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Open Poetry #15

Let Me Go Gently (Tanka)

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

0 posted 2001-07-21 08:25 AM

Let me go gently
Friends today, friends tomorrow
Friends forevermore
Friends may come and friends may go
But, you’ll always warm my soul

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

1 posted 2001-07-21 08:37 AM

beautiful! and so true, some come and some go
I loved the last line.

Maree

"little miss understood
little misunderstood"

~Marry me Jane~

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

2 posted 2001-07-21 09:41 AM

yes, very nice
warm and tender

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2001-07-21 12:47 PM

2dalimit,
Sounds good to me. Enjoyed

rwood
Member Elite

since 2000-02-29

Posts 3793
Tennessee

4 posted 2001-07-21 01:40 PM

Gentle and powerful verse! I will find this easy to remember always. I appreciate this treasured verse.
Sincerely
Rwood

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

5 posted 2001-07-21 06:00 PM

Beautifully written, I loved every word...Sue

Suetang

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

6 posted 2001-07-22 10:16 AM

Thank you all for your comments. I wish all partings could be as gentle, but…

Melton

[This message has been edited by 2dalimit (edited 07-22-2001).]

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

7 posted 2001-07-22 11:15 AM

enjoy

inot2B
Member Elite

since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

8 posted 2001-07-23 02:31 PM

I will never let you go gently, I'll fight it to the end.

Dulcinea
Senior Member

since 2001-07-22

Posts 774
IN

9 posted 2001-07-25 03:01 PM

I agree, it is never easy to let go of a friend, very well done!

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

10 posted 2001-07-26 05:47 PM

Tanka you for this fine work

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

11 posted 2001-07-26 11:39 PM

Oh but were they all that way, good write!

~ Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance ~And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance ~ I hope you dance. (Lee Ann Womack)

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