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Horizons

I wake to new horizons Distant vistas kiss my eyes Was it only yesterday I slept neath foreign skies Where has the familiar gone My perspective is unclear I struggle to make sense of it Is now my future here I cast my gaze about me But a different world I see I am standing in tomorrow Looking at what used to be

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 10/20/2013 8:13:00 PM
this is very deep BOB, beautiful as well...xox..LINDA
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Date: 7/4/2012 12:10:00 AM
I love this rhyme Bob. It is a gem. I especially like the phrase "standing in tomorrow". Thank you for your nice comment on my poetry. Love, Joyce
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Date: 5/13/2012 2:57:00 AM
Time is such a wonderful subject to write about and you have done it so well here. You won because your verses are beautifully unique. I love those last two lines! :)
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Bob Quigley
Date: 5/13/2012 8:08:00 AM
Thank you Elizabeth. Much appreciated.
Date: 5/10/2012 11:06:00 AM
Congratulations on your placement in Tracie's "A New World" contest Bob. Love, Carol
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Bob Quigley
Date: 5/12/2012 8:10:00 AM
Thank Carol
Date: 5/10/2012 10:25:00 AM
Congratulaitons Bob on your win!! well done!! big hugs, love ya deb
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Bob Quigley
Date: 5/12/2012 8:09:00 AM
Thank you Deb
Date: 5/10/2012 7:18:00 AM
Bob congrats on your win..David
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Bob Quigley
Date: 5/10/2012 8:23:00 AM
Thanks David
Date: 5/10/2012 6:42:00 AM
Congratulations on your winning piece Bob, nice one. xx
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Bob Quigley
Date: 5/10/2012 8:24:00 AM
Thank you Mandy
Date: 5/7/2012 12:28:00 PM
short and sweet, just how I like this kind for the contest (new world, right?) Very much enjoyed it!
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Bob Quigley
Date: 5/7/2012 1:49:00 PM
Thanks Andrea
Date: 5/2/2012 3:59:00 PM
beautiful! i love the rhyme, the flow and most important, what it says! very perceptive.
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Bob Quigley
Date: 5/3/2012 10:48:00 AM
Thank you ilene. Much appreciated

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