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Robert Joseph
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0 posted 2001-01-27 09:17 AM





The Willow Princess

Early April --
always finds me fighting
the last bout of cool air
across "Jesse's Point."

Sloshing the last sip
from the sterling flask
you had engraved --
"now more than ever"
I can't keep the lump
from my throat.

My recall never fades,
yet tightens its grip
each year --
I see you reaching
for the line and then
all is charred to black.

Tumbled onto the point,
"Willow Princess" her sails
in shreds, her bow cracked,
and me --
wounded and waking alone.

These days, I hear the droning
speech your father made the day
we eyed "The Princess."
His fear now leaves him without
a daughter and me the target of
his bitter seeds.

If I could only sing to you again,
hold you tightly on the crinkled
leather couch as I breathe the fragrance
of your hair --
I'd cast my remaining years into the sea,
and not regret a single day.


But, I know the waves are only friendly
to the brave and you would have me to
live and sail another day.
Surviving on one thread, I stumble on --
shivering in the last whisper of you
sighing my name.


Robert Joseph
~enb~




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1 posted 2001-01-27 09:24 AM


mournful nostalgia

lovely

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2 posted 2001-01-27 09:45 AM


Poignant....

                 haunting.....

                                       wow...

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3 posted 2001-01-27 12:19 PM


RJ~
This is absolutely lovely ...
I don't often find myself groping for the proper thoughts -
but this is one of those times ...

Just know that I found it hauntingly portrayed ...
~*Marge*~



~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Poet deVine
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4 posted 2001-01-27 06:01 PM


Wow! Beautiful!  
Snow
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5 posted 2001-01-27 08:53 PM


bravo, your talent shines through on this piece brightly!

eyn

Robert Joseph
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6 posted 2001-01-28 09:39 AM


Virginia, Marge, Sunshine, Poet deVin, and Neve...

     Thank you, I'm pleased to know you each enjoyed this tale of ''seaside blues.''


Robert Joseph

David2
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7 posted 2001-01-28 10:19 AM


Robert,
   "The Willow Princess" is a beautifully written expression of longing.  But I am dying of curiosity...is this autobiographical, or just a haunting fiction?  

David2

Rex Allen McCoy
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8 posted 2001-01-28 10:58 AM


What an Awe inspiring piece ...
loved it

Robert Joseph
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9 posted 2001-01-28 10:18 PM



David, and Rex, Thanks for reading and responding. Your replies are greatly appreciated.

Robert Joseph

Ps just a bit of writing, David.

kcsgrandma
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10 posted 2001-01-29 12:32 PM


This "just a bit of writing" is exceptional, drew me in from start to finish.  Well done!

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

Robert Joseph
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11 posted 2001-01-29 05:46 AM



Thank you, Marilyn...I appreciate your thoughtful remark.

Robert Joseph

ethome
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12 posted 2001-01-29 06:57 AM


This is a very sad but moving story. The beauty of the written word that emerges from such a tragedy is always unexplainable...well done!!
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