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Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

0 posted 2004-05-10 10:38 AM

Text-in-a-box is so handy,
so quick! It’s a marvel
to be tapping and talking
to other parts of the world
without waiting for airmail
and licking, sticking of stamps;

like Sanka,
not as satisfying as a real cup of job,
watery and a thin sort of bitter,
but, it’s a marvel!

We are all pretend pianists,
arranging notes into chords that,
when properly grouped,
orchestrate songs and musicals
and symphonies.

Still, there is something to be said
for the anticipation of the next envelope,
that unique curve of a signature;
to finger a lover's leaves and scribbling;
time and miles ferrying friendship or romance
or greetings from a sorely missed brother
from some godforsaken desert outpost.

This is what fills memory boxes.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-05-10 10:39 AM

Still, there is something to be said
for the anticipation of the next envelope,
that unique curve of a signature;
to finger a lover's leaves and scribbling;
time and miles ferrying friendship or romance
or greetings from a sorely missed brother
from some godforsaken desert outpost.

This is what fills memory boxes.

~*~

Yes! Yes yes yes yes yes!!!

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2004-05-10 04:14 PM

Oh my how true Corinne!!
Yes..how can we stuff a printed copy of an email into a memory box?
I too miss the excitement of receiving a beautifully hand written letter.
Hugs for this keeper...Nancy.

~ Trace my body with your words,
in doing so, you touch my heart ~

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

3 posted 2004-05-10 04:21 PM

Still, there is something to be said
for the anticipation of the next envelope,
that unique curve of a signature;
to finger a lover's leaves and scribbling;
time and miles ferrying friendship or romance
or greetings from a sorely missed brother
from some godforsaken desert outpost.

This is what fills memory boxes

Oh yes indeed...and YOU'RE a marvel Corinne.

Keeping it

Maree

The clouds never expect it when it rains, but the sea, changes colours, but the sea, does not change.
~Stevie Nicks~

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

4 posted 2004-05-10 09:38 PM

So very true, Corinne! Enjoyed your perspective very much.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2004-05-11 03:20 AM

gawd! awesome piece!

TerryW
Senior Member

since 2000-03-23

Posts 779
Louisville, Mississippi, USA

6 posted 2004-05-11 05:34 AM

Corinne,
It has been a long time, my friend, but you still leave me breathkess with your words. I love this! Thank you so much for sharing...

~you reached inside, you touched my heart,
and I am all the better for it~
Terry A. Woodson, Jr.

wandering glider
Senior Member

since 2001-04-04

Posts 501
aloft

7 posted 2004-05-11 02:18 PM

If romance were to be defined by the hand writing in a letter, as it has been for me . . . I'll never find another, I fear.
Truly, nothing equals the reading of the personal letter, or the writing of it, especially when bridging a great distance.
Its demise is to be mourned.

glider

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

8 posted 2004-05-11 02:27 PM

Hi, Corinne! I do know what you mean by this write. There is also a down-side to the expediency and convenience!

I enjoy your writing. I always come away with something special after having seen the world through your eyes!

Big warm hug,
Linda

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

9 posted 2004-05-11 07:36 PM

Beautiful write. Way to go, this is a joy to read.
JL

She said: ”You look cute in the dark.”

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

10 posted 2004-05-11 08:42 PM

Thanks Kariliea!

Hope this day finds you well, friend!

Thanks Nancy! Yes -- it all seems off sometimes to me. Now we keep letters on floppies!

Awww, Maree, you're so sweet, thank you!

Thanks Iliana!

Thanks Passingshadows!

Terry, so good to see you again! Thank you and welcome back!

How very poetic and true, glider

Thank you for such kind words Linda!

Thanks JL!

Corinne

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