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James_A_Fraser
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since 2003-09-03

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Out Making Anticlines

0 posted 2007-03-23 06:04 PM

For one I love.

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A Turning Wish, A Prayer

I would bring down comforters,
to sconce you in, turn seasons
back to right again, or carry you,
yes, to where spring comes laughing
all in a day and there is no sorrow.

Here the snow came sudden
in the midst of summer, so unready,
so bare to the cold; no eaves
nor even a parka to turn, and clothes
such as there are, seem sudden damp,
begin to stiffen in the wind.

Why must it be you, so bare,
bearing the windsnarl at your back
and the blue frost teeth all biting?
Can I do nothing, offer nothing
to help you wait the day of it,
the days, until a warmth finds you?
Is there no fire but in my wishes,
no sweet warm healing nectar,
nor even any windshadow
I might cast for you?

I know only how to pray for rain,
and I will pray a warming downpour
burgeoning up from the south
so that behind it, in the days –
perhaps an autumn without chill
may strengthen you.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2007-03-23 07:12 PM

Jaime~
You are as beautiful as your heartfelt thoughts and prayers~

There are times when I feel your prayers on the wind that blows warmly about me~

This is so caring ... so you~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email - noles1@totcon.com

Startime55
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since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

2 posted 2007-03-23 07:17 PM

You weave warmth into each word as you try to fill hearts with a warm rain that leaves one feeling refreshed....I could feel the freshness of your words and they alone made me forget the coldness that you try to chase away...Wonderful writing...*Big Hugs*

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2007-03-24 07:45 AM

awww

this is touching

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

4 posted 2007-03-24 08:55 AM

Why must it be you, so bare,
bearing the windsnarl at your back
and the blue frost teeth all biting?
Can I do nothing, offer nothing
to help you wait the day of it,
the days, until a warmth finds you?
Is there no fire but in my wishes,
no sweet warm healing nectar,
nor even any windshadow
I might cast for you?

lovely writing James...

M

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2007-03-24 02:56 PM

Jamie

The quilt you give from within is the warmest kind. Beautiful poem!

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

6 posted 2007-03-24 06:05 PM

I read your prayerful words twice ~ then thrice. I can well-imagine that they offered warmth to the intended. They certainly did for me.

Your pen is most-assuredly connected to your poetic and loving heart.

Linda

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

7 posted 2007-03-24 06:16 PM

You make me think of times, Jaime,
when a person must follow some inner drive
that speaks to none other than themselves.

No one else may hear the call,
but poets generally understand
the plight of it all.

Well done, m'friend.

Aurelian
Member

since 2007-03-20

Posts 109
TX, USA

8 posted 2007-03-24 09:17 PM

I know I've read a real poem when shivers pour down my vertebrae like liquid fire. I want to tell you your poem poured the fire down. A cozy and warming fire full of that tender strength that leaves a man better than he was. I will be looking for more of your poems.

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

9 posted 2007-03-29 01:10 PM

Can I do nothing, offer nothing
to help you wait the day of it,
the days, until a warmth finds you?
Is there no fire but in my wishes,
no sweet warm healing nectar,
nor even any windshadow
I might cast for you?

This is absolutely lovely... and incredibly loving.

There are times when we feel helpless but would do anything to help... You've given words to those times so beautifully and with so much caring... surely such prayers must be answered, such wishes fulfilled. *S*

TerryW
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since 2000-03-23

Posts 779
Louisville, Mississippi, USA

10 posted 2007-03-29 01:16 PM

Very heartfelt and beautiful. I know this prayer brings with it a warmth of its own.

Lovely read.

Terry

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

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

11 posted 2007-03-29 04:20 PM

oh that just made me melt.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

JamesMichael
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Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

12 posted 2007-03-31 07:27 PM

Enjoyed reading this prayer...James

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