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wranx
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since 2002-06-07

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Moved from a shack to a barn

0 posted 2002-09-01 10:35 AM

We met as acquaintances of acquaintances
Her beauty and humor lingered
Met again as friends of an acquaintance
Her grace and beauty lingered on
And again as friends of friends

Once, as my new loves’ ex-loves’ new love
Yet again, well met
Her guileless, graceful beauty remained

Days pass weeks pass years
As each are coveted and discarded
By this one and that one
Me?, for reasons I know well
Her?, that’s not my concern
Yet, her sweet laughter lingers

Then, met again
She, still lovely, still open, still laughing
Me, still smitten
Rebound? or refound?
Do we? don’t we?

I have long treasured her Self
Admired and respected her Self
Though she has just brushed my being
I am loathe to jeopardize
Even this tangential relationship
By blunder stumbling
Into a place where I am unwelcome

Well, met yet again
Her spark has shocked in me
A reverie of forgotten past times
Uplifting pastimes set aside
In my quest to elicit the illicit

And now, it seems
Unwittingly and perhaps
Unwillingly, this thread through my life
Who has ever amused and bemused
Has, in fact, become Muse

I’ve reached out toward her
And groped around a bit
Hoping to make a connection
Less tenuous, more substantial
And found there a quandary

Though I am now, a better man
The mirror, I fear, contradicts
Young, strong and reckless
I am no longer
Peace, laughter and art
Are what I now long for

So, here’s hoping, sweet spirit
That through these days of days
That we will be ever, and always
Well met
~wranx

Martie

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California

1 posted 2002-09-01 10:39 AM

wranx

Peace, laughter and art...and a pondering heart. Enjoyed this soul search and the way you played with words. Well done!

VAS
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since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

2 posted 2002-09-01 11:11 AM

so she is your muse

very nicely done, yes, what Martie said

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

3 posted 2002-09-01 11:16 AM

wranx - great play with words, and a tender continuing love story...

BC

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2002-09-01 11:23 AM

What a beautiful story...enjoyed so much!
~Hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you
So you won't ever forget me ~

arthur
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 678
england

5 posted 2002-09-01 11:49 AM

some dreams are better left as such
arthur

brian sites
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since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

6 posted 2002-09-02 01:18 AM

Ed
this is music
the wordplay
is the smoothest flowing river
I've heard from you
and
you keep the same wranxian spirit
as always
you hone
sharpen
each and every
knifespill
splash
until?
a joycean narrative in
ONE
word
WRANX

brian

secretlife
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since 2002-07-30

Posts 359
Grean Earth ,,,

7 posted 2002-09-02 06:42 AM

So sensitive from sensitive person???I love it so much...

Good luck

Secretlife,
(Easy come,,Easy go)

catalinamoon

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since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

8 posted 2002-09-02 06:37 PM

Well said. Like all of this, W.
Sandra

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

9 posted 2002-09-02 06:47 PM

A very well crafted poem, Wranx...
and now you have found your muse, so of course you would be writing wonderful poetry.
btw... what is a wranx?
I hope it isn't anything which is predatory to a chipmunk?

~ hugs from a scared rodent

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

1slick_lady
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since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

10 posted 2002-09-02 06:54 PM

"Rebound? or refound?"

aren't we all?

wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

11 posted 2002-09-02 08:38 PM

Thanks to all, for reading and commenting here. T'was a little tale of a woman that has appeared in my life from time to time. (but not for a while now)
She would, alas, be one that got away.

p.s.
I have no idea, whatsoever, what a wranx is. But, I'm pretty sure that they don't eat chipmonks. (especially, the ones that are seeming made of iron. You are one tough lady Lyra and I admire your strength)

~Ed

In reply to "which way do we go?", the answer was never "straight", but, "progressively forward".

~wranx~

[This message has been edited by wranx (09-02-2002 10:03 PM).]

bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

12 posted 2002-09-20 05:44 PM

Poet deVine knows what a wranx is, Lyra.

She wrote a poem where it is, I believe, something you wring out?

Ahem. Ed, I just wanted to say, this poem seems gentle and maybe even a bit fragile, but just try to break through it, and you find the solid-steel constructions of a wordsmith.

I'm glad you post here, in other words.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

13 posted 2002-09-22 12:34 PM

this is sort of sad but it shows a growth, a better man, yes. Very nice read for me. I enjoyed this.

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