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Duncan
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0 posted 2002-05-16 08:06 PM




Write me
one last poem
before we say goodbye

tell me
that you’ll think of me
on some distant winters night

as lantern flickers overhead
and breeze is much too warm

remember my love
remember my name

I will never forget yours

© Copyright 2002 Duncan - All Rights Reserved
Magnus
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1 posted 2002-05-16 08:11 PM


Duncan,  you could have written a chapter
of 50 pages and not said it any more
beautifully than you expressed it within this
small poem...

bsquirrel
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2 posted 2002-05-16 08:13 PM


A moment of regret perfectly captured. Loved it.

She said burn ... together.
-TON

Tracey
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3 posted 2002-05-16 08:18 PM


remember my love
remember my name

How could one ever forget???

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Sunshine
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4 posted 2002-05-16 08:21 PM



Be still - heart's words...

Duncan, this is ever lovely...

Madame Chipmunk
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5 posted 2002-05-16 08:24 PM


Beautifully and simply portrayed, Duncan...

~lots of hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

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6 posted 2002-05-16 08:43 PM


Duncan, I feel as though I want to say something
utterly profound or reassuring...
yet I am speechless
and would rather just sit quietly
while reading this one more time,
before placing it oh so carefully
into my library.
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Christopher
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7 posted 2002-05-16 08:55 PM


have to say i think you can do more with this... (that's the down side to writing really well... people start expecting it!) but i do say that the tone is well held, and muchly felt.

C

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8 posted 2002-05-16 09:18 PM


one last poem? uh, ok.....

I'll think of you on winter nights
When flickering lanterns give off light
And the breeze is warm..er, is that right?
A warm breeze on a winter night?!?

Well, anyway, I'll think of you
While sipping on my morning brew.
When donut gets immersed in bean
You'll come to mind - know what I mean?

I'm sorry, Duncan. Here you write a tender piece and I mess with it. I do like it...REALLY!

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9 posted 2002-05-16 09:45 PM




(big hugggsssssss) Oh Duncan, this is so sad but beautiful, sweet friend, I know this feeling ever so much and I hope now you have found a true love to foreve share your words with and all your friends will always remember you and hold your words close to heart as a memory of friendship! (sigh) This is touching, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Duncan, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

BluesSerenade
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10 posted 2002-05-17 12:50 PM


Get up Duncan, it can't get any worse
than this!  Despair is a fine line to cross so don't even go there!!
I felt this like a cloak~

Duncan
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11 posted 2002-05-17 12:58 PM


Barry
Good thing 'cause my attention would never last 50 pages!  Thanks.

squirrel
Not regret, just resignation.  Thanks.

Trace
With your memory??  Good one, darlin!

Sunshine
Yep, thanks.

Lyra
Thanks for the read!

Nancy
That was very sweet, thank you.

Chris
Thanks for the 'writing very well'...this one 'wrote itself'.  Didn't give a lot of thought to the poetry of it.  Sometimes, I just feel in words.

Michael
Krispy Kremes all around!  You're buyin!!

Noah
Yes, someone to always share my words with...I think so.  Thanks.

Blues
Ok...I'm up!!  Despair was a few days ago, settling into simple misery now.  Just kiddin.  Thanks for the read.  

[This message has been edited by Duncan (05-17-2002 01:01 AM).]

Janet Marie
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12 posted 2002-05-17 09:14 AM


Write me
one last poem
before we say goodbye

tell me
that you'll think of me
on some distant winters night
====================================

If Chris's suggestion of doing more with this includes rewriting a new ending ... then this moth must agree ...
*sigh*
moths dont do well with good bye ya know.
winter is a long way off...a lot can happen
(ok..I'll hush) this one just makes a moth want to ....
well, you know.
hugs D
mothyme

How long can a girl be haunted by you ...
Soon I'll grow up and I wont even flinch at your name.

Alanis Morissette

Tiersdin
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13 posted 2002-05-17 09:30 AM


Duncan, I'm not really a critic, so I can't comment from that aspect. I do know that I love the honesty and simplicity of this poem.

Such a tender plea...

*smiles*
~Tier

"I shall never bond again, as I have bonded with you..."

walker
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14 posted 2002-05-17 06:45 PM


This is so romantic, I wonder which one feels better, writing a poem to someone or reading a poem decicated to us? Beautiful words here D.
Martie
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15 posted 2002-05-17 06:49 PM


This is very touching, Duncan...made me want to cry for some reason.  
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