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JamesMichael
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0 posted 2008-02-21 04:24 AM


Life Is A Bowl of Cherries

Went to Safeway after work
and bought some strawberries,
only bought one pound because
my sweethearts out of town.
If my honey was around I would
buy at least three pounds.
My first choice would be cherries,
but they were sold out of cherries,
and right now I'd love to share a big bowl
of juicy cherries with my sweet honey.
Less than a week ago today
they had plenty of cherries
almost every day, shipped in all
the way from the country Chile.
Must not be too chilly in Chile
because they send cherries to
Hawaii from Chile in February.
Way before I met my honey
I used to think that no one
loved cherries more than me,
but each time that me and
my honey share a big bowl
of cherries I can see that
she loves cherries almost
as much as she loves me.

JamesLee
21February
2008



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effjayel
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1 posted 2008-02-21 06:26 AM


James, I once heard tell that Life was like a box of chocolates. Hmmm, chocolates or cherries? Difficult choice, think I'll go with chocolate coated cherries,bet if you let your loved one know you have a whole box of them, she would be on the next flight to the islands !

Take care

John  

LeeJ
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2 posted 2008-02-21 07:22 AM


chocolate and strawberries with cherries
what a nice love story


Artic Wind
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3 posted 2008-02-21 09:02 AM


JamesMichael-

Life is a bowl of cherries, Wait until you get to the pits lol

Great write JamesMichael!

I enjoyed it very much!

ARCTIC WIND

JamesMichael
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4 posted 2008-02-21 02:59 PM


Thank you effjayel, Lee J and Artic Wind for the wonderful responses...James
Gentle Spirit
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5 posted 2008-02-21 05:51 PM


Cherries or strawberries, it matters not...what matters is that you have someone to enjoy sharing them with. It is always such a treat to read you James.
Robert E. Jordan
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6 posted 2008-02-21 06:12 PM


James,

I like all kinds of cherries.  However, I wouldn't like them with chocolate.  I don't like chocolate at all.

I’d get what ever your sweetheart would like.  It’s the least you can do.

BTW, this is good poem.  It’s well done entirely.

Bobby

ThisDiamond
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7 posted 2008-02-21 06:45 PM


Sharing sweet fruit is intoxicating to the senses.  Enjoyed this sweet write

LynnFromCT
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8 posted 2008-02-21 06:58 PM


funny i wrote a poem about Dirty Dancing the movie, and the last line of that poem - is She loved Dancing almost more than she loved me. I found that unique that it was the same idea - different subjects, but the same in a sense.

Great write.

LindsayP
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9 posted 2008-02-21 07:25 PM



Yes James I think Gentle Spirit hit the nail on the head with what she said about

having someone to share them with. Cherrys are my favourite fruit and I loved your poem.

Lindsay

JamesMichael
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10 posted 2008-02-22 03:49 AM


thank you Gentle Spirit, Robert, This Diamond, Lynn and Lindsay for the kind remarks...me and my honey were talking about eating a bowl of cherries today on the phone...we both miss each other and the cherries in that order...James
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11 posted 2008-03-01 01:49 PM


James,

I love cherries!  They are my favorite fruit.  I also love your poem and I am so happy for you and your sweetie.

Alison

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