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JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

0 posted 2011-01-16 08:42 AM

I have to leave here. It seems I am in violation of the rules. So be it.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat (01-18-2011 10:36 PM).]

mikeandrew
Member

since 2010-11-18

Posts 198

1 posted 2011-01-16 08:50 AM

I always enjoy reading what you write.thanks

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

2 posted 2011-01-16 09:03 AM

Thanks Mike, I appreciate it.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2011-01-16 02:05 PM

I read this twice, very slowly, drinking in the whole vista, feeling the heat and smelling the dust and experiencing the anticipation and the routine. This is one of your loveliest, of those I have seen, in my humble opinion. I loved every word of it. At times I was there too, and at others I was removed from it all, watching the entire movie-scene.

My father had a 1949 eau de nil Studebaker. Then he sold it and bought one of quite a different shape. it was bottle green and white, and I would guess the model was around 1951 or 1952. No, actually 1957 rings a bell. I think the second one was a 1957 model.

Owl

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

4 posted 2011-01-16 02:34 PM

Those old Studebakers, they were a sight that's for sure. It is strange when I write such a poem, I mean those pertaining of a long time ago. I see the whole scene, but it's as if I am hovering around and not really there.

Those old dusty roads of my youth. The good. The bad.

Thanks Owl.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2011-01-16 02:52 PM

again you have taken me there Jerry, you are a time machine.
Lori

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

6 posted 2011-01-16 02:55 PM

Hi Lori, and thank you very much.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

faithmairee
Senior Member

since 2011-01-05

Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA

7 posted 2011-01-16 03:11 PM

great diction and vivid imagery help make this a great poem...i really enjoyed this wonderful poem of yours...i especially loved the ending...didn't see the mailman coming

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

8 posted 2011-01-16 03:20 PM

As the song goes, faith, "Those were the day, my friend, we thought they'd never end . . ."

Thank you.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

9 posted 2011-01-16 03:38 PM

I remember that song very well, a lovely one, it was. I am not very good with names of singers. Who sang it? Was it Joan Baez?

Owl

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

10 posted 2011-01-16 04:20 PM

No, it was an Irish lass (I think) by the name of Mary Hopkin. Of course other people gloamed onto it because it was such a good song.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

11 posted 2011-01-17 12:02 PM

Was it not possibly Mary O'Hara who sang and played the harp?

Owl

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

12 posted 2011-01-17 12:05 PM

Yep. It is possible.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

13 posted 2011-01-17 03:38 PM

love your imagery...had to wipe some perspiration off and sip some water after reading this...

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=those+were+the+days+my+friend&gwp=13

(for some interesting history on "Those Were the Days")

Misty Lilacs
Senior Member

since 2005-11-15

Posts 1060
White Birch Forest

14 posted 2011-01-17 06:39 PM

Really enjoyed this and the imagery is amazing!

ooxx Marti

I do the <font color=FF6600><b>MS Walk</color></b> everyday!!

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

15 posted 2011-01-17 06:41 PM

Thank you, Marti , I am glad you liked my poem.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

Rex Allen McCoy
Member Elite

since 2000-01-30

Posts 2863
Sippin a Timmy's in London

16 posted 2011-01-17 07:39 PM

I restored a couple old cars (on my home page)
so I can appreciate this picture you've painted ... the snow plows up here play havoc on the country mailboxes too

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

17 posted 2011-01-17 07:48 PM

WoW! Great work on the cars, Rex. Nice homepage too. And yep, I can imagine what the snowplows do to the mailboxes.

Appreciate the comments, very much.

~ Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? / Because They Have Big Fingers. ~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

18 posted 2011-01-18 04:47 PM

Interesting history of the song, Steaven. You were right, Jerry. It was Mary Hopkin.

Owl

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