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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2011-05-24 01:48 PM

Sticky Notes
© wesley james beard, jr.
march 2011

[This message has been edited by jwesley (05-25-2011 09:33 AM).]

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

1 posted 2011-05-25 01:41 AM

I gauge a poem's qaulity by if it touches me. You tapped into a bit of guilt I am feeling at the moment. I better call my cousin tomorrow. I think we tend to put off things that cause regret because it is hard to face the feelings that we know will come with tough times. It's time for me to face the feelings and reach out.

Thank you for the sticky note.

Love
Alison

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2011-05-25 06:44 AM

your words and Alison's reply say it better than I ever could~~

M

tracie66
Member Elite

since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

3 posted 2011-11-13 09:18 PM

I'm bumping this, well penned

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2011-11-13 09:25 PM

Ah, I was thinking tonight before I read this of a brother who, for the last few years have been . . . distance. I need to find his phone number. I know it has been changed. Thanks for this tonight, you touched a few people, and I'm sure will touch more before this gets read out.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways ~*~

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2011-11-14 12:41 PM

I'm glad this came back up! *S* I think we're all guilty of putting off that call... and then living with the regrets when we realize the opportunity is gone. Beautiful work!!

Michael

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

6 posted 2011-11-14 02:08 PM

Wow... this is beautiful, and poignant. A stark, vivid reminder that it all starts with us, and expending the effort to not just wile away, silently.

Great write, and even moreso with the images.

Michael

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2011-11-16 05:57 PM

Nice...James

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

8 posted 2011-11-16 07:46 PM

What a great write.
Sure makes one think...
Enjoyed.
JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

9 posted 2011-11-22 12:12 PM

Jimmy,

I never came back to this poem to tell you the rest of my story. I did call my cousin after reading this poem. He died two months later.

Thank you, my friend.

xoxoxo
Alison

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

10 posted 2011-11-23 05:37 PM

To just say hi doesn't take long and is really effortless, enjoyed your poem j wesley,
Ms. e

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

11 posted 2011-11-30 10:27 PM

Need that sticky note that says, "Just do it!"

Nicely done.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Kethry D
Member

since 2010-04-12

Posts 64
Australia

12 posted 2011-12-01 01:15 PM

Enjoyed the poem, but it's strange when I start using sticky notes it means chaos and I need to take a step back and reflect.

A poet must leave traces of his passing not proof.

Rene Char

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