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Look Out Your Window

look Out your window. By Ian Van D. Chandler We all look for infinities, In this artichoke world. Above mistaken me. There are pleasant humming bees. settled to watch so far up, yet, I’m here. Just away. we had walked between the gardens, finding a following foot print, to where we’d been. Though here I go. At the waves, I looked both ways, these nowheres, leave everyone alone. Look and see, as I stand here with my chisel. I swim for the largest tide, floating to the deepest hole. But reminded of all the scars, every itch, all the splinters, etched on all driftwood. in the walls, I know they’re always there. Losing what I’d known, stepping on every flower. It’s losing the child in the rustic play ground, to the crying for the bark. When you run away, when the grass welds to the shaking hand, for a moment every bugs’ awake, think for the tree branch, that sheltered you in the rain. Utter to scratches on the glass. Smudging over my only clouds. between the forth, so passed gone, together I’ll be, so follow me gone. The letters where, no matter what I’d be: A sketched boy, the erasing man, together apart, left for more. There oh’ there. Beyond the sill, is

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Date: 11/29/2014 11:26:00 PM
HI IAN,,, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poet's around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT"
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Date: 11/29/2014 6:28:00 AM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Ian - I choose your first deep and well written poem - Nice to meet you! - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too - Keep the PoetrySoup as a haven - (Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you for posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 11/27/2014 10:21:00 AM
Keep writing. If you click on a name or avatar, then it will take you to their works. If you then leave a comment... Then they will have a permanent link back to your works.
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Date: 11/25/2014 5:55:00 AM
Very well written Ian, It is amazing what one can take in just from a scene. by looking out there window. Enjoyed this. Regards Kevin
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Date: 11/25/2014 3:15:00 AM
wow..very deep and tragic.. You are quite the poet. Keep up the writing.. Thanks for sharing ~Joel
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