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    Lost Poem #1

    Small town Texas nights,Tiny me atop my roof,an asphalt-shingled perch  to spy upon the stars --There were so many then.Now I would need a ladder  halfway to the heavens  to see such finery  draped across our plains.A metaphor for...

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    • I was way too chicken to get on top of any roof. lol
      But I would lay on a trampoline at night which was so cool.
      Mostly because it felt like I was floating while gazing at the sky. Night or day. Didn’t matter.
      A nice escape – good for adults and kids.
      We all need them to stop thinking about reality sometimes.

    • Oh, I understand. Sometimes a kid’s just gotta do what a kid’s gonna do. And it’s always worth it — especially when you look back at it from the distant now, and realize how much more we had then. I have to think I knew it then, or I wouldn’t have done it. The only way it could last was in my memory.

    • Live in a building where they have locked the roof. But I would gaze out the window and dream. Lived on the top floor.

      • What a shame. I suggest you move to someplace with a roof. Or maybe just find a friend with a roof. Of course, you can always go to the country and find a hill with a good view of the sky. Or vacation in New Mexico or Utah, or some similar “Outside.”

    • hello dearest poet I feel the plight of humanity in and on my own body…we are not all so blind and unfeeling… great write ❤️

      • Thanks for the nice comment, but I’m uncertain of just how you “feel the plight of humanity on your body.” Tattoos? Scars? Burns? Something else? I’m insanely curious.

        • hello yes I have constant internal torure about the plight of humanity I cry when I see the homelss I pray God makes it warner for them and if they need drugs to give it to them…I feel their pain I’m schizophrenic and have been homeless in the past…we are all connected we all feel the despair some are just better at blocking it out…

    • That’s very interesting — and scary. It must be very difficult to live this way. I wish you peace and thank you for sharing.

    • You write the truth.
      Are we as a species , evolving or devolving.
      Keep up the good work as you say lots with very few words.🙏

    • Thank you, M. It’s funny, but I think of that time often, up on that roof. I can still feel the scratchiness of those asphalt shingles and smell the honeysuckle wafting up from our back yard. Wondrous times, wondrous nights.

    • Wow! From the roof, gazing at stars and beauty, to gazing at minds and blackness. I love it. I am still gathering material to my “roof” poem. I enjoyed reading your roof poem. Well done, FD “)

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    perpetuity with the talented Adagio

    with confusing dark my artistry comes forthto wrap around and conjure you forthmy fate dealt I think to take you with me assaulted desire weepsin the salty rain reapthe lovely flowers of the field grin for the sake of heavenwho is...

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    Love Sonnet XLVIII

    Love Sonnet XLVIII   Yaara, I must ask, what are your intentions, your promises? Will you give my heart peace, or will you bring me rain? Will you find me in these shadows, in the dark   places where I roam? It is here I...

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    • Neruda would’ve invited you over for a beer on the veranda, and talk words with you. What an afternoon that woulda been, huh. You’d fit right in.

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    Love Sonnet LXVI

    Love Sonnet LXVI   When I was younger, life seemed easier, filled with sun light adventures of us holding hands while walking through   a forest of Aspen and green. But, as I grew older, a Winter wind blew in my face, no mater which way I turned.   Then I...

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    • You just nailed the seasons here Curt .. well you did, all bar Summer .. Now I’m betting you are going to have one hell of a time between the coming of Spring & Autumn .. Write on brother .. Neville

    • Love love this one… it’s one of those that flows sweetly from the heart into ours, just how love should flows. “welcome the chaos of your smile” how gorgeous this line is… expressing the bittersweet mess love can make us feel, it will stick in my head along other lines too, oh perfect poetry of love ✨💖💕 I like the song too, it fits the emotional ambiance. Thank You🤍

      • Hi Light. Can’t go wrong with the Moody Blues. Their music is poetry. That line came to me as I was thinking about the woman who became my true love. She left me for another, for a more “normal” life, but I still think about her.

        Thanks Light, I appreciate your comments and visits muchly.

    • Ms. Mary, within a smile, worlds collide, kaleidoscopes swirl colors, and hearts beat faster into a blush. In other words, CHAOS!!! Who knows what would, or could have happened had those letters been sent, or words spoken? Perhaps a wonderful chaos?

      Thank you, Mary. I always look forward to your visits and words.

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