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Sort Of Pink, Seven Button
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Sort Of Pink, Seven Button |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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...trying to get back in the grove...hope this works....j. Sort Of Pink, Seven Button You left a shirt on my couch, sort of pinkish white, seven button, slightly frayed left collar, smells just like you, Emaraude lingering… cotton, warm wash, no bleach, medium heat… Don't know if I'm going to tell you it's here, you might want it back. Think I'll just leave it there, on the couch, on the end where I sit. I can pretend it's you there, when I close my eyes and sniff the air, when I touch it with the tips of my fingers. It's just a shirt, I know, but it has you all over it, and until you come home, from where ever you are, I'll leave it there, this shirt you left to touch my senses, warm my soul… this sort of pinkish white, seven button, expression of love. w. james beard, jr. © March 2001 |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
A great expression of longing. I felt every word. If you'd care to read, I wrote something similar called "It's Too Soon'. You are a poet after my own heart. |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Didn't find it when searched...is it on the Forum?? Would like to read it....on the board or via email... jwesley |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Oh, JWesley~ I LIKE this a whole bunch-a-lot ! Wonderfully portrayed imagery. Soft and delicately rendered. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Packratmike Senior Member
since 2001-02-25
Posts 632California, USA |
Very, very nice. I really enjoyed this one. Mike |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Only a fellow Texan could pen this in such an expression of love and longing. 'Cuz it takes a heart as big as Texas to not only live it, but write it. (No offense to non-Texans) Well done, as usual. Live for love. Without love, you don't live. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
James, this touches my heart....a wonderful rendition, thank you.... |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
your "back in the groove" JW ... you sketched this scene in our minds with your words... and left the scent lingering... Im sure far too many of us have slept with someones scent on a shirt or article of theirs. well done poet sir.  It's such a clever innocence with which you show myself to me |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
James-- This is a wonderfully done poem, with just the right touch of a sigh. |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Sigh . . . oh, I've done that too!! Precious write, James. All writing comes |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
JW~ This is very very cool...the image and the feeling that you've spun into this...yes I'd say you are back in full force on this one...funny how an inanimate object can breathe so much life into a memory or a thought...give comfort where once there was none...Excellent writing! hmmmmmmmm....I wondered where that shirt went~ |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
it was a very nice "expression of love" |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Again, my heartfelt thanks, my friends...not really said the way I wanted to but I'll get there... jwesley |
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