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the mysteries there

Post by the mingo » March 31st, 2011, 2:01 pm

who has killed who today ?
who will kill who tomorrow ?
I take my small boat out on the water
I take a bag of fig newtons with me
I look over the side to the rocks in
the depths below me
they look mysterious
my God says "Work quietly with your hands"
I am told my belief is primitive
that I hold with superstition
while all others rush forward shouting and
passionate and proclaiming & busy busy busy
with their guns & their hammers
and their buildings & their walls & their ideas
with ten thousand schemes for the wind & the waves
'til the day when the dust settles
but my God has not changed his mind for all this
he says to me "Work quietly with your hands"
and I do for I have found His advice to be solid
who has killed who today ?
who will kill who tomorrow ?
I wish everyone had a small boat
& a bag of fig newtons to go out on the water
and look over the side to see
the rocks in the depths below them & inside of them
and all mysteries there
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by Steve Plonk » March 31st, 2011, 2:32 pm

Life is full of awe & mystery...the power of God through nature...Great verse...
Thanks to you, the Mingo. 8)
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by the mingo » March 31st, 2011, 2:56 pm

You're welcome, Steve. Thx for reading and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by joel » March 31st, 2011, 3:31 pm

Dear God,
be good to me,
for the sea is so wide,
and my boat is so small.
"Every genuinely religious person is a heretic, and therefore a revolutionary" -- GBShaw
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by Arcadia » March 31st, 2011, 8:47 pm

wow!! beautiful poem, mingo!!!!!!! :D
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by the mingo » April 1st, 2011, 1:40 am

Thx for reading, Joel. 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by the mingo » April 1st, 2011, 1:46 am

THANKS Veronica !!
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by snowman » April 4th, 2011, 4:43 am

you may work quietly with your hands but your poetry is loud and clear
write on
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by the mingo » April 4th, 2011, 9:22 am

Thx Dave & welcome aboard.
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by SadLuckDame » April 4th, 2011, 9:51 am

I look over the side to the rocks in
the depths below me
they look mysterious
my God says "Work quietly with your hands"
Thank you, mingo.
This is like having lunch with you.
`Do you know, I was so angry, Kitty,' Alice went on...`when I saw all the mischief you had been doing, I was very nearly opening the window, and putting you out into the snow! And you'd have deserved it, you
little mischievous darling!
~Lewis Carroll
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by the mingo » April 5th, 2011, 12:34 am

Thanks, Annie B. I enjoyed our lunch, hope you did too 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by creativesoul » April 6th, 2011, 4:48 am

this floats my boat- love fig newtons too- nice write
reason is over rated, as is logic and common sense-i much prefer the passions of a crazy old woman, cats and dogs and jungle foliage- tropic rain-and a defined sense of who brings the stars up at night and the sun up in the morning---
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by the mingo » April 6th, 2011, 1:59 pm

Thx cs, and fig newtons yesterday, fig newtons today, fig newtons forever !
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by mnaz » April 6th, 2011, 6:29 pm

well said.

"with their guns and hammers"... excellent
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Re: the mysteries there

Post by the mingo » April 7th, 2011, 10:39 am

Thx, mnaz, for readin' & sayin'. Glad you enjoyed.
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.
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