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Given An Excess Of It

October 22, 2009
By ladymonster GOLD, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
The vastest things are those we may not learn.
We are not taught to die, nor to be born,
Nor how to burn
With love.
How pitiful is our enforced return
To those small things we are the masters of.
--Mervyn Peake

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Given an excess of it,
love has become a treasure
too cumbersome to employ
and too bothersome to enjoy,
and is now, therefore,
a dust-gathering pleasure

© Gabriella B., Montreal, WI

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Grania PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 1 2009 at 9:08 am
Grania PLATINUM, Portland, Maine
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I agree. You have good way of getting to the core of the feeling.
NorthernWriter said...
on Oct. 31 2009 at 10:14 am
NorthernWriter, Fargo, North Dakota
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"Only dead fish swim with the stream"

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this poem is absolutely fantastic! you use so few words to describe feelings and realities! I agree with how you describe love when given an excess of it. The phrase itself "given an excess of it" is a good start because it's much stronger than saying: "when you get too much of it" i would enter this in a poetry contest. it's beautiful. actually, it reminds me of emily dickinson :)
LSpoet BRONZE said...
on Oct. 27 2009 at 10:10 pm
LSpoet BRONZE, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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It's really amazing how you can say so much, with so little words, your very talented :)