Searcher 5 (Dan)
I found this poem that Dan wrote some time ago and thought since we lost him a year ago I'd share.
Winter of the Hawks
It was the winter of the hawks..
they sat atop every post, pole & precipice
searching, ever searching for something.
So was I.
They were looking to find something,
I was looking for something I lost.
They were destined to be
more successful than I.
They are the
guardian spirits
each one is the same,
ghostly posted at every mile.
When my time has come,
the last breath has left my body
I hope my children
will take my heart,
and feed it to the Hawks.
Watching them soar,
flying to the four directions
giving me flight,
one last freedom.
When one I love
sees a hawk circling above,
or watching from high atop his perch,
they?ll wonder if he contains my spirit.
In truth, I believe they all do.
Winter of the Hawks
It was the winter of the hawks..
they sat atop every post, pole & precipice
searching, ever searching for something.
So was I.
They were looking to find something,
I was looking for something I lost.
They were destined to be
more successful than I.
They are the
guardian spirits
each one is the same,
ghostly posted at every mile.
When my time has come,
the last breath has left my body
I hope my children
will take my heart,
and feed it to the Hawks.
Watching them soar,
flying to the four directions
giving me flight,
one last freedom.
When one I love
sees a hawk circling above,
or watching from high atop his perch,
they?ll wonder if he contains my spirit.
In truth, I believe they all do.
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Thanks. I remember forum member Searcher5 and always enjoyed his posts. 0 -
Nice,....I miss Dan's presence here. 0 -
Thanks for posting Dan's poem! 0 -
Dan was one hell of a good guy. I always looked fwd to reading his posts. 0 -
Damn it...................he went to early
Thanks for posting0 -
...enjoyed his posts and thank you for returning....he was just south of our lake place in eastern kansas and i intended to go down and meet him....but always got busy and never made it.....my mistake as all of a suddden it was to late to...i do appreciate the funeral homes now that have websites to post condolences ......please add more of his writings as you can ..THANX 0 -
I also, missed his passing.
He was a good guy. Sorry to hear of this.0 -
Thanks for posting Dan's poem. I enjoyed his posts, and stories. Dan truly was searching for something, so this is a very fitting poem. I hope he has found what he was searching for. 0 -
I made a reply to one of his posts with a smiley face that meant disapprove, and not another word. I got banned I don't miss him
now flame away0 -
jwb267 wrote:I made a reply to one of his posts with a smiley face that meant disapprove, and not another word. I got banned I don't miss him
now flame away
Well what the hell ya do that for?0 -
jwb267 wrote:I made a reply to one of his posts with a smiley face that meant disapprove, and not another word. I got banned I don't miss him
now flame away
He don't miss you either. Don0 -
You can damn sure betcha the rest of us won't...dcon12 wrote:jwb267 wrote:I made a reply to one of his posts with a smiley face that meant disapprove, and not another word. I got banned I don't miss him
now flame away
He don't miss you either. Don
I miss Dan, he was a true gentleman and I wish I could have met him.
Thanks for putting that up, Okie Mom0 -
I used to read his blog. He was a very interesting man and had a poets soul. 0 -
jwb267 wrote:I made a reply to one of his posts with a smiley face that meant disapprove, and not another word. I got banned I don't miss him
now flame away
I sure didn't know a "smiley face" meant disapproval........
, I use it a lot :oops:0 -
Junkballer wrote:jwb267 wrote:I made a reply to one of his posts with a smiley face that meant disapprove, and not another word. I got banned I don't miss him
now flame away
I sure didn't know a "smiley face" meant disapproval........ , I use it a lot :oops:
before the forum change the smileys were different from now. there was one for disaprove0 -
NeoBlackdog wrote:
You can damn sure betcha the rest of us won't...dcon12 wrote:jwb267 wrote:I made a reply to one of his posts with a smiley face that meant disapprove, and not another word. I got banned I don't miss him
now flame away
He don't miss you either. Don
I miss Dan, he was a true gentleman and I wish I could have met him.
Thanks for putting that up, Okie Mom
you are entitled to your opinion as well as i0 -
just stated a fact. nothing more nothing lessHorse Plains Drifter wrote:jwb267 wrote:I made a reply to one of his posts with a smiley face that meant disapprove, and not another word. I got banned I don't miss him
now flame away
Well what the hell ya do that for?
if it makes you feel better I don't miss Elvis either
not everyone has the same feelings towards another member here. one person was allowed to come back recently . some liked him some didn't.
I listened to a lot of members bad mouth Spartacus. I never had a problem with him, not to mention he did a lot for the kids Christmas0 -
I had lost touch with some members from back when I used to spend so much time on here and trying to touch base with each as I think of them. I had been trying to and finally remembered his username out of the blue today and I wondered if he was still posting and stumbled across this thread. I did get the pleasure of meeting him. Twice in one trip actually. One day I stopped by his place of business in Coffeyville and then a few days later he invited me over to his house which is less than 10 miles from my wife's family and where I go to hunt. We talked quite a while that night and he showed me some of his firearms. The interesting thing was that during the course of our conversation, I found out my uncle was the pastor at their church and that he was also the pastor that married he and his wife years ago. Small world...
This is sad news.0 -
My thanks to you as well for posting up Dan's poem. It fits him very well as he was connected to his surroundings and it seems, all living things, including American history, especially that having to do with rebels and/or outlaws from his neck 'o the woods and elsewhere that he wrote about so much, his family and to us...his friends. He shared a tremendous amount of knowledge to these ends with us, too.
Once about eight to ten years ago I received an email from him out of the blue. This was a time in Dan's life that he had stopped posting due to, as I recall, having become disenchanted with the subject interaction on the forums. Not long after we had exchanged a few messages he began posting again, and I for one was a grateful beneficiary of his presence right up to the passing of his great spirit...as I am certain the vast majority of regulars here at GB...and visitors were as well.
Dan, thanks for being my friend.0
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