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Begotten Scion

Updated on August 28, 2013
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Woman

Born of Earth

Clothed in silken leaves

And velvety petals

Mother Nature

Embraces the

Man

Born of Space

Adorned in white robe

Forever bearing

The hour glass

Father Time

A kiss of ages

A love in tempest

Begetting scion

Spawning their offspring

Breath from Mother

Mortality from Father

He dons the scythe

Clad in black robe

Hood pulled over

Grinning skull

What shall we call him

Father times son

Mother Nature’s child

There is only one name fitting

This Grim Reaper…

…Death!

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you again, Colin. I think you are possibly the most generous commenter on HP. I appreciate your visits and your kind words very much!

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      epigramman 5 years ago

      Well Sir Wayne it's truly the great ones who can develop, cultivate and express their own language - and that truly makes you then - one of the great ones here in Hubland - and the fact that you can explore many different moods, genres and poetic styles makes you extremely versatile as well. You are in a class of your very own.

      lake erie time 10:57pm

      Van the Man is still playing - it's a great album from 2002 called Down the Road

      and finally, the full moon has arrived on its belly laying on the lake in the horizon and the color is orange

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, Beth.

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      Beth37 5 years ago

      Quite beautiful.

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, Deb

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      Deb Hirt 5 years ago from Stillwater, OK

      Life begets Death, and so it was. Beautifully done, expressive, and so true.

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Oh, Rasma. You are too kind!

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      Gypsy Rose Lee 5 years ago from Riga, Latvia

      Mighty powerful stuff. That pic of the Grim Reaper speaks volumes. A bow before your creativity.

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, Audrey!

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      Audrey Howitt 5 years ago from California

      Very well done! There is a a truly classic feel to this--just a great write!

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you very much, Isaac!

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      TDM 5 years ago from Welcome to my beautiful world, where magic is no longer a myth.

      Well Wayne,

      I find myself astonished at how well you did this poem. very well versed, almost like a song. trul;y amazing. voted up.

      I. White

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you very much, Valleypoet.

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      Valleypoet 5 years ago

      Frank is so right..you are a poet that I must follow....I love the poetic descriptions of the symbolic images in this piece...very nicely done

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, Leslie. Its always a pleasure to see your smiling face!

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Hi, Jennifer. Thanks for the visit!

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, Deergha.

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      Karen Silverman 5 years ago

      YIKES!

      Powerful stuff, Wayne..

      miss ya!

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, Sir Martin!

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      Jennifer 5 years ago from New Jersey

      Very powerful. Great read, even if a bit unsettling...sometimes those are the greatest poems anyway.

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, Deborah.

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      deergha 5 years ago from ...... a place beyond now and beyond here !!!

      Very profound flow.....liked it. Thanks. Shared and votes +++++++

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      Martin Kloess 5 years ago from San Francisco

      Nice flow of a wonderful imagination thank you

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      Deborah Brooks Langford 5 years ago from Brownsville,TX

      Wayne this almost scared me but i love it.. what a great poem it is..

      Blessings

      Debbie

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thanks, Frank. I found him. If his writing is anything like yours...I just might enjoy it!

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      Frank Atanacio 5 years ago from Shelton

      I think you guys will enjoy each other's work.. both fine quality writing: http://valleypoet.hubpages.com/hub/When-the-walls-...

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, Frank. Now I have to look up Valleypoet!

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, bravewarrior!

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, Damien.

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      Frank Atanacio 5 years ago from Shelton

      wow this is just amazingly written again wow.. your poetry seem to be more of a higher level of quality .. just like Valleypoet... another hubber you are also most imaginative bless you Wayne Barrett

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Thank you, James.

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      Shauna L Bowling 5 years ago from Central Florida

      Gruesome, Wayne. Very thought provoking also.

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      Wayne Barrett 5 years ago from Clearwater Florida

      Erika, thank you baby girl!

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      damian0000 5 years ago from Belfast

      Great language and imagery on display here once again, really enjoyed this poem :-)

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      Tijani Achamlal 5 years ago from Morocco

      Awesome and a thought provoking poem.It flows smoothly.Voted up!

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      Erika 5 years ago

      Wow, this is magnificent and brilliant. Great poem!

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