Found this on Craig's List

Daniel~

Daniel~

Chief BBS Administrator
Staff member
No kidding!

With rue my heart is laden
For golden friends I had,
For many a rose-lipt maiden
And many a lightfoot lad.
By brooks too broad for leaping
The lightfoot boys are laid;
The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
In fields where roses fade.

[A E Housman]
 
Oh come on guys, that's one fine poem!
OH! It's on Craig' list that means someone has already read it!!
So what!?
All the best poems come per-read!! Many have been read ten's of millions of times before they reach us!
OK OK here's a brand new one just for you.

To see them go

They leave us a tear
those who went before
and are no more.

They step from these
shadows Ferried by light,
another and distant shore.

This tear two meanings
gathers as it falls.
and tears to ocean call

We are not leaving you
We are leading you
Where we go so go all.

But now we are parted
So a parents promises given
I will be with you
in every tear that falls.
DKE
 
Craig's List--who woulda thunk?
You got me at "rose-lipt maiden." Far too old to expect anything like that but not old enough to give up visions in that general direction.

Your own poem is pretty darn good, well done!
 
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