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member name: Robert - just a simple man - B.
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September 22, 2007 02:31 AM EDT --
How my dad lived his life:
My dad was a good man. There's few people in my small hometown that at one point or another he didn't help in some way. One night, I was probably fourteen . . .
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October 19, 2007 10:49 PM EDT --
In Westminster Abbey there is a gravestone and upon that gravestone are words penned by Alexander Pope for the soul who rests beneath it. In part, the words read:
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June 15, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
He reached down from on high and took hold of me: He drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foe who was too strong for me. Psalms 18:16-17
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October 16, 2007 09:01 AM EDT --
[I got an email this morning asking if I was for real, from someone who will remain anonymous, unless they decide on joining this thread and expose their identity. Seems like a simple innocent . . .
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October 19, 2007 11:21 PM EDT --
Round 2
In Sussex there is a gravestone and upon that gravestone are words summarizing a life of creativity, poetry and madness. In part, the words read:
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November 27, 2007 11:29 PM EST --
[words & photos by Robert B.]
A BRUISED REED, HE WILL NOT BREAK
MT. 12:20 NIV
Bruised Reed
©Robert C Burnham . . .
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November 30, 2007 09:32 PM EST --
I will always remember the first time I laid eyes on Mabeline. It was the last day of April in 1971, the evening before my eigth birthday. My dad brought her home that evening but made her . . .
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December 20, 2007 02:15 PM EST --
Still trying to nail jello to a tree.............
ANGEL OF MY DREAMS
© Robert C Burnham
You are the angel of my dreams . . .
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August 02, 2007 12:16 AM EDT --
Glory Be & top 'O The Day: The Boston Celtics are back baby and they're set to take over the East!
First and foremost, I'm a football fan (read PATRIOTS); secondly, thought they . . .
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October 18, 2009 04:55 AM EDT --
Dedicated to my man Korak.....
a common man of priciples.
A 'Capitol' Offense
©2009 Robert Charles Burnham
American generals just down . . .
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June 06, 2007 07:07 PM EDT --
As darkness envelopes me once again, I am able to lay here and remember her face. The face of two worlds. At first impression, I beheld her kindness and her sweetness. Oh, what a joy . . .
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July 28, 2007 02:21 AM EDT --
Dear Friends,
This morning I posted a funny: http://www.gather.com/viewImage.jsp?fileId=3096224744290616 I recieved it in my email from an old friend in SC. A friend who is well aware . . .
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August 04, 2007 04:27 PM EDT --
This afternoon's poem is about temptation. About standing before something you covet even though in your heart of hearts you know it is wrong but sometimes the demons won't let go. . . .
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August 02, 2007 11:24 PM EDT --
Friends, I have just commented on another's article:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977074553
The article basically asks you to rant about your 'Ex'. When . . .
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August 10, 2007 11:51 PM EDT --
When I was six, my Aunt Myrtle gave me a stuffed ape to sleep with whenever we stayed at her old farmhouse. There was not much room so I was always relegated to the small bed in the attic, the type with . . .
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September 27, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
Hello friends. This poem is being dedicated to all of you prayer warriors on Gather that came with Faith, with Love and with Prayer when your name was called in response to Gaedith’s and her . . .
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October 04, 2007 10:15 AM EDT --
Remembering Lisa
[subtitled: A letter from Starbucks]
©R C Burnham
Inside the cafe I sit all alone
Thinking about the lovers that I have known
Where are they now, who have they become . . .
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June 24, 2007 01:37 AM EDT --
Good Evening Everyone,
Actually, I am willing to bet that most of you gatherers have already tucked in others and turned yourselves in for the night. And now your computer is serving its second . . .
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June 29, 2007 02:26 AM EDT --
Sometimes love can hurt. Sometimes it can reach down inside you, grab your guts and yank them back out through your mouth and wrap them around your neck until you strangle. But only sometimes. . . .
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July 20, 2007 09:11 AM EDT --
LITTLE THINGS
©Robert C Burnham
There were no perfect cards to tell you
Just what I feel inside
So I had to write this prose myself
Words, hallmark could not provide
It’s . . .
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