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augustsky
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0 posted 2019-11-07 04:25 AM




Forty Novembers~

A dirge preludes Thanksgiving,
Rockwell's 'feast' chills her bones,
poppies ruffle in the breeze,
the sun glistens on granite
and a bowed grey head,
as memories softly shuffle
down dead-end roads
to rest upon a slightly tilted
white cross.
There are no tears
in the crowsfeet of her eyes,
the years have shed their due,
she was twenty one
when he left Galveston.

© Augustsky

*Last line slightly changed,
from the song "Galveston"

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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
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1 posted 2019-11-07 01:44 PM


Felt a heavy ache in this, tears in the eyes or not.  Still making the walk though, a very good and much needed thing from this vantage point.  Was my father's birthday two days ago.  Been away more years now than he was actually with us.  The stillness in this, the longing for all that was never said, or that I at least wish would have been said, is piercing.
augustsky
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2 posted 2019-11-10 03:34 AM


So Touching it effected you that way Michael,
I thank you.

Sky~

Autumn..
The Golden Hush
Before Winter~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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3 posted 2019-11-10 09:38 AM


Sky,
This is so sad,it brings to my heart pitiful.
You really do your thing on the ole heart strings. ~L

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
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4 posted 2019-11-10 05:52 PM


Beautifully sad.
Namyh
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since 2009-01-20
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5 posted 2019-11-11 03:29 PM


Ahhh Sky - I liked this indeed. Now you got me shuffling down those dead end roads of memory. This piece pulls you in before you even know it, testimony no doubt of the power in a poet's pen. Namyh
augustsky
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6 posted 2019-11-12 07:21 AM


Thank you Lori, was in tribute to Veterans
day. Appreciate your read & reply always.

Sky~

Autumn..
The Golden Hush
Before Winter~

augustsky
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Posts 828
midwest US
7 posted 2019-11-12 07:22 AM


Thank you much for stopping in Ida.

Sky~

Autumn..
The Golden Hush
Before Winter~

augustsky
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Posts 828
midwest US
8 posted 2019-11-12 07:24 AM


You say the kindest things in a lovely way
Namyah.

Thank you friend..

Sky~

Autumn..
The Golden Hush
Before Winter~

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