With words I deem to bend and sway
Of long gone poets in their day
Though their pulsing flesh no longer breathes
Their words and thoughts still do please
Why does a writer e’er compare?
The voices of their own angels of dare
To bring the light through new found voice
That gives the masses obvious choice
For in this world of beauty and bliss
You’ll also find sweet sorrow amidst
The crying hearts searching to find
A soul that’s tender, true and kind
In each gifted moment your senses do see
It’s what’s inside that’ll set you free
The outer world gives a solitary view
‘til your time dissolves and you bid adieu
Do tell me quick, I long to grasp
Your muse’s wisdom, your soul’s past
Will you return and share your light?
Or are you helping another soul in plight?
I hear your whispers, sometimes too soft
I see your words that send me aloft
I feel your presence upon the page
You touch my soul like the wisest sage
Sleepy Hollow now holds your brittle bones
But the world has your essays, books and poems
The secrets you wrote and relentlessly shared
Live on today because you cared.
Oh Waldo, Waldo where are You?
In some Grand Hall or Nature’s dew?
What glorious form do you now take?
Did your death find answers or your poems mistake?
What a lovely tribute to dear old Ralph Waldo, Dallas!
And I love that hunk of cat you're hugging on your bio
page. He looks like the Haji Baba I wrote the humor article
about (on my bio page). I'll have to dig out his pic and
add it to the story.
Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Excellent flow of thoughts and feelings. Great write!
Reviewed by Bobby Ruble (Reader)
Reviewed on September 2, 2003
What can we say that others before us have not already mentioned? Nothing, but to tell you how much we enjoyed yet another one of your works that always delight and entertain. Your words always seem to flow with words from your soul.
very well done, dallas *love your name*...enjoyed reading this! (((HUGS))) and love, karla. :)
Reviewed by Moonz
Reviewed on April 28, 2003
This muse is no ruse, and in the reading I lose...., myself, to thoughts I'd thought had once come and gone. The past revisited is but the future revealed. I would say Waldo is present and accounted for!! Very well done!!
Reviewed by Nicole Davis Vergara (Reader)
Reviewed on April 28, 2003
Excellant Work and although I am a R frost lover myself I do believe Waldo would be giving you quite the standing ovation on this one!
Reviewed by Judith Flynn
Reviewed on April 28, 2003
I love this poem!!!!!!!!!!!!A great lilt and Now I must confess that I have never read Waldo so I will put him at the top of my must read list ;-) Hope I will enjoy him as much as I did this wonderful poem of yours !!!
What a lovely harkening. It feels like something by the poets of old; a nostalgic visit to language used back then and perfectly matched to the poem's subject.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Award-winning author of "This is the Place" and "Harkening:
http://carolynhowardjohnson.com
Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on April 28, 2003
Dallas, not only are you a superb purveyer of information for the writer, but a fine poet. This is a gem. I put your link on my bio-page for a few months. Your ezine is the greatest.
From First Love to its destructive end and on to new beginnings, Mary Angela Nangini's poems explore the birth and death of a relationship. The powerful poems are presented in two parts with an introduction to her next book My Ontario Beautiful. (Th
And I love that hunk of cat you're hugging on your bio
page. He looks like the Haji Baba I wrote the humor article
about (on my bio page). I'll have to dig out his pic and
add it to the story.
Love and friendship, Kam
"Waldo, Where are You?" is a Paean to a great Soul, written with ink of knowledge with words of wisdom.
Thank You for being a Paragon of culture, and for sharing this treasure "Waldo, Where are You?" with us.
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Love, JC xoxoxo
Hugs and Blessings,
Teri
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Award-winning author of "This is the Place" and "Harkening:
http://carolynhowardjohnson.com
--Karissa
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