The APW Group Poem


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The Thimble


I found a silver thimble
as I was walking on the beach
Maliha Raza
Delhi, India - Tue Oct 3 07:00:18 2000
and capped it on my little finger --
Great <great74@yahoo.com>
-, - Singapore - Tue Oct 3 09:09:42 2000
a thimble, filled with a life I shall never know.
Bud <rhymewright@poetic.com>
Somewhere in , WA USA - Sat Oct 7 11:50:20 2000
My thimble tells a silent tale
Edel
USA - Mon Oct 9 07:31:32 2000
of a sweet unfailing heart,
Frier
USA - Mon Oct 9 22:45:19 2000
and though I cannot hear its words
Dana
USA - Wed Oct 11 08:48:37 2000
engrained deep inside the metal
Dan Haskell <Haskelldg@cf.ac.uk>
Cardiff, UK - Fri Oct 13 13:13:12 2000
I still can feel it resonating in my soul.
Amy <amylundquist@alcp.com>
USA - Mon Oct 16 11:11:26 2000
Then I dropped it
Tony Satellite <tonys@worldnet.att.net>
Boston, MA USA - Thu Oct 19 06:13:07 2000
and the Surf, as quick as a child, snatched it away,
Bud <rhymewright@poetic.com>
WA USA - Thu Oct 19 08:30:13 2000
and the seagulls took up its cry.
JENNA <SUNPEACH45@AOL.COM>
ALTOONA, PA USA - Sat Oct 21 19:27:22 2000
Come and gone quickly, this tiny thimble of life,
Matt <MBachs@nyc.rr.com>
NY, NY USA - Mon Oct 23 19:39:11 2000
like the thought of a lover I once knew
Matt McMahon <Doctrmatt@dellnet.com>
Wappingers Falls , NY USA - Tue Oct 24 07:05:45 2000
whose memory of me I've since forgotten.
Rebecca Martin <cooljewel@earthlink.net>
Huntington Beach, CA USA - Sat Oct 28 14:04:44 2000
My thimble now rests with the sea
Jessw Osmun <Cordroy79@hotmail.com>
New London, NH USA - Fri Nov 3 12:25:48 2000
and only it knows its fate, as mine.
Nanci <tahoekoaa@aol.com>
South Lake Tahoe, CA USA - Fri Nov 3 23:44:12 2000
And then I found the golden thimble,
Arjun Purkayastha <arjunpurky@bigfoot.com>
India - Sun Nov 5 07:02:52 2000

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