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A Family Portrait
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A Family Portrait |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA 
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Smiles all around in two-dimensional space, rosy cheeks still aglow in the emulsion of a former time . . . The questions arise—why the permanence of things that do not breathe and hurt? Why the impermanence of joy that once seemed eternal? Why hang pictures that so often tell lies? |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Another post retirement poem, 2001. pictures on a wall can be like a museum of the living and the dead, and happiness long vanished. Art |
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effjayel Senior Member
since 2007-09-30
Posts 1474At the Crossroads of Infinity |
Art, 2001 was a very good year & not just for the vino methinks! More 2001 please?? BTW, in case I did not say so already, welcome to Passions... John |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Thanks a heap, John! And you did bid me a warm welcome, which is much appreciated! Art |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
As I read this one I decided to look at what I had hanging on the wall and sitting about the room. On the walls are pictures of nature, pictures that I have taken that had caught my eye. Sitting on furniture are pictures of my son as a babe, in his band uniform as a teenager, now a grown man with his date to a party. My parents now gone. A sisiter now gone. Me as a young girl.If one would stop and look at these pictures their is history in the smiles. Good Jobber on this poem. Hugs BonBon  |
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Larrysmom Senior Member
since 2008-04-03
Posts 533Florida, USA |
This is beautifully sad poem… Thank you. Tammy<333 |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Sometimes lies are less painful than the truth. Ida |
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shyvl Senior Member
since 2008-04-11
Posts 531texas, usa |
Ver well. I liked the questioninng tone of the poem It prodes all to think. sharyn |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Gilead, This is very good writing. The only pictures that I hang on my wall are painting by my oldest daughter. I think it’s best to not hang pictures of relatives. There is always the danger that they won’t like the way they look. So I avoid it all together. Bobby |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Thanks, everyone for your kind comments! It is so good to connect with others who appreciate and share the beauty of poetry. Art |
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Seoulair Senior Member
since 2008-03-27
Posts 807Seoul S.Korea |
Good poem. Sad tune. love the read. ah, nice framed moment. |
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