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O' How My Spirit Longs For Thee

These subtle days in solitude pass as each season greets a new dream with wind bending through meandering grass an impulse charge of life redeem With arms raised upward to healing light in each breath I feel as one a gift of completion sings eternal flight with scattered stones, rich soil and pulsing sun I once again return to the spirit within made of fragmented pieces of endless breath where flesh is left behind and spirit love mend a flight soaring freedom without pain nor death In awe I rest beneath the weeping willow tree O' how my spirit longs for thee...

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 8/13/2011 11:08:00 AM
Congrats Rick on having two submissions make it to first round competition in PS contest my friend.. good luck..luv..
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Date: 8/3/2011 7:29:00 PM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest Rick and good luck!
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Date: 8/3/2011 3:03:00 PM
Congratulations on your poetry x2 making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest ^Rick. I wish you the best in the final round. Love, Carol
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Date: 8/2/2011 10:40:00 AM
Love it!
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Date: 8/2/2011 10:13:00 AM
Rick, Good Luck! Congratulations on your worthy poem's capture of the first round. Agape, Moses
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Date: 6/5/2011 2:55:00 PM
beautiful expressions of faith and longing for the Father. The Cherokee say the willow is stronger than the oak because it can withstand both wind and flood, like the blood of our Lord, the right tree to be under:) Congrats on being featured Rick!
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Date: 5/31/2011 11:43:00 AM
Nice
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Date: 5/31/2011 7:27:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved feature this week ^Rick. Love, Carol
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Date: 5/31/2011 6:50:00 AM
Rick.. I just heard from Amy Green this morning.. she has returned to PS with a two year paid PM and so she is back with us ..so am letting u know my friend.. OK ..enjoy your day luv..
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Date: 5/30/2011 6:22:00 PM
Congratulations on your poem being featured this week, Rick
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Date: 4/12/2011 9:13:00 AM
I would not change a thing! How flows. Beautiful.It really touched me to read this this morning. These circles socially can really be a bummer and though I have posted my last here called The Rainbow. I am very glad I had the opportunity to read you. Besides, you laughed when I was uplifted by John's poem to Miss Starlight, though I have been angered, and yeah...fell short of His glory.GUILTY(some) Thanks 4 the LOL~ realizing I felt that way. It's funny how my heart began to change.
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Date: 4/8/2011 6:38:00 AM
A very appealing sonnet with words painted beautifully. Best wishes , Gautami
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Date: 4/7/2011 4:40:00 PM
Rick u can just revise this by adding syllables where needed luv and removing if needed.. I just did mine revision on LIBERATION>. thankxx for your review and help once again ..my shining light on P.S. are u..luv..
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Date: 4/7/2011 10:22:00 AM
Rick, HG was just asking me for advice on writing love poems. I referred him to you, Michael and James Fraser. Just look at the love that pulsates through this sonnet! I think Sara is adhering to the 10-syllable count, though, so I used the syllable counter here. How odd that "flower" is considered one syllable? Had to rewrite until each line matched the requirements. Let me know when you post a new sonnet for Sara. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 4/6/2011 7:01:00 PM
enjoyed readinf this one, moving piece.
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Date: 4/6/2011 8:49:00 AM
I peeked at the contest...and then began writing..I missed the 10 syll per line rule~I kept this one untouched. Today...............I WRITE ANOTHER!!!
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Date: 4/6/2011 8:45:00 AM
I especially like the first line of the third quatrain and the summary of the work...Enjoyed reading this morn..Sara
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Date: 4/6/2011 7:58:00 AM
a divine spiritual tribute that makes me rejoice with you... beautiful! winning wishes to you, rick, if for a contest. :) huggs
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Date: 4/6/2011 12:48:00 AM
Breathtaking scene u have painted in these precious words Rick .. especially your second verse .. a brilliant portrayal of the suffering and death of ONE who was PERFECT luv.. good luck in the contest my friend...
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Date: 4/5/2011 10:17:00 PM
Rick, I know Sara is a very spiritual person and she is just going to be so delighted to see this one. A very lovely sonnet with such inspiring lines, particularly the last couplet!
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