Sunday, April 30, 2006

At The End Of It All, What Will Remain? Comments

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At the end of it all, what will remain?
The garden will return to dry fallow ground,
and the brilliant scarlets and violets of the coral beans
I so thoughtfully planted near the downspouts
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William Jackson
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Roseann Shawiak 11 January 2014

You have painted a beautiful picture in my mind with this poem - very vivid. I love it. Can identify with the garden, as my oldest son is always planting things around the house. As for the destruction of our environment, forests, history, etc. for mundane things such as freeways, malls, parking garages - it irks me no end that humanity is destroying our beautiful world. Great poem. Thank you for sharing, RoseAnn

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Greenwolfe 1962 24 February 2008

You write like you care about the reader. If it's by design, you're a great writer of prose. If it comes naturally to you, then you're a gifted teller of stories and history. If it is both, then you're a great artist and a greater man. Greenwolfe 1962

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Ivan Donn Carswell 11 February 2007

At the end of it your beautiful poem will remain with its treasure chest of memories. One would hope it was revered and read with the same tenderness it was written. Rgds, Ivan

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Michael Shepherd 17 September 2006

Masterly. The real stuff. How did I miss reading you before this?

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Simple Simon 05 September 2006

You have proved even the weeds have a taste of their own thro' your poem. So nothing is a waste in this world.

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Emma Beverage 02 August 2006

Another great poem pondering the very questions that I have asked myself. And interlaced with beautiful garden images. You have made me hungry!

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Pia Andersson 01 August 2006

sometimes small things - like a simple little squash can help us to focus on what we are, what is our history and where we are going An excellent excellent poem from you...Pia

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Preeti - is here! 09 July 2006

Very well written. yes the questions will remain, but lets enjoy this today! Preets

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Brian Chang 12 June 2006

The fleeting feelings of nostalgia, happiness, and treasuring the memories we feel are the greatest gifts because of their ephemeral presence. Fantastic!

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Sandra Fowler 12 June 2006

Memory is the gift we always hold in the landscapes of our mind.Praise for your nostalgic poem. Kind regards, Sandra

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Anjana Aravind 30 May 2006

This is a picture perfect poem. Like a sad painting. Anjana

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Bobby Hamby 30 April 2006

very lovely like a painting meaningfully disintigrating questions of stagnation

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Danny Reynolds 30 April 2006

The air of inevitability, hangs throughout. The pictures show a true appreciation of what you have, and have had. The end is a warm summer breeze, blowing away the mists of regret. Brilliant. Danny

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Patricia Gale 30 April 2006

The endless question, but a lovely ending for the fruit of your labor. Deep thought. Patricia Gale

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William Jackson

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