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John Milton's Paradise Lost

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:00:27 GMT

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PARADISE LOST
BOOK I. Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of EDEN, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of OREB, or of SINAI, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of CHAOS: Or if SION Hill Delight thee more, and SILOA'S Brook that flow'd Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' AONIAN Mount, while ...
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Fantastic Worlds: Cosmic Poetry

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:40:23 GMT

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Fantastic Worlds: Cosmic Poetry

**Cosmic Poetry**
Solar Sailing	Sunset in the Vastness
Waning Gibbous	Tunnel Vision	Columbia	The Trinity Moons
Rolling Dice	Artificial Gravity	2001 KX76	Faster than Light
Genesis	Dark Energy	Mir	Europa
100 Watts	Recipe for Cobalt Blue	The Martians	Challenger
The Mirror	Trinity (II)	Planet X	Worlds within Worlds

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Fantastic Worlds: Sci-Fi Poetry

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:39:24 GMT

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Fantastic Worlds: Sci-Fi Poetry

**Sci-Fi Poetry**
The Emerald Planet	Iron Rain	The Trinity Moons
The Machine	GI -- AI	2001 KX76	Dream Balloon
Becoming Human	Faster than Light	The Martians	The Glimmer
Laying Eggs	Winter Moon	The Antenna	The Aeronauts
The Founders	The Umbrella Salesman	Waiting in Line	Planet X
Y2K	Armageddon	Vampires	Worlds within Worlds

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Answers for the necessities of life - A Poem

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:37:34 GMT

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Answers for the necessities of life

Food, clothing, shelter
Answers for the necessities of life
Hollow responses
cliches, void of meaning

Organic matter simply existing

The argument is almost Cartesian
A dualistic dance of semantics

A syllogism of needs vs. wants

My soul begs to breathe
Philosophy, music, poetry, art
A higher purpose; life full of meaning
A real lover, the essence of living

Author: * Iseabal Durotriges - 1 Post on this thread out of 273 Posts sitewide.
Date: Apr 9, 2005 - 17:51

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Modern Theosophy - Your Children are not Your Children

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:22:35 GMT

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Your Children are not Your Children

by Kahlil Gibran

Your Children are not Your Children

They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

Found in Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

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Modern Theosophy

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Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 04:08:56 GMT

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Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken (1915)

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

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Poems For and About Mothers

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:57:07 GMT

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Poems For and About Mothers

A Mother
A Mother's Day Poem
A Mother's Love
A Rose for Mother
For You Mom
Legacy of Love
Mama's Bible
Moms and Daughters

Mother
Mother Love
My Mother
To Mother
To My Other Mother
Two Mothers Remembered
Wonderful Mother
You Where There

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Poems For and About Fathers

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:55:36 GMT

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Poems For and About Fathers

A Father's Day Poem
Family Name
Fathers Are Wonderful People
First Love
Happy Father's Day
His Special Place
In My Eyes

My Dad
My Father
My Hero
Only a Dad
Quite Hero
The Greatest Man
What Makes A Dad

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Poem ~ A Mother's Love

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:54:23 GMT

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A Mother's Love

Author Unknown

There are times only when a Mother's love
Can understand our tears,
Can soothe our disappointments

And calm all our fears.

There are times when only a Mother's Love
Can share the joy we feel
When something we've dreamed about

Quite suddenly is real.

There are times when only a Mother's faith
Can help on life's way
And inspire in us the confidence

We need from day to day.

For a Mother's heart and a Mother's faith
And a Mother's steadfast love
Were fashioned by the Angels
And sent from God above...

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Poem ~ Just Because

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:52:41 GMT

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Just Because

Author Unknown

Today is not a holiday
It isn't even your birthday
But I still thought I'd like to send

A special message to my friend

You make me laugh and make me smile
You ease my troubles for a while
When clouds are thick and skies are gray

You put some sunshine in my day

You're really thoughtful sweet and kind
A friend like you is hard to find
I know I've told you once or twice

That I think you are very nice

But someone who's as great as you
Should be told more often than I do
And so I send these words with love
Why did I send them?.....just because

Tags: just because, best friends forever, feelings, friendship, my best friend, poem, poems, poetry, sentiments, true friends

Poem ~ Be Yourself

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:32:43 GMT

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Be Yourself

Why would you want to be someone else
When you could be better by being yourself
Why pretend to be someone you are not

When you have something they haven't got

Cheating yourself of the life you have to live
Deprives others of that only which you can give
You have much more to offer by being just you

Than walking around in someone else's shoes

Trying to live the life of another is a mistake
It is a masquerade; nothing more than a fake
Be yourself and let your qualities show through

Others will love you more for being just you

Remember that God loves you just as you are
To Him you are already a bright shining star
Family and friends will love you more too
If you spent time practicing just being you

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Poem ~ To My Best Friend

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:30:30 GMT

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To My Best Friend

I was sitting here thinking
of the words I want to say,
but they just wouldn't come out right

so I found a different way

I got a piece of paper
and I wrote this poem for you,
but there's no way to thank you

for everything you do

For always being nice to me
and staying by my side,
for helping fix my problems

and never leaving me behind

For accepting my thoughts and feelings,
though you do not understand,
for never giving up on me

and being my best friend

For making me laugh
and letting me cry
and saying you'd miss me

if I were to die

Everything you mean to me
you could never know
In all the ways you've changed my life

I could never show

The way you take care of me,
you're my shining star
and though it's so incredible

that's just the way you are

Before I get too mushy
it's time for me to go,
but before I leave this ink-filled page

there's one thing you should know

As long as we are living,
no matter when or where,
if you ever need me

just call and I'll be there

I'll climb a thousand mountains
and swim a thousand seas
anything to be there
'cause you've been there for me

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Poem ~ Best Friends Forever

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:27:48 GMT

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Best Friends Forever

Author Unknown

I sit alone thinking of you
and all the things we've both been through
You are my soul mate, my very best friend
and I know you'll be there until the end

Your shoulder to cry on will soon be gone
who will be there when something is wrong
When times are tough you're always there
It shows me just how much you care

Although were going separate ways
you're in my heart till my final days
Nothing can make a person see
how special a friend you are to me

I dreamed of a friend just like you
and finally my dream came true
Nothing else could ever fulfill
everything you're friendship will

You understand a side of me
that no one else could ever see
You know whats wrong before i cry
but if I do, you will always know why

A friend like you is hard to find
you put my problems all behind
You were there when no one cared
the best times were the ones we shared

We've been together through good and bad
you made me laugh when i was sad
And no one else could ever be
as good of a friend you are to me

Our time together is wilting away
more and more everyday
But now until the very end
you'll always be my special friend.

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Poem ~ True Friends

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:26:41 GMT

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True Friends

Author Unknown

In a friendship
We're free to expose,
Parts of ourselves

Nobody else knows.

The thing that sustains it,
And sets it apart,
Is not something spoken,

It's a bond of the heart.

True friends are rare,
In a lifetime two or three,
I'm so glad it happened,
Between you and me!

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Poem ~ Don't Quit

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:25:24 GMT

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Don't Quit

Author Unknown

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road your trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit

Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and its turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When they might have won, had they stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,

You may succeed with another blow.

Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victors cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when your hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit!

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