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Solstice Son
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since 2000-09-19

Posts 469

0 posted 2001-01-05 06:22 PM

FYI...a Soldier's Woman..came first...

Blood. It tastes like steel.
somehow colder still by far
amidst the smoke and burning towns
i wonder where you are
do you still sit beneath our tree
upon the Winterhill
laid in sunshine lost in clover
until you've had your fill?
the black powder burns and roars
and sends good men to Hell
yet how i long for love-filled vows
and the ring of wedding bells
i'm coming home my darling
with shining wedding ring
so wait for me with hope-filled heart
and of our love we'll sing.

Wikket
Member

since 2000-01-29

Posts 340
Santa Clara, CA USA

1 posted 2001-01-05 06:33 PM

Deeper still, Sol! The agony in this one burns very true for me! Very descriptive! Somehow, I was pained by your description; hope it is not foreshadowing for me!

~~Jamie

I mean the opposite of what I say. You've got it now? No, it's the other way. ~Bruce Bennett

Solstice Son
Member

since 2000-09-19

Posts 469

2 posted 2001-01-05 08:36 PM

Thanks Wikket....I have never been a soldier....most likely I never could be one....but the ways of them..and those that love them...is always...compelling..to me at least.

Sol

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

3 posted 2001-01-06 11:41 PM

i believe this is my favorite i've read from you, SOL! simply marvelous..

hugs, g

"sometimes a closed door provides us with walls to lean on....."
-kathleen vibbert

pegasus111
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since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

4 posted 2001-01-07 04:01 AM

I really liked this one Sol..great read..I have been that man..you have captured the feeling very well.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Dopey Dope

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Member Patricius

since 2000-08-30

Posts 11132
San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 posted 2001-01-07 01:44 PM

Nice little follow up. Great one!

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

6 posted 2001-01-07 05:21 PM

Beautiful!!

Maree

I need a lullaby
a kiss goodnight
Angel sweet love of my life
Oh, I need this

~Natalie Merchant~

Solstice Son
Member

since 2000-09-19

Posts 469

7 posted 2001-01-08 03:38 PM

Thanks...for reading...for likin..I am surprised..as it is ' darker ' than most of what I write...and in all truth..I look at it now...and I recognize the man...a character I once played...Little Rhi's father...Silas MacCord...who's Little Rhi???
*G* go back a few months....she has a bunch of poems in here...the 'woman'Si belongs to...i have not really written about...cept for the one " For My Favorite Cheeky Blue"

Sol

ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

8 posted 2001-01-09 08:29 PM

So lovely Sol... reality of war and the hope of love that awaits..written exquisitely! Ellie ( will there be a third and final happy ending?)

Belief is a truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart.

Joseph Fort Newton

Yu Lan
Senior Member

since 2000-04-13

Posts 1462
New Zealand

9 posted 2001-01-10 06:55 AM

Well done Sol! Very emotional.. you have a habit of amazing stuff like this, don't you! *_^

Loved reading this..
Love,
Lynne

bestgirl911
Senior Member

since 2000-10-04

Posts 551
Clio, MI , United We Stand

10 posted 2001-01-10 09:04 AM

Sol...

What a chilling reminder.

Best

[This message has been edited by bestgirl911 (edited 01-10-2001).]

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