Turning the Page [sequel to “Touching”]

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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2001-04-20 03:01 PM

Turning the Page [sequel to “Touching”]

what
was left unsaid
there before,

in that, the previous write,

such as

all the feelings
that went through the door

with me in search
of finding me
in you
a clue

a key

you’ve always been part
of me

from the very first
you sinewed in

can it get
much closer than that?

you, and your favored
cats

do all poets have cats?
if not
they should

so found in you I am again
I turned the page, and
thought of when

with less wrinkles in
my skin
you first made me smile

with my finger
I turn the first
page to find again
the sketchy art
introducing verse
and then
with my finger
I trace along

remembering….

three decades gone and you were
already gray then,
so what does age make
you now? oh, I know…

a poet that
will forever live
young

in my forever
fresh
heart

where cat’s paws touch
with leonine skill

of the majestic beasts that they really be.

Thank you Sir,
for
your intros
to a love of
life
through lift of word

did not go

unheard.

SEA

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since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2001-04-20 03:38 PM

Sunshine~ this is excellent.....( I used to have a cat....now I have two dogs)

SEA

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since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

2 posted 2001-04-20 04:06 PM

You should not have let that fellow get away ...

Live for love. Without love, you don't live.

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

3 posted 2001-04-20 09:52 PM

Thank you Sir,
for
your intros
to a love of
life
through lift of word

This is what great writers do for us....and words every writer would love to hear...

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

4 posted 2001-04-20 11:42 PM

Ohhhh I loved this:
in my forever
fresh
heart

where cat’s paws touch
with leonine skill

Just fantastic Sunshine!

~*~ If the want a rainbow ~ you have to put up with a little rain ~*~

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2001-04-21 12:25 PM

in the words of felines everywhere. . .

meow

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

6 posted 2001-04-21 04:40 AM

Karilea,

This, in my opinion, is some of the best work of yours I've read. I won't say "wow" but I will say "most excellent." Hey, I'm impressed.

Michael

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

7 posted 2001-04-21 07:27 AM

SEA, a few cats owned me, too, I currently have a dog...when the time is right, I shall go back to being owned and cared for by a cat...I'm so glad you liked this, thanks!

Interloper...never had the opportunity to meet this particular poet, McKuen, but would probably give my right, no, make that my left arm, to do so....

'Deer, I would imagine you've heard that phrase yourself a time or two...Thank you Sir...

Mysteria....I liked those lines, too...very much so....thank you!

Sven, here's your cream!...LOL....thank you...

Michael, apparently it was time for me to revisit he who snowballed this desire...and your words humble me....thank you!

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