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[aid] => mick
[title] => Village In The Reeds
[time] => 2005-06-20 22:20:16
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[bodytext] => Now leave the ocean roaring
against it's bar of sand
and let us go exploring
the road to No Man's Land.
The marshy passage winding
from bay to inner bay
lays ready for the finding
where my boyhood summer lay;
where still in sunlight sleeps
amid the coastal miles,
the clustered little houses,
built rough.. on battered piles.
No fields they have for tilling
nor dirt for garden seeds..
these seaside little cottages
that rests within the reeds.
The piers by waters, eaten..
the eddy that begets
the concrete walls..weather beaten
strewn with fishing nets..
Along the water alleys
the marshes roses grow;
with silver guilded galleys..
the fishing boats will go.
Your rough and tumble splendors
my seaside village lacks.
Unpicturesque suspenders
are crossed on plenty backs..
Unchanged the current races-
I hope to see again
the same shy neighbor faces..
the same hard-handed men.
They talk of skiffs and dories..
the way they always did-
they tell the same old stories
of famous Captain Kidd.
Beneath the starboard awning,
these old men dream and yearn...
the boats go fourth at morning;
at dusk the boats return.
Above the liquid grasses
and all the drifting weeds,
time nods and slowly passes
this village in the reeds.
M.O.H.
[comments] => 11
[counter] => 217
[topic] => 44
[informant] => Man_On_High
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[alanguage] => english
[acomm] => 0
[haspoll] => 0
[pollID] => 0
[score] => 25
[ratings] => 5
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
[topicname] => Nostalgic
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Village In The Reeds
Contributed by
Man_On_High
on
Monday, 20th June 2005 @ 10:20:16 PM in AEST
Topic:
Nostalgic
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Now leave the ocean roaring
against it's bar of sand
and let us go exploring
the road to No Man's Land.
The marshy passage winding
from bay to inner bay
lays ready for the finding
where my boyhood summer lay;
where still in sunlight sleeps
amid the coastal miles,
the clustered little houses,
built rough.. on battered piles.
No fields they have for tilling
nor dirt for garden seeds..
these seaside little cottages
that rests within the reeds.
The piers by waters, eaten..
the eddy that begets
the concrete walls..weather beaten
strewn with fishing nets..
Along the water alleys
the marshes roses grow;
with silver guilded galleys..
the fishing boats will go.
Your rough and tumble splendors
my seaside village lacks.
Unpicturesque suspenders
are crossed on plenty backs..
Unchanged the current races-
I hope to see again
the same shy neighbor faces..
the same hard-handed men.
They talk of skiffs and dories..
the way they always did-
they tell the same old stories
of famous Captain Kidd.
Beneath the starboard awning,
these old men dream and yearn...
the boats go fourth at morning;
at dusk the boats return.
Above the liquid grasses
and all the drifting weeds,
time nods and slowly passes
this village in the reeds.
M.O.H.
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Man_On_High
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2005-06-20 22:20:16]
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by MorningDove on
Monday, 20th June 2005 @ 10:33:16 PM AEST
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It sound so wonderful. When I lived on the coast there were little bay villages like this with the houses built up on the pilings. Early in the mornings after the tide went back out I could find the most beautiful things on the beach. I loved that place. It is a life like no other.
Rita |
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by wizard on
Monday, 20th June 2005 @ 10:34:51 PM AEST
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again i am stupified by your amazing talent.
this was a great tale. i think Plymouth, when we were kids, right?? even if not, that's exactly where i went while i read this.
great job bro
wiz |
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by andSHEbled__xx on
Monday, 20th June 2005 @ 11:38:49 PM AEST
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This was an awesome piece. Such a beautiful story. Very good work!
-Daze |
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by hauntedscorp on
Tuesday, 21st June 2005 @ 02:34:45 AM AEST
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Great storytelling Billy yet again! You painted such a vivid picture. You made me feel nostalgic for a place I've never been, and for a life I never lead...Well done!!
Scorp. |
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by Vampirequeen on
Tuesday, 21st June 2005 @ 08:10:37 AM AEST
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Wow amazing write.
great job. |
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by brew on
Tuesday, 21st June 2005 @ 09:10:24 AM AEST
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What a nice peace of mind there. Loved it! I love the coast.even tho im 8 hrs away. Something that makes a calmness for me. And to remember, it and keep wonderful thoughts make it so much better.
Keep writing, you have some good thoughts from your heart, and soul.
Brew~ |
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by jyssvw22 on
Tuesday, 21st June 2005 @ 12:41:18 PM AEST
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| what a great picture you paint |
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by gwenevere on
Tuesday, 21st June 2005 @ 03:52:44 PM AEST
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| Exceptional as always.I felt as if I was there.Fantastic description,Ros |
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by pUnKa_RaCh on
Thursday, 23rd June 2005 @ 07:26:17 AM AEST
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Lovely poem of reminicense. Its always good to look back on our childhood and realise how happy we were. I do that all the time.
Great use of words and I felt as If i was there.
Just great. |
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by Silent-No-More on
Thursday, 23rd June 2005 @ 10:14:01 AM AEST
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Splendid! I have been thinking a lot lately of the shore where I spent summers as a kid... I've gone back nearly every summer since I moved away. When I don't... I still feel its pull. I'm going again this year -- and honestly, if I hadn't already made plans to do so, reading this would have been enough to make me feel that I had to.
Fabulous write! It is, as with everything else, what doesn't change that means the most, I think. I love how you've honored that here.
~Snemmy~ |
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Re: Village In The Reeds
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by nanb294eva on
Thursday, 23rd June 2005 @ 03:13:44 PM AEST
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that was awsome i felt as if i was there with you before and if not maybe the cottage next weekend will bring us there
love the poem though
nancy |
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