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Long after days and seasons and people,
the banner of raw time is recovered
from the old fanfare of heroism..
which attack still my heart and head,
far from employment and eternal bliss-

And so finances are remiss.. giving back to me
things and times that don't exist.
Embers rain in gusty frost,
that which has been so fitfully lost
in the off-season.. never have I needed
anymore reason to find a way to meet cost-

Long before into the summer's dawn, life brought prosperity
with mist and noise - my corner of the world;
floats covered with bills and coins:
Horizon's Edge sails, full and unfurlled-
heading out to a better place of time and will
some Bank on a Stellwagen wave..
where life in season, is of a better time and better way.

B [comments] => 7 [counter] => 195 [topic] => 48 [informant] => Man_On_High [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => EmotionalPoetry )

The Off-Season

Contributed by Man_On_High on Wednesday, 23rd August 2006 @ 12:50:18 AM in AEST
Topic: EmotionalPoetry

Long after days and seasons and people,
the banner of raw time is recovered
from the old fanfare of heroism..
which attack still my heart and head,
far from employment and eternal bliss-

And so finances are remiss.. giving back to me
things and times that don't exist.
Embers rain in gusty frost,
that which has been so fitfully lost
in the off-season.. never have I needed
anymore reason to find a way to meet cost-

Long before into the summer's dawn, life brought prosperity
with mist and noise - my corner of the world;
floats covered with bills and coins:
Horizon's Edge sails, full and unfurlled-
heading out to a better place of time and will
some Bank on a Stellwagen wave..
where life in season, is of a better time and better way.

B

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Re: The Off-Season (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Wednesday, 23rd August 2006 @ 10:43:56 AM AEST
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Oh snowbird return
let the money burn
holes in my pockets!

Oh snowbird leave
'n' let me grieve
m' next dinner.

I used to live in Phoenix, Arizona (110-120 SUMMER HOT!) had a carpet cleaning business and many to almost a majority of my customers were "snowbirds."

"Off season" summer woe was tubin' down the Salt River on a semi truck tire inner tube with friends, sippin' beer" Such woe!

I personally related to this write. Smiled when I read it.

wabl
KenMoore
cowboy

Re: The Off-Season (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Wednesday, 23rd August 2006 @ 07:18:42 PM AEST
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Dearest poet ~ let me first say I find the Dickens quote
exceedingly pertinent! Aren't all things in life, (the most
enjoyable ones) both such things? We are never satisfied,
as humans, are we? .. where there is good, there is bad .. up
there is down .. pro there is con .. it's just the nature of things,
I guess. And I know how badly desire plays a part in our .. uhm ..
need for the best of times .. (not to worry)

A most astucious and enticing illustration of this complex
condition, hun. You mentioned diversity? Yours, my dear,
is exemplary!! And I am ever humbled ..

exceptional piece

~Breezy
xo

Re: The Off-Season (User Rating: 1 )
by Keilantra on Wednesday, 23rd August 2006 @ 09:43:59 PM AEST
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Billy, omce again, you've done a great job here.
But your writing is just always like that
good for you.

xXx
~kei

Re: The Off-Season (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Wednesday, 23rd August 2006 @ 10:09:56 PM AEST
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"Embers rain in gusty frost"-I really like that line. Nice beat, which moves seamlessly through the strophes, thanks

larkspur

Re: The Off-Season (User Rating: 1 )
by shelby on Wednesday, 23rd August 2006 @ 10:44:46 PM AEST
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Incredible Billy.
You write on such a variety of subjects all perfectly. This is so true to life and experience of the plenty and the famine.

Great job once again!

Michelle

Re: The Off-Season (User Rating: 1 )
by JockPhillips on Thursday, 24th August 2006 @ 12:30:46 PM AEST
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Embers rain in gusty frost is a good line that could stand on its own. Strong work with images and other things.

Re: The Off-Season (User Rating: 1 )
by Mangos on Thursday, 24th August 2006 @ 06:50:09 PM AEST
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After all this time… all we know is that things are good and bad… usually a little of both.
This was a good expression of that simple thought.

Nice as always

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