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And Once It Was So Remote...
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You start noticing this at a certain point in your life...

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And once


as remote


as that flickering


ghost of a light


across a wide swath


of a barren


twig-twisted field.


Now as close


as the humid cloud


of my hot breath--


They


drop one by one.


Those stolid


unmoveable icons of my past-


fathers,


mothers,


even sons.


And now


it is time to ask


how long will that distant light


last.


 


 


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 Reviews of "And Once It Was So Remote..."
Reviewed on September 17, 2005
The imagery here is so clear as your poem of what is to be- This Poem took on many forms-Thanks Doug 4 sharing this- Warmly and Sweetly,Sheee

Reviewed by Mario Watts
Reviewed on August 17, 2005
Nice meaning in this poem! Thanks for this beautiful piece of work!


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