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Pebble in the stream
Lava flowing on the hill
Our words change slowly
Frothing surf atop the waves
The tide comes and the tide goes
Words are given thoughts
which may melt old rocks and clog
streams which feed the seas
Seven seas brim too slowly
Attentuate too swiftly
Sea eels verb each noun
So what if fish tell lies, Yang?
Seals live on white lies, Yen.
Slippery tongues obfuscate
The truth and lie in all hues
Pure truth absent hue
Lie enfolds germ - tainted truth
Waves pound shore, cleanse truth.
Truth's diamond never corrodes
But refracts to each their hue.
Flood cedes, growth anew
Diamond of truth commands view
Wisdom pores, like dew.
Dewdrops catch morn’s light - reflects
And grows a new sun’s image
Deep within earth's bosom life
Begins. Joy! Sunrise!
What urge, beauty? Seed divine.
Green shoots break through the black earth:
Fibrous flags of green, still furled.
Beauty is truth. Truth
Beauty. That is all ye know.
All ye need to know.
John Keats (1795-1821)
Ode on a Grecian Urn
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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Tanka tango to go maverick 02/13/05 03:30 PM One maverick 02/13/05 03:32 PM Re: One plutarch 02/13/05 04:44 PM One musick 02/13/05 05:29 PM Re: One plutarch 02/13/05 07:42 PM Re: One themilum 02/13/05 07:47 PM Re: One plutarch 02/13/05 07:56 PM Re: One themilum 02/13/05 08:42 PM Re: One plutarch 02/13/05 08:50 PM Re: One themilum 02/13/05 08:51 PM Re: One plutarch 02/13/05 09:15 PM Re: One themilum 02/13/05 10:56 PM Re: One maverick 02/15/05 12:01 AM Re: One themilum 02/15/05 01:26 AM Re: One Dgeigh 02/15/05 02:45 PM Re: One plutarch 02/15/05 05:08 PM Re: One Zed 02/15/05 11:35 PM Re: One plutarch 02/17/05 03:42 PM Re: completing Five maverick 02/18/05 04:56 PM Re: completing Five Zed 02/19/05 12:27 AM sunrise plutarch 02/19/05 01:43 PM Re: sunrise maverick 02/19/05 04:26 PM Sow what? plutarch 02/19/05 05:16 PM Re: Sow what? Buffalo Shrdlu 02/19/05 05:28 PM Re: Sow what? plutarch 02/19/05 05:40 PM Re: Sow what? Buffalo Shrdlu 02/19/05 05:46 PM Re: sunrise plutarch 02/19/05 05:58 PM Re: sunrise maverick 02/21/05 05:38 PM Spring plutarch 02/21/05 10:20 PM Ode on a Grecian Urn TEd Remington 02/22/05 12:46 AM From many, once again musick 02/13/05 08:09 PM Re: From many, once again plutarch 02/13/05 08:33 PM
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