 5:19:00 AM

Joe, I meant that when something happens if we say if only I had done this or that..Sara