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The Snowflakes Precision

The Snowflakes Precision What a cruel and un-compassionate fate you bequeath us A million years of the mediocre and paltry garnish of faith and hope Given for the consumption of these generations How uninspired and habitually in denial We have become The lost worlds of dreaming Left waiting For better times and in a better place Plied by consuming the majestic expectations Of living In the eternal wake of emptiness What an unloving and unforgiving creation We have come to exists within Full to the brim With uncompromising seconds And not even in the grandeur of nature’s scenic beauty Not in the snowflakes precision as it floats No Not unimagined complexity of form and chaos No not even in a perfect chord Does the merest or slightest of clues Become existent or reverberate to us a voice Which whispers to us of our truth We are bereft of guidance Untutored in this colossal magnitude and vacuum Between the myriad stars Tiny insignificant is this of our awareness A planet a world Part of an unending silence So alone and so self absorbed So material in the murderous evil We have done to each other So disunited in the dark reaches So solitary And yet we did not gather the family of man No not even to look after of ourselves

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 3/13/2009 5:25:00 AM
Tragically beautiful. Wrought with bittersweet despair. Gorgeous use of language. Loved it! ~Sara
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Date: 3/13/2009 12:04:00 AM
Congratulations on your lovely poetry being featured this week. GB Tyesha
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Date: 3/11/2009 3:06:00 PM
Colin, congratulations on your excellent poetry being featured this week. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/11/2009 1:56:00 PM
Congrats Colin on this deep write, "The Snowflakes Precision" being featured. Man will destroy the world without even the acknowledgement that he was doing wrong. Vince
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Date: 3/10/2009 3:07:00 PM
this is truly wonderful...congrats on this lovely poem being featured this week!
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Date: 3/9/2009 3:42:00 PM
I agree with Paula ... this is a keeper and I'll add to my "favorites" list! What an incredibly profound write you have done, Colin and thank goodness for the "family" gathered here at the Soup and welcome to it ... smile ... great writing and a well-deserved selection to be a feature this week. Congratulations!
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Date: 3/9/2009 1:45:00 PM
Without reading the other comments, brother Colin, you have a "classic" here. The expressions are exactly what needed to be said. And last week's snow, was just the parody for your words, as I was actually thinking and feeling something quite similar. Congrats again, Mother Nature, you hold the keynote address. But prior to your read, I feel justifiable in the deliverance of poetry as the immortal heart of mankind, and I am one of your relatives, unquestionably. Paula Larson
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Date: 3/9/2009 1:18:00 PM
congrats...I learned I was featured today and many poets wrote me to congraululate me...I thought it was so sweet..sfo I am doing it too. Liked your poem, heavy and powerful. cat
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Date: 3/9/2009 1:16:00 PM
Wow so very deep Congratulations on your featured poem ! Well done! Laura :)
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Date: 3/9/2009 10:51:00 AM
Colin - Congratulations on your poem being featured this week! Very well deserved. Peace always, John
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Date: 3/9/2009 6:11:00 AM
Warmest congratulations Colin on your constantly amazing poetry being featured this week! Love, Shar
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Date: 3/9/2009 6:09:00 AM
Loved this one Colin, really makes you think. Beautifully and poetically written. I especially liked the last stanza. Congrats on your feature this week :) Love, Amy
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Date: 3/8/2009 10:17:00 PM
Colin this poem expresses your feelings and thoughts very well indeed - wonderfully penned - Congratulations on having your poetry featured this week – God Bless, MJ
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