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I Am Emmitt Smith
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I Am Emmitt Smith |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
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I met Emmitt Smith once. He came out of his hotel room in nothing but boxers and gold chains. I should have remembered the exact date but I don't. He was short... not like as big as I thought he'd be from seeing him on TV. Funny how things in life are never what they seem. Yeah...I know who you are... doesn't everybody? |
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Winter Butterfly Member
since 2007-02-03
Posts 61The hidden path beyond the ivy gate. |
nice sis. In the end nobody knows who anyone really is. Only those who can look into the darkness and still accept themselves for all they are really knows who they are. "The only way to learn to fly is to spread your wings and jump." |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
ok well I admit I don't know who he is but I enjoyed the description of him  RDB Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight......... |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
PS, Now this is very good . . . I would like with your permission to add this to my Word File of poems by others; generations later if those files survive and they need to bother the readers can look up who you were talking about. What name should I attach to it? Again Very Good. John PS Read it again and my opinion has changed; it is magnificent! Bravo! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
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John, I am honored....it's really just a ramble that I spit out off the top of my head ...but I am smiling now my name is Dixie Alligood...very thankful for you and your place in history  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
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sis, thanks...you're right...it sure was a strange evening...made me think about a lot of things Roniece...he's a football legend here in the US... http://www.emmittsmith.com if you want to know more about him this poem is a kickback of the commercials he's done for a credit card company detering identity theft where everyone says they are Emmitt Smith...it's funny thanks for commenting |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Back to the top because I enjoyed it so much... I met Farrah Fawcett once on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. She was wearing much more than Emmitt...James |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Now, there y'go, passing around names of famous celebrities.  I met Hoss as a young child in my own home-town park. He was doing some political stumping for some candidate. He was huge... and if I remember correctly, I cried when he died only a few years later. I met a few celebrities in the Brown Derby when my aunt and grandmother treated me like a young princess in 1968...thank you, Uncle Miltie. Sat in the front row at the Drury theater, one of Chi-town's "where's it at" places to be for original folk artists...and was kissed on the cheek by Roy Clark, back in the early 1980's. Got hugged by all of the Sawyer Brown band members, just after their Star win, just before they boomeranged to the top. That inbetween humble is nice... Met Garrison Keillor, and handed him a copy of my book.... Oh Dixie, thank you so much for the memories!!! [Yep, didn't meet him, but saw Bob Hope in person, right here in Salina, Kansas...just a year or so before he passed on.] |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
ahhh Dixie you've done it now! not a ramble yes magnificent! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
thanks I enjoyed the sharing of memories!it was years ago, before Hurricane Ivan, we worked security at the hotel across from the Civic Center where all the famous people stayed when they came into town. So happened that Emmitt's car alarm was going off as we veiwed the parking lot from CCTV. So I went out to check on it. One of Emmitt's employees was trying to fix it and as I was talking to him, a voice came over the two-way radio..."look behind you" (that was my fellow officer watching the cameras and saw Emmitt head out the door)... there he was...in boxers and bare feet and gold chains... Actually, I wasn't even really sure if it was him or not at first. It was strange to see him alone...with no one around him. But it was the middle of the night and I suppose even famous people are alone sometimes. And to stand next to him, and be almost the same height...was really strange. I stuck out my hand and said "Hi, I am Dixie" and he shook it and said "Hi, I am Emmitt". Made me think about the perceptions that we have in life |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
Dixie, Done, and thank you. If I haven't done it before, e-mail me and I'll send you the Word files I spoke of; so you can see what company your poem keeps. John |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
quote: Excellent ending, Dix. Thanks for sharing! |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Brava Dixie! Perfect.  |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Gr8 write! But he still can't dance Poet, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
this is great Dixie, and enjoyed reading everyone else's comments... thank you for writing and sharing. |
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