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Need to get back to my feet, find my way home put down this heavy rifle, seek grace.. a familiar voice, a kind face, hope for forgiveness, these hands and lives they've undone. Home, your birth mother's own, where hearts unite and love ignites among tall grass and damsel flies, and panaramic hill just beyond. Ternopil Pond fashioned by man's will taken from marsh quicksand and Seret's flow lies undefiled and still.. yet so many wounds to heal, along Far beach and Lover's Isle of gold. Shoulders slumped against the stair. Scratched and worn, leathery unshaven maw. Wisp of groan, in tired eye's misty glare, while boots fill along with torn glove.. wanting only once more, to be held in love. Will loving eyes recognize the man she married.. and walk together again, that sandy beach? her slender fingers just out of reach., tho' soldiered voice of pride no longer carries. A wish remained, where no war dared go, where hearts unite and love ignites among tall grass and damsel flies.. and panaramic hill just beyond.

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Date: 5/11/2022 2:06:00 PM
A "Lovely" write and picture. I wish you would write more. Have a blessed day...................
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Date: 4/18/2022 3:15:00 AM
Wow…How very very beautiful and touching your poem is Richard…..truly lovely! Debx
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Date: 4/13/2022 7:20:00 AM
Lovely picture. The repeat lines give power to a beautiful poem.
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Date: 4/9/2022 2:02:00 PM
A journey to a place much beloved. Enjoyed the sweet tones of your write, Richard. Well done my friend.
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Date: 4/7/2022 9:28:00 PM
Wow! A sterling narrative, Richard -- so many profound themes of life explored. Superb, methinks. Thanks, Gershon
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Date: 4/8/2022 1:31:00 PM
Hi Gershon, Thank you for that friend. And who will sing the four questions for seder this year? Four glasses for the devout, and one for the prophet! -Richard
Date: 4/7/2022 9:34:00 AM
Very well written. I like the repeating lines in the last stanza too. Very nice Richard :)
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Date: 4/8/2022 1:24:00 PM
Heidi, Thank you. I've been away too long. Will your woodpecker ever return to tap on tin I wonder(?) Still devoted to a favorite poet and friend always. -Richard
Date: 4/6/2022 5:35:00 PM
Richard, this is such a beautifully expressed tale of homecoming and the complexities of emotion that it stirs. I love the repetition of the last two lines. Best of wishes, Evelyn
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Date: 4/8/2022 1:21:00 PM
Hi Evelyn, Thank you so much. I can't wait to see what you have to stir in the Soup this Spring & Summer! Have a nice day. -Richard
Date: 4/5/2022 6:58:00 PM
Wow, beautifully profound. Loved the last stanza how you expressed it.
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Date: 4/8/2022 1:15:00 PM
Hello Andrea, Thanks for that,. Brightest stars in the night sky are still on your palette too it seems. -Richard
Date: 4/5/2022 8:17:00 AM
Sad for those who have to do the soldiering or shouldering of the warmonger. This one (stirring up war person) is a very low moral personality. I enjoyed reading your poem today and hope that the good soldiers get home to enjoy life again but of course we already know so many will not make it. Thanks for the visit to my page. Sara
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Date: 4/8/2022 1:12:00 PM
Hi Sara, Thank you for that comment and for the visit too! -Richard
Date: 4/3/2022 7:31:00 AM
Wow … So transporting . Takes me to a time and place of past , present and future. Memories , tears shed , hope , love and lost dreams as well as rebirth. Beautiful Richard ! Susan :)
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Date: 4/8/2022 1:10:00 PM
Hi Susan, That's most considerate of you, thank you. -Richard

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