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[aid] => mick
[title] => All That We Inherit
[time] => 2005-08-30 19:27:31
[hometext] => I have been thinking a lot of my late grand-father recently, and all he (could have?) taught me.....
[bodytext] => I wish now, as I look behind
That I'd paid attention to the time.
That I'd sat and listened, still and fast
To stories told by ancestors past.
That lessons lived had become a guide
A timeless map to keep at my side.
Wisdom learned and passed down for ages
To guide me through life's myriad stages.
For as I walk through late spring's years
I find myself at times in tears.
That these epic tales were there to hear
Had I but listened to those held dear.
So it goes, that time moves on
And the fable's mine to tell,
I beseech you, Childe, this one thing.
Sit... and listen well.
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[ratings] => 7
[editpoem] => 1
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All That We Inherit
Contributed by
Loende
on
Tuesday, 30th August 2005 @ 07:27:31 PM in AEST
Topic:
Lifepoems
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I wish now, as I look behind
That I'd paid attention to the time.
That I'd sat and listened, still and fast
To stories told by ancestors past.
That lessons lived had become a guide
A timeless map to keep at my side.
Wisdom learned and passed down for ages
To guide me through life's myriad stages.
For as I walk through late spring's years
I find myself at times in tears.
That these epic tales were there to hear
Had I but listened to those held dear.
So it goes, that time moves on
And the fable's mine to tell,
I beseech you, Childe, this one thing.
Sit... and listen well.
Copyright ©
Loende
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2005-08-30 19:27:31]
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Re: All That We Inherit
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by Fionndruinne on
Tuesday, 30th August 2005 @ 07:43:13 PM AEST
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A rich lesson learnt. With pain, alas, but we do so often learn only that way. I love your choice in words - you show skill therein that will only improve, methinkest. Well done!
Go Día g'coinne thú
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Re: All That We Inherit
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by solosoul on
Tuesday, 30th August 2005 @ 07:50:53 PM AEST
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| just wanted you to know that my grandfather is going into quad heart surgery tomorrow morning and he only has a 3 to 5 percent chance of making it and this poem really hit home with me he is more of a father to me so thank you and very well done! |
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Re: All That We Inherit
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by Kano on
Tuesday, 30th August 2005 @ 08:09:46 PM AEST
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| I like how the words flow and don't get all jammed up like some poets do on their work. It is a very nice poem I like it |
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Re: All That We Inherit
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by Silent-No-More on
Friday, 2nd September 2005 @ 10:01:46 PM AEST
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Very nice! And... rather wonderfully reflective (though painfully so) of that fact that we often do not know what we have until it has slipped away from us.
I adored the ending. "... and listen well" just tugs at me. Ah, shouldn't we all... shouldn't we always? It irks me so that we get so distracted and sometimes forget to do so. *sigh*
Thanks for sharing this -
~Snemmy |
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Re: All That We Inherit
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by Wachumiri on
Tuesday, 6th September 2005 @ 05:55:27 AM AEST
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What? I can't hear you.... Just kidding. I'd thought I'd commented on this one, I'd read it twice.
Well done, my friend, well done.
Take care.
David |
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Re: All That We Inherit
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by Spike on
Tuesday, 6th September 2005 @ 09:18:34 AM AEST
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Exceptional. heart- wrenching. A cautionary tale that we sow what we reap. So many lives, so many stories - where did the habit of listening to the recountings of elders go?
A few years ago as part of an assignment I audio taped the life history of a friend's mother. it was an enriching and eye-opening experience that i will gift to her when her mother passes.
Spike |
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Re: All That We Inherit
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by Jenni_K on
Friday, 9th September 2005 @ 11:29:49 PM AEST
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This is really touching.... Spike said it all...
Really hope to see more of your poems...
Jenni |
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Re: All That We Inherit
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by Eternal_Dreamer on
Wednesday, 1st October 2008 @ 04:31:31 PM AEST
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Dawn~
We often do not know what we have until it has gone.
Sometimes life gets the best of us and we are so inundated
with things to do that we totally forget what is important to
us until its too late. A hard lesson we learn in life.
A very touching write penned by a very dear and special poetess. Keep up the great work Dawn~
huge hugs,
dreamer
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Re: All That We Inherit
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by Former_Member on
Tuesday, 2nd December 2008 @ 08:53:53 AM AEST
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| i feel the same about my late grand-mother, some wounds never heal. great poem. |
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