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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA 
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Starlight glints in sultry night. Batsong titters and crickets cry. Humid hand of summer's eve caressing neck. Dampened shivers in fan's wake, labored breath of tortured sleep, echos heavily, in dead air. Jasmine scent pushes through, touching nose and freeing mind. Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. JP "Everything is your own damn fault, if you are any good." E. Hemmingway |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Nicely written thoughts of the night... JP, it was a pleasure to read this one... regards, sudhir Death, be not proud, though some have called thee, Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; - John Donne |
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OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
Great imagery of a hot sleepless night, open the cool box, turn on the radio, lie back and sweat. Excellent work JP. Thanks for sharing Olias |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Loved the read...thanks for sharing this with us  Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
sultry and steamy very nice...perfect imagery take care, jm baby dont you work so hard for this prize you've found, it will all be gone-when you turn around, cause nothing lasts forever anyway. Rick Roberts |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Nice description of life before A/C.. well put. Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
I must be stuck in the past Prometheus because I am still living life without AC! Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. JP "Everything is your own damn fault, if you are any good." E. Hemmingway |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
A very good read indeed. Well written and expressed. Thank you for sharing this. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Lovely poem..now living here in Arizona, we can't do it without ac....but you make it sound lovely!  |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Wow. I know this feeling well. You have acheived what I have only been contemplating doing. Nice work. Nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? "Thoreau" |
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