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  cast my soul up to the sky
for I no longer need it
it was never really mine to begin with

ancient sequoias grown
the ocean undertow
all of one planet
my mother

thundering sky
sun and moonlight
watching me closely
my father

grand time has no scheme
for the moment is the key
find where it fits
open the door
and be


Lori Boulard

Submitted Date Thursday, September 15, 2005
Submitted Date Wednesday, December 20, 2006



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Robert Howard (8/29/2006 2:34:00 PM)
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This is a lovely hymn of peaceful connection with the world.
Robert
Esther Leclerc (5/3/2006 9:16:00 AM)
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Especially feeling the last line, Lori, but again, your ability to craft words into poetry is amazing.
Anna Russell (4/29/2006 11:57:00 AM)
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Wonderful food for thought Lori, this is a joy.
Hugs
Anna xxx
PS Thanks for your kind comments.
Eric Paul Shaffer (1/17/2006 8:23:00 PM)
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Excellent closing lines-the poem opens up into the reader's world with those words. Good work.
Simone Inez Harriman (1/10/2006 3:11:00 PM)
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'cast my soul up to the sky
for I no longer need it
it was never really mine to begin with'

Love this Lori. Captured my interest immediately. Thank you.
Jon Lloyd (11/10/2005 10:43:00 AM)
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Nice Lori. I particularly like the way the last line seems to hang in the air...
Peter A. Crowther (10/20/2005 2:41:00 PM)
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Lovely poem. Sounds more pantheist than Zen but none the worse for that.

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