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Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0 posted 2008-05-28 10:04 PM

Angelo looks out the window,
and sees red brick canyons,
and black crowded streets,
and loads and loads of people.

Angelo has many friends to play with.

Sometimes they fight,
and that’s okay too.
It’s one big happy family.

No one knows who
belongs to whom,
and that’s okay too.

What everyone does know,
is that they all belong here.

When it rains and snows,
they all get wet and cold together,
no one runs home.

No one wants to lose
their place
in the rain or the snow.

That’s the way it’s been
for generations past,
and will remain
for generations to come.

The one thing they have
plenty of here
in these red brick canyons
is love, plenty of love.

That’s way okay.

Bobby

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2008-05-28 10:42 PM

To each his own. I'm glad love survives in the red canyons. Joyce

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 posted 2008-05-28 10:50 PM

Thanks dear Joyce,

Yes indeed love does exist here, in abundance.

I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

BTW, I've tried the country, and didn't like it one little bit. It was way too quiet.

Bobby

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

3 posted 2008-05-28 11:06 PM

"What everyone does know,
is that they all belong here"

...and that's a truth you can hang your hat on...well done...love the casualness of your write

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2008-05-28 11:21 PM

Thanks Steavenr,

For your very kind words. It’s easy to be casual when you’re writing about a lifestyle that you know and love.

Bobby

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

5 posted 2008-05-29 12:09 PM

yes, Bobby... that's way ok in my books too! I have missed reading you... not that you have been absent, but me, due to work commitments... hope to read all your lovely work I have missed out on... love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6 posted 2008-05-29 09:26 AM

Thanks dear RDB,

It's great to hear from you. I'm pleased you liked the poem.

Love Bobby

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

7 posted 2008-05-29 11:09 AM

I guess it pays to make the best of your situation.
Ida

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

8 posted 2008-05-29 11:25 AM

I like your work, Bobby, there is always intimacy of the sentiments....Very rich

yann

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

9 posted 2008-05-29 06:41 PM

quote:
What everyone does know,
is that they all belong here.

When it rains and snows,
they all get wet and cold together,
no one runs home.

This is my favorite of yours, dear Bobby. You refer of this wonderful feeling of belonging in a very efficient way.

And ... I love to get wet and cold in rain and snow too ...

Love,
Margherita

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10 posted 2008-05-29 07:19 PM

Thanks dear Ida,

I have lived in the country, and lived in the burbs. I didn't like either place.

I love the city of Philadelphia, and everything having to do with this city.

It's not a matter of "making do".

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

11 posted 2008-05-29 07:21 PM

Thanks Yann,

It makes me happy that you view my work that way.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12 posted 2008-05-29 07:26 PM

Thanks dear Margherita,

I think the commonality of experiences in our neighborhood is what makes it so strong.

Love Bobby

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

13 posted 2008-05-29 07:51 PM

Enjoyed...James

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

14 posted 2008-05-29 07:55 PM

Thanks James,

I'm very pleased you enjoyed the read.

Bobby

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

15 posted 2008-05-29 08:25 PM

To be perfectly honest with you, I have had times where I have been a tad bit envious of the bonds that are made in the hood. Many have your back covered and they truly are "sistahs" and "brothas". Forgive me, but on the other side of the proverbial tracks, it is often each one one for ~ his/her own.

I like the sense of belonging that can be found in the hood.

Linda

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

16 posted 2008-05-29 09:32 PM

Thanks dear Linda,

What you say is true. Growing up in my own hood there were five of us that were very close. I considered these friends to be my family, in particular when I was mad at my own family for some silly reason or another.

Love Bobby

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

17 posted 2008-05-31 03:17 AM

It's interesting to read your poetry because my life is so vastly different. I am not a city girl. I don't like the noise, the bustle, the tall building. I probably grow weary of all the things that Angelo loves. I am not fond of the smells and traffic (smiles) and on and on. Yet, that is what makes us all so different. I don't like concrete and Angelo doesn't like flowers. It's all a balance, like a teeter-totter. I could not live happily in his world and he could not in mine. And it's okay - we ain't getting married.

Love your writing, Bobby.

Alison

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

18 posted 2008-05-31 09:53 AM

Thanks dear Alison,

What you say is very true. I try never to leave the city. The country makes me nervous.

Bobby

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