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APW Group Poem

Completed 1 October 2000


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Freedom's Plow


When a man starts out with nothing,

every thought becomes his goal.
Lina Noakes
Corbeil , ON Canada - Thu Jun 29 19:08:32 2000
With bayonet he plowed the jungle in vain to cultivate freedom.
Cork Quasne
Placerville, CA USA - Fri Jun 30 22:31:31 2000
He is a novice, and his furrows wander
Gary Kreller
Kitchener, On Canada - Sat Jul 1 09:56:16 2000
like streaming stars when he shuts his eyes.
Suzanne Clark
Bristol, TN USA - Fri Jul 7 20:45:56 2000
But a single glimmering star he aims at,
Rathnashikamani Bijja
Kalapakkam, TN India - Sat Jul 8 02:31:53 2000
reaching with time-marked hands that frame the sky
Lezlie Kinyon
Richmond, Ca USA - Wed Jul 19 13:01:57 2000
and absorbing illumination that will light his path into his future
kimble
MI USA - Fri Jul 21 07:54:50 2000
and realize all is nothing except his promise.
Martin Cohen
Egg Harbor, NJ USA - Tue Aug 1 02:00:42 2000

His promise to the one he loves dearly
Anaiya
Shelburne, ONTARIO Canada - Thu Aug 3 12:16:40 2000
her name - freedom - whom he promised to claim
rosemary m. welsh
Sellersville, PA USA - Sun Aug 6 12:18:45 2000
- but she is quicksilver, always flitting ahead -
Janie
Broken Hill, NSW Australia - Wed Aug 23 21:32:16 2000
only to be captured by the stars
ally
san diego, CA USA - Tue Aug 29 23:34:40 2000
and breathlessly, selflessly raised to the heavens above.
Sally
USA - Wed Aug 30 19:10:27 2000

And thus he wanders, forever seeking
Maliha Raza
USA - Sun Sep 10 12:26:29 2000
nothing. Nothing but one breath that tremors
lori
mn USA - Mon Sep 11 21:24:22 2000
freedom and the will to one day expierence all that it has to offer
Kelsey
WI USA - Fri Sep 15 09:38:09 2000
with its tarnished silver and polished gold.
Nancy Bowe
Lititz, PA USA - Sun Sep 17 17:30:43 2000

He ends up with everything, if God so wills,
Sheikh Abu Osman
Singapore, - USA - Wed Sep 27 10:51:03 2000
and nothing at all if he doesnt!
Maliha Raza
delhi, India - Wed Sep 27 11:10:28 2000
A man begins again with nothing at all --
Ian Wilson
Los Angeles, USA - Wed Sep 27 12:24:27 2000
the rocks of his childhood are sleeping
CGW
Hollywood, USA - Wed Sep 27 12:25:32 2000
his mind a clean slate, untainted and new,
jessi
USA - Wed Sep 27 14:53:16 2000
but yet his mind, so cluttered with dust from the past,
David
Woodland park, Co USA - Fri Sep 29 07:04:07 2000
finds peace, wandering through those wonders: Freedom's Gifts!
Bud
WA USA - Sat Sep 30 01:01:08 2000