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<bR> <bR> <div> spring comes early</div> <div>      revisiting swallows</div> <div>   find love again</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> election fever </div> <div>           here and there </div> <div>                                 politicians everywhere </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> violated votes. volcanoes erupt</div> <div> Fallujah falls</div> <div> over family faith and flag</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                        may the goddess</div> <div>                                                              bless us all</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> please allow a little time for download</div> <div>   thanks</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-282/Gazing_At_Infinity.rm" autostart="true" hidden="true">  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >You will need real player</FONT></div> <div> to listen to verse</div> <div> there is a version available to</div> <div> mac users</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.real.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.real.com"><U><U>http://www.real.com</U></U></A></div> <div> <B>                       </b></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Each friend represents a world in us,</div> <div>  a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting </div> <div> that a new world is born. - Anais Nin (1903-1977)</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, </div> <div>                                          and let my efforts be known by their results.  </div> <div>                                                                        - Emily Bronte (1818-1848)</div> <bR> <div>       </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>          Reflections on the way we are after bombs and bread dropped on dead unfed martyrs, sinners and saints alike, unwise, unsure and still not understanding how true peace, real love, comes with bread and roses </div> <div>  - Barbara A Taylor 2001</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> PEACE AND LOVE</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contents"><U><IMG SRC="05730260.gif" border=0 width="48" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  </div> <div> Press Me</div> <div> Please</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <script src="http://wordsmith.org/words/word.js"> </script>                                        </b></div> <div> <IMG SRC="07864640.gif" border=0 width="100" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                 Poetry on this site is the property of the author </div> <div>                                                and not to be copied without her written authority</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>