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Billie Cullimore
Member

since 2009-03-27

Posts 315

0 posted 2010-03-05 02:27 AM

                   The Wife
                       By Billie Cullimore

            I'm not your drinking buddy
             But I am your loyal friend.
           Won't help you tip your glass up
            But a helping hand I'll lend.

           Won't help you on the bar stool.
             Won't lead you in the door.
            Won't fight your silly battles.
           Won't scrape you off the floor.

            Won't sit at home a praying.
           Won't pay your fine or bail.
         Won't take your flirting nonsence
            Won't visit you in jail.

         But I'll keep the home fires burning
            I'll be there in the night.
         I'll ride the dusty trail with you.
           And watch the geese in flight.

       I'll fish and hunt and tramp the woods.
          I'll climb a mountain high.
        I'll cook the evening meal for you
           As we bid the twilight die.

          No! I'm not your drinking buddy
           But I am your loyal friend.
          I'll stick around if you want me
             Until we reach the end.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2010-03-05 05:32 AM

Dear Billie, this is so powerfully "devotional", combined with true wisdom. Beautifully written, in a very captivating style.

Love,
Margherita

Billie Cullimore
Member

since 2009-03-27

Posts 315

2 posted 2010-03-06 12:55 PM

Thank you Margherita, We write poetry about the things we see and find in our own lives, and in the lives of others that we know and love.

love and stuff Billie

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

3 posted 2010-03-06 07:43 PM

         No! I'm not your drinking buddy
           But I am your loyal friend.
          I'll stick around if you want me
             Until we reach the end.

And that is exactly the sort of friend we
all want dear Billie, one who will be with us to the end. love,

Lindsay

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2010-03-06 07:51 PM

Sometimes, only through poetry,
can others see the pain and love
in life.

Thank you, Billie.

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

5 posted 2010-06-29 10:17 PM

I hope that this poem can receive the attention that recognizes its accomplishment.

Lamar Cole
Member

since 2009-05-01

Posts 274

6 posted 2010-07-01 11:53 PM

Very Nice.

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

7 posted 2010-07-02 08:55 AM

An important message well stated with passion and power. I can almost hear the rhythms turn into melody. Nice job.

misce'

Superwoman
New Member

since 2010-07-08

Posts 9

8 posted 2010-07-08 05:07 PM

This was nice.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

9 posted 2010-07-10 02:16 AM

Should be read by young wives. Wisdom here.
Ida

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

10 posted 2010-07-10 02:59 AM

thanks billie, a wife is more than precious and often worth a hundred friends.

have a great day

yann

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