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PrinceMyshkin
08-26-2008, 09:51 AM
And now the twilight falls, the heart
that once was brave and foolish,
more foolish than brave,
more brave than foolish,
surrenders to the more pedestrian rules
by which we attempt to live secure
as if with cautious, mincing steps
we might delay arriving
at the inevitable cliff though it,
meanwhile, is hurrying to meet us.
Nossa
08-26-2008, 12:10 PM
as if with cautious, mincing steps
we might delay arriving
at the inevitable cliff though it,
meanwhile, is hurrying to meet us.

I love those lines. Great poem :D
whitman
08-26-2008, 02:34 PM
very good a dilemma i am sure a few of us are in accept society's lot and plod along or..
TheFifthElement
08-26-2008, 07:17 PM
Grim, sad poem. And who knows when twilight will hit? Maybe it's twilight right now and we don't even know it. Thought provoking poem Jer.
firefangled
08-26-2008, 09:11 PM
I agree with Nossa and repeat it, these three lines are amazing writing. I love those lines.







as if with cautious, mincing steps
we might delay arriving
at the inevitable cliff though it,
paperleaves
08-27-2008, 09:20 AM
Wow, Jer. You've really done it with the entirety of this poem. It is beautiful!
PrinceMyshkin
08-27-2008, 09:34 AM
Wow, Jer. You've really done it with the entirety of this poem. It is beautiful!

I can't help but think that your appreciation is coloured by the sweet friendship that is developing between us, because much as I like the humble merits of this - the sincerity of it for the most part - it is NOTHING compared with the crazy-wonderful outpourings of your poems...
goldenrod
08-29-2008, 12:33 AM
I have been siting on the edge of that cliff, patiently awaiting the arrival of mincing steps, so that I could enthusiastically show my feelings with the vigorous sound of one hand clapping!

goldenrod.
Pendragon
08-30-2008, 02:49 PM
And now the twilight falls, the heart
that once was brave and foolish,
more foolish than brave,
more brave than foolish,
surrenders to the more pedestrian rules
by which we attempt to live secure
as if with cautious, mincing steps
we might delay arriving
at the inevitable cliff though it,
meanwhile, is hurrying to meet us.


This one is absolutly faboulous! A wonderful poem from a wonderful person and friend! ENCORE! ENCORE!

Pen