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The Lady
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0 posted 2006-01-25 03:57 PM




listening to Waylon
is like tossing back neat whiskey
burns just as bad too
every golden drop
every whining note
holds words said in some warm bed
promises made
lies told
tears shed in a dark bar
feet walking away
damn
I gotta quit listening to Waylon



© Copyright 2006 Kate - All Rights Reserved
Huan Yi
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1 posted 2006-01-25 04:23 PM




Makes me feel
like I should drink
and go to bars more


John

Earth Angel
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2 posted 2006-01-25 05:19 PM



Gosh! Your poem was so vividly realistic that I almost felt as tho' I was at the bar listening to 'Wailing' Jennings!

Warm hug and a smile,
Linda


The Lady
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3 posted 2006-01-25 11:14 PM



John, you make me laugh.   Thank you I think.

Thank you Linda.

[This message has been edited by The Lady (01-25-2006 11:50 PM).]

Dominique-Simone
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4 posted 2006-01-25 11:23 PM


I was going to pick a favorite part but the whole poem just sings to me...I love it. short and sweet and full of charachter. Kind of like me...well maybe : )


OwlSA
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5 posted 2006-01-25 11:38 PM


I have no idea who or what Waylon is (a singer perhaps?), but Kate, your poem makes me feel I GOTTA LISTEN TO WAYLON!

- Owl

The Lady
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6 posted 2006-01-25 11:48 PM




Thank you Page. I am sure you're full of character.


Owl, Waylon Jennings is a country western singer and he sings great "she went and left me and now my heart is broken" songs. If you get a chance give him a listen.


OwlSA
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7 posted 2006-01-26 01:21 PM


Thanks for the explanation, Kate.  I will if I can.

- Owl

littlewing
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8 posted 2006-01-26 03:46 PM


Luckenbach, Texas . . . Waylon and Willie and the boys . . .

Just wrote of the Highwaymen myself . . .

*tippin a drink to ya, ma'am*

The Lady
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9 posted 2006-01-26 11:41 PM




Well you surely did littlewing and it was a nice write.


*tippin' a tall one right back at ya*



Klassy Lassy
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10 posted 2006-03-26 09:58 AM


He's pretty good at the tear jerkers!  And you are good at catching the essence of his music and style in your poem.  I can almost hear him!

Klassy

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11 posted 2006-03-26 10:00 AM



I miss him, too.  Him, and a few others who made country music what it was...and could continue to be.


StevenS
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12 posted 2006-03-26 10:29 AM


Bittersweet ain't it? Love this Lady! :-)
HopeS
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13 posted 2006-03-26 10:40 AM


Wonderfully expressed , I love Waylon too

Hope

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14 posted 2006-03-26 07:16 PM


The Lady...Cute. Enjoyed
The 3 W's of Waylon " Women Whiskey and Waylon "...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

passing shadows
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15 posted 2006-03-26 07:21 PM


whew...bad memories
but good poem

icebox
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in the shadows
16 posted 2006-03-26 08:48 PM


I miss him.

Thanks.

iliana
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17 posted 2006-03-26 10:28 PM


Nice write, Kate...I enjoyed him, too.  I never was much into country music until I worked with a man in the 70s that introduced me to Waylon and all the best; he kept his radio tuned to a country channel or brought his 8-tracks to work.  I found I'd been missin' something.  
XOx Uriah xOX
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18 posted 2006-03-28 03:09 AM


Wow!  I cant even begin to estimate all the times Ol' Waylon provided the soundtrack for my life.  Whether through 8track, juke box, or smoke filled bars when I was playing cover tunes of his songs and trying to live them in between gigs.  I can't remember the first time I heard Waylon...but as is the case with many things...  "The Devil made me do it the first time. The second time I did it on my own."
enjoyed this.  thank you

Toerag
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19 posted 2006-03-28 07:54 AM


Waylon and whiskey both come up smooth is ya take in alot of either....well done..
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