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Joyce Johnson
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0 posted 2001-04-25 07:54 PM


Alone in the park on a warm spring day,
Listening to children at their play.
Peering with eyes that can barely see,
Savoring a long ago memory.

She was the mother with children then,
Her lovely Annie and charming Ben.
Reading a book or pushing a swing,
Flying a kite with unraveling string.

Reluctantly picking up her cane,
Slowly she turns toward home again.
She eats her dinner and sits alone,
Staying ever near to her silent phone.

Joyce 4/25/01

[This message has been edited by Joyce Johnson (edited 04-25-2001).]

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Denise
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1 posted 2001-04-25 09:06 PM


That's sooooo sad, Joyce. So sad. Great poem.
Songbird
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2 posted 2001-04-25 09:09 PM


Good poem, makes you think..about those lonely people out there. We could be one of them.
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3 posted 2001-04-25 09:17 PM


I agree. It is sooo sad, but excellently written.
Melton

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4 posted 2001-04-26 01:07 AM


Dear Joyce:  Very touching poem.  There are so many lonely people in the world.

Betty Lou Hebert

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5 posted 2001-04-26 05:35 PM


Wonderful writing Joyce and so sad...but why wait...why don't we just make the call...I seem to hear this so often.

Jack

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