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Given An Excess Of It

October 22, 2009
By ladymonster GOLD, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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The vastest things are those we may not learn.<br /> We are not taught to die, nor to be born,<br /> Nor how to burn<br /> With love.<br /> How pitiful is our enforced return<br /> To those small things we are the masters of.<br /> --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
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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
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It's really amazing how you can say so much, with so little words, your very talented :)