Thursday 28 October 2010

Magpie 38

Broken.













One day to breathe
the scent of earth,
One eternity to be it.

Sadly prompted byMagpie Tales.
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38 comments:

  1. ana28 October 2010 at 12:35 pm

    True! Sad, but true. :)

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  2. Queen of the Tea Cosies28 October 2010 at 12:45 pm

    ...or exuberant
    depending on your reading of it.

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  3. Diane T28 October 2010 at 12:49 pm

    Whew, this is so right on!

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  4. Mary28 October 2010 at 12:56 pm

    So much crystalized thought in few words! Nice.

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  5. Steve Capelin28 October 2010 at 1:08 pm

    Sounds almost nice. I like the smell of my compost - so chuck me in the compost bin when the time comes.Bring it on (slowly)

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  6. R. Burnett Baker28 October 2010 at 2:24 pm

    Sobering, no? You've spoken a lifetime in 13 words.

    Excellent poem!

    Rick

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  7. Kathe W.28 October 2010 at 2:26 pm

    yep so very true- so breathe baby breathe!

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  8. kathi harris28 October 2010 at 4:37 pm

    That is so, so true.

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  9. Glenn Buttkus28 October 2010 at 4:43 pm

    Bend to smell those roses, pal,
    and embrace the dying bitch
    earth, for not long ago in the
    great scheme of things, we
    entities co-created this plane,
    and set it up as a classroom,
    life after life after life, and still
    we never learn.

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  10. Stafford Ray28 October 2010 at 5:05 pm

    I do smell the roses Glenn, and I also sniff the air, as some may have noticed.

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  11. Gabriela Abalo28 October 2010 at 7:18 pm

    Excellent Magpie!

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  12. Anonymous28 October 2010 at 10:32 pm

    FABULOUS. Great Mag. Love and Light, Sender

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  13. izzy28 October 2010 at 10:47 pm

    The scent, aah yes! time means nothing- Thanks.

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  14. Suz29 October 2010 at 12:12 am

    oh Stafford this was too sad
    no hope in these words
    only resignation
    death and that's it..
    ..ah..but you did make reference to eternity...
    ..

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  15. annell429 October 2010 at 12:15 am

    So well said. Thanks

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  16. Everyday Goddess29 October 2010 at 4:13 am

    Beautifully said.

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  17. Kay L. Davies29 October 2010 at 5:20 am

    Wonderful. Succinct, but leaving nothing out.

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  18. Jinksy29 October 2010 at 6:22 am

    Short, but not necessarily sweet? LOL :)

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  19. christine29 October 2010 at 6:43 am

    Just right... I liked it.

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  20. Tess Kincaid29 October 2010 at 7:21 am

    One day vs eternity. So it is.

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  21. Unknown29 October 2010 at 8:32 am

    Not exactly fair is it?
    Not exactly our choice, though, unfortunately.

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  22. Carrie Van Horn29 October 2010 at 11:18 am

    Wow Stafford you have sumed our days up our days amazingly in such few words...sad, yet profound.

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  23. Anonymous29 October 2010 at 1:17 pm

    true - love the haiku.

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  24. Martin29 October 2010 at 5:20 pm

    Just excellent, Stafford.

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  25. Anonymous29 October 2010 at 6:17 pm

    Perfect!

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  26. Other Mary29 October 2010 at 10:56 pm

    Excellent - you said it all!

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  27. Abhilasha-The Desire30 October 2010 at 4:32 am

    you got me completely hands down..awesome writing one more time...

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  28. Brian Miller30 October 2010 at 1:03 pm

    so you support the recycling movement...smiles.

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  29. Linda30 October 2010 at 1:04 pm

    Short, sad, true. Well said.

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  30. Jingle30 October 2010 at 11:29 pm

    powerful,
    so smart tale.

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  31. Diane T31 October 2010 at 1:06 am

    One eternity to be in it.

    Ah breathe... that's the most important thing. Thank heavens you found me. I really enjoyed your comments. Yes I did write, Great Balls of Fire, LOL.

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  32. Tumblewords:31 October 2010 at 6:29 am

    A great epitaph!

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  33. Helena31 October 2010 at 6:54 am

    Short and thoughtfully sweet.

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  34. Leah31 October 2010 at 10:13 am

    I love this.

    So glad I stopped by!

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  35. The Blog of Bee1 November 2010 at 6:32 am

    'Aint that the truth!

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  36. Sue J1 November 2010 at 10:05 am

    Very sad. Very true.

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  37. kaykuala1 November 2010 at 5:46 pm

    Short and sweet and it's true.

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  38. ninotaziz4 November 2010 at 8:55 pm

    Oh! how I yearn to write like this again ...

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