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Wilfred Yeats
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0 posted 2001-04-29 10:15 AM



You wanted it perfect
I’ve no doubt you tried
Who could have predicted
The sudden storm
So brief yet so potent
And so it became
My most memorable moment

We agreed we’d meet
In the gazebo in the park
No more fateful encounter
Than the Empire State
Meeting of Cary and Deborah
Who could have predicted
The sudden storm
So brief yet so potent

And so you appeared
In the minute it took
To cross the park
You were soaked
Hair, so carefully coiffed
Hanging down
Limply blowing

It should have been me
The storm ill-timed
It should have caught me
But it was you
Suddenly you with shy embarrassment
Suddenly me with soft caress
Kissing raindrops from your cheek
You were never lovelier
Then that day
With the wind and the rain
In your hair



The first duty of love is to listen.

               ~ Paul Tillich ~

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Sunshine
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1 posted 2001-04-29 10:18 AM


Come to Kansas...we've plenty of both...especially the wind!  A wonderful read, glad to see Deb and Cary made the sojourn to join your weave...
Ariana
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2 posted 2001-04-29 10:23 AM


Lovely words - poor girl who probably didn't want to look like a drowned rat.  It is what is within the heart that counts and you have captured the true meaning.

Ariana

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3 posted 2001-04-29 10:53 AM


You've captured and described this tender encounter beautifully Wilfred, very vivid and much enjoyed!  

Best wishes,
/Kit

Irish Rose
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4 posted 2001-04-29 11:24 AM


OMG I love this, wow!  Everything from the Gazebo to the fallen hair.....ummmm

Kathleen Blake

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and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee


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5 posted 2001-04-29 11:48 AM


Oh, Wilfred~
Touching tender in this one.

An Affair To Remember ... such tender significance to me ..
Thank you !
~*Marge*~

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Paula Finn
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6 posted 2001-04-29 12:02 PM


AH this is just something I can see myself doing...wet and shivering and shy...but Im real sure your touch warmed her...wonderful write Bill...
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7 posted 2001-04-29 12:19 PM


How could you guess, this is definately one of my favorite movies.  Like "Sleepless in Seattle" I too relate am awaiting for MY special meeting.LP
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8 posted 2001-04-29 12:41 PM


Bill--I love the way you did this!  You have painted this scene so well.  
Amuse_mi
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9 posted 2001-04-29 12:54 PM


You have a heart of gold.  Where else but love could a person be cherished when at less than perfection.

Great read-thanks.


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10 posted 2001-04-29 02:03 PM


*sigh*. . .

you know that this is one of my favorite movies don't you???

well done. . .

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

Mabel A. Dilley
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11 posted 2001-04-29 04:04 PM


It is within those imperfect moments we find love. How well you expressed this.

"I am not now that which I have been."

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12 posted 2001-04-29 04:26 PM


Lovely sentiments.  Here in Washington, we know to carry rain bonnets.  Joyce
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13 posted 2001-04-29 06:56 PM


enjoy
Wilfred Yeats
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14 posted 2001-05-02 10:54 AM


Thank you all -
you're much too kind -
I can only say -
I'm most grateful -
that my muse -
delivers words that sustain me
and adds to the pleasure you find

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15 posted 2001-05-09 12:12 PM


The images are just so beautiful...just as your love for her is beautiful
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16 posted 2005-07-15 11:16 PM


A truly lovely story of unconditional love at its best, how touching this was.
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