PurplePoet'sBabySteps

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=195 BGCOLOR="#663366" TEXT="#080000" background="041c6172dkcfuy.gif"> <div> <B>"</B><B>What shall i think when I am called </B></div> <div> <B>to die?</B></div> <div> <B>Shall i not find</B></div> <div> <B>too soon</B></div> <div> <B> my life has ended</B></div> <div> <B>the years,</B></div> <div> <B>so swiftly passing by, with so little done </B></div> <div> <B>of all </B></div> <div> <B>that I'd intended</B><B>"...</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The above lines, </B><B>from a Poem </B><B>written by an anonymous  young English soldier as he lay dying of his wounds,</B></div> <div> <B>(shortly after Singapore fell to the Japanese during WW2, and recorded in "</B><B><U>The Valley of The Kwai</U></B><B>" by British Captain Earnest Gordon) came to haunt me daily, as i began to awaken from the cult induced stupor i lived in for nearly 14 years.......</B></div> <div> <B>Curtis Rose</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> PurplePoet'sBabySteps</div> <div> <IMG SRC="047f0030.gif" border=0 width="496" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="03fb3b10.gif" border=0 width="179" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Welcome to the PurplePoet'sBabySteps web site.</div> <div>          </div> <bR> <div>         Poetry has been a very important influence in my life.   Mulling over words </div> <div> from the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Bible</B></FONT>, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>T.S.Elliot</B></FONT>, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Bob Dylan</B></FONT> and several others has produced an </div> <div> almost egg-hatching, cocoon-splitting experience for me several times, as </div> <div> concepts that i had never dreamed of before slowly took shape in my life, </div> <div> changing me form the thing i was so ashamed of, so bewildered by,  into a </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >completely</FONT> <B>New Creature</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <div>             i'll be sharing some of my Poetry, other writings, and Poetry by others, </div> <div> that have been an encouragement to me, or an avenue that led to a new level of </div> <div> thought for me......... One of my all time favorite quotes is attributed to </div> <div> <B>Bertrand Russell</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  "Most people would rather die than think, and most people </FONT></div> <div> do."  When i look around at our world today and see the way the teachings of </div> <div> Jesus have been handled by most of  the self-appointed so-called Christian </div> <div> leaders of our time, i often feel discouraged that we Christians as a group have </div> <div> made so little progress at becoming "one" in the way Our Lord called us to be.</div> <div>               i certainly do not claim to "Know-It-All", as i did for so many years </div> <div> when i existed in a cult's mental vacuum, but i have learned a bit along the </div> <div> way,and for one reason or another, i feel driven to try to share the changes i've </div> <div> gone through on the way to this wonderful<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> New  Life</B></FONT> i have found, and am </div> <div> finding still.     i am quite open to opposing views, i have learned and continue </div> <div> to learn much from others.   Send me a note of correction to help me on my </div> <div> way still farther, i will be blessed........</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >"Instruct  a wise man and he will be wiser still."  </FONT><B>S</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>o</B></FONT><B>l</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>o</B></FONT><B>m</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>o</B></FONT><B>n</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > said that..........</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Me"><U>About Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Family"><U>My Family</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Poetry"><U>My Poetry</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poetry On Loan"><U>Poetry On Loan</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Parable"><U>A Parable</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Pets"><U>My Pets</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Favorites"><U>My Favorites</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Death of Fear"><U>The Death of Fear</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Hobbies"><U>My Hobbies</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Favorite Links"><U>Favorite Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plastic War Duology"><U>Plastic War Duology</U></A></div> <bR> <div>                      </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>    <SCRIPT>  </SCRIPT>  <form method="POST" action="http://mindit.netmind.com/mindit.shtml" target="_top"> <input type="hidden" name="SOURCE" value="511"> <input type="hidden" name="URL" value="http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pictureway/120/TlxTransfer.txt"> <input type="hidden" name="DOC_TITLE" value="purplepoet_site"> <input type="hidden" name="REDIRECT" value="http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pictureway/120/"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tr><td align="center"> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="-1"><b>Click to receive email <br>when this web site is updated</b></font></td> </tr><tr><td align="center"> <input type="image" src="http://mindit.netmind.com/images/mindit511.gif" border="0"></td> </tr><tr><td align="center"> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="-2">•<b> Powered by <a href="http://www.netmind.com/" target="_top">NetMind</a> </b>•</font> </td></tr></table></form>   </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.trellix.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.trellix.com"><U><IMG SRC="04952280.gif" border=0 width="82" height="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>