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Array ( [sid] => 37986 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The Worth of A Man [time] => 2004-03-09 15:45:29 [hometext] => There is a recurring trend in the study of history for pedantic and sedentary intellectuals to breakup and deconstruct the legends and heroes of antiquity. While sometimes truth takes precedent I am somewhat despondent by this blasphemy. [bodytext] => What worth is a man
in the face of history
the records of his time
his life's pecularities

is he full of convictions
driven to destiny
or a product of conditions
lead on by opportunity

the weighing of the scales
does confound absolutely
for the measuring of tales
differs with individuality

annals of the past
a constant ambiguity
his reasons and repast
are buried indefinately

at the counting of the years
a tally of his deeds
for the sum total that appears
is he did what he did

ask not the motivation that drives a man
its the same by intention as it is by chance
what matters most in the very end
his leap into fate in the face of circumstance. [comments] => 6 [counter] => 313 [topic] => 43 [informant] => baronhawk [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )

The Worth of A Man

Contributed by baronhawk on Tuesday, 9th March 2004 @ 03:45:29 PM in AEST
Topic: oops

What worth is a man
in the face of history
the records of his time
his life's pecularities

is he full of convictions
driven to destiny
or a product of conditions
lead on by opportunity

the weighing of the scales
does confound absolutely
for the measuring of tales
differs with individuality

annals of the past
a constant ambiguity
his reasons and repast
are buried indefinately

at the counting of the years
a tally of his deeds
for the sum total that appears
is he did what he did

ask not the motivation that drives a man
its the same by intention as it is by chance
what matters most in the very end
his leap into fate in the face of circumstance.

Copyright © baronhawk ... [ 2004-03-09 15:45:29]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: The Worth of A Man (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Tuesday, 9th March 2004 @ 03:52:10 PM AEST
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In three words-hyphenated?
Excellent and well-rounded.
Here's another one -
Absorbing.

Re: The Worth of A Man (User Rating: 0 )
by Former_Member on Tuesday, 9th March 2004 @ 03:59:35 PM AEST
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Great content context and subject matter- well written and great vernacular-
PoeticRequiem
(The Wordsmith)

Re: The Worth of A Man (User Rating: 1 )
by SAT on Tuesday, 9th March 2004 @ 04:02:49 PM AEST
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I really like this. It gives a girl a different perspective on a man/boy/w.e and it tells how the world changes, despite what a man does. You should write one about women, although we are all "men of the world".

alicia marie
~*SAT*~

Re: The Worth of A Man (User Rating: 1 )
by Elf on Tuesday, 9th March 2004 @ 06:17:00 PM AEST
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I like this one a whole lot. The rhyme and flow are exceptional, and the wording is wonderful. This one really drew me in. good job!
-*Valen*-

Re: The Worth of A Man (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Tuesday, 9th March 2004 @ 09:12:03 PM AEST
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Unless it would totally change the way we life on this earth for the better, I say let the legends live. Why does everything have to be shredded? Do we not deserve any heroes?

Rita

Re: The Worth of A Man (User Rating: 1 )
by twinkletoes on Monday, 29th March 2004 @ 08:32:01 PM AEST
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o......yes! I like this a lot.

bookmarked you've hooked me :-)

tt

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