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APW Group Poem

Completed 25 October 1998


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The Red Wheelbarrow


So much depends

on balance,
Rick Scarberry
USA - Tue Aug 25 17:27:58 1998
one wheel or two, on color,
Martha
Dawsonville, Ga USA - Wed Aug 26 05:19:32 1998
on the lay of the land.
Grey Wolfe
VA USA - Wed Aug 26 17:55:38 1998

So much depends
Rick Scarberry
USA - Sun Aug 30 13:02:42 1998
on a perilous equilibrium,
Cathy
Los Angeles, CA USA - Mon Aug 31 12:17:06 1998
a crumbling brick in this corner
Rick Scarberry
USA - Tue Sep 1 16:10:43 1998
and all the accompanying walls that blink in your overheated brain,
effie
USA - Wed Sep 2 13:30:03 1998
the overload on that sinew, one trip or two.
david
NC USA - Thu Sep 3 11:24:43 1998

So much depends on you knowing how to, where to and what to blance on,
nicky
USA - Tue Sep 8 19:51:02 1998
constantly falling, marking your path
david lyttle
Belfast, UK - Wed Sep 9 07:26:20 1998
but finding that the crumbs you've left have been eaten by the vultures, and yet you still trudge on,
Kelley Wilson
USA - Wed Sep 9 14:49:35 1998
on through the clutter, eager to see
Jack McIntosh
Redding, Ca USA - Thu Sep 10 18:15:25 1998
eager to see what the next step holds for you
Ndafu Amadhila
Windhoek, Namibia,Africa - Mon Sep 14 06:11:47 1998
and how well you blanced your load.
Cheryl
Clinton, CT USA - Mon Sep 14 14:27:33 1998

Alas, a chasm! You'd better stop
Paula Grenside
Oderzo, ITALY - Tue Sep 15 13:26:00 1998
and think on ways to go aound this chasm, to beat the odds
Martha Lynn
Dawsonville, Ga USA - Tue Sep 15 19:53:56 1998
close your eyes and visualize beautiful sprouting wings
Sheila Lynn
monroe, mi USA - Sat Sep 19 15:11:45 1998
but you know that is impossible...
Mo
Burbank, CA USA - Mon Sep 21 17:58:09 1998
Impossible? Let your imagination run free and wild, impossible?
Martha
Dawsonville, Ga. USA - Mon Sep 21 18:04:11 1998

So much depends on the individual
lao
USA - Wed Sep 23 14:57:33 1998
growing inside, his own private cocoon
jessica fremmer
tampa, fl USA - Thu Sep 24 12:36:23 1998
balancing on a single wheel
Mark
Toronto, On Canada - Sat Sep 26 18:01:53 1998
or perhaps dying outside, with no more distance to fall upon.
Don
Bronx, NY USA - Sat Sep 26 18:43:42 1998

So much depends on tightness of hand, tendon, nail
Hannah Sassaman
Philadelphia, PA USA - Sun Sep 27 12:22:01 1998
no more hammering a cross --
dmorris4us
erie , pa USA - Sun Sep 27 15:23:19 1998
lay down your burden
Bill Kirk
N.J. USA - Tue Sep 29 22:11:23 1998
and be reminded of the butterfly covenant, "a breaking forth of wings."
Sal
USA - Sat Oct 3 18:30:10 1998
Like the brilliant butterflies-go to mexico for a fling!
Val Magnuson
Holly, Mi USA - Sun Oct 4 19:22:13 1998
And in Mexico make love and scream!
David Condrey
Midlothian, Va. USA - Mon Oct 5 12:15:22 1998
Leave balance to man-made things.
Martha
Dawsonville, Ga. USA - Mon Oct 5 18:07:03 1998
These are the things that made man balanced.
Don
Bronx, NY USA - Mon Oct 5 20:40:09 1998

So much depends on balance,
Scott Reid
USA - Wed Oct 7 10:55:07 1998
and why the wheelbarrow is red.
Sue Bushey
Virginia, MN USA - Thu Oct 8 21:35:08 1998
For isn't the purpose the same for those who cannot see?
T-Man
Kingman, KS USA - Fri Oct 9 02:50:46 1998
Or, rather those than dead;
Lilith
VT USA - Sat Oct 10 20:35:09 1998
the foreboding echo of a funeral song creeps like smoke to the hope-drained mind,
purple
Eastman, GA USA - Mon Oct 12 09:56:00 1998
and again you trip with the wheelbarrow, almost falling this time.
elias the snail
NY USA - Mon Oct 12 09:58:51 1998
But you regain the balance, that so much depends upon.
Arjun Purkayastha
New Delhi, India - Mon Oct 12 10:25:24 1998