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Juju
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since 2003-12-29

Posts 3429
In your dreams

0 posted 2011-08-02 11:47 PM

Sometimes we don't get what we want

Little pink petals fall
From the cherry blossoms

The frail tree stands stoic
Amongst the cracked concrete

The next day I returned
To find the tree naked

-Juju

-"So you found a girl
Who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts " Silent all these Years, Tori Amos

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2011-08-03 01:00 AM

I like it...
Lori

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

2 posted 2011-08-03 11:53 AM

Cherish it while it's there. Never know what tomorrow holds for you.

Good write, Juju.

Michael

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2011-08-03 01:29 PM

Actually, I'm quite taken with naked trees, with their naked limbs reaching toward what they forgot. Really, bare trees can be wondrous.

~ If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong. ~

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

4 posted 2011-08-03 03:50 PM

beautiful, so poetic

yann

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

5 posted 2011-08-03 04:36 PM

Enjoyed your poem,
ebonygirl

martiniat8
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since 2003-06-21

Posts 897
Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic

6 posted 2011-08-03 05:40 PM

very nice!

tuffluv66
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since 2011-05-13

Posts 121
Iowa, U.S.A.

7 posted 2011-08-04 08:50 AM

really well penned

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

8 posted 2011-08-06 04:11 AM

Seems like the Rolling Stones knew what they were singing about many years ago..."You can't always get what you want"...James

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

9 posted 2011-08-07 11:27 AM

Lovely poem, Juju and soon that tree will be dressed in pink again.
Ida

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

10 posted 2011-08-07 11:57 AM

So many things in life are fleeting. There is a lot to be said for ceasing the moment that's for sure.

Wonderful word capture.

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

11 posted 2011-08-07 01:27 PM

But isn't that what makes it all the more intriguing - blink and you've missed it.
So many things I've seen and wished I had my camera along because there's no way it'll be there when I return --- sometimes only moments later. And yet, even if I have the camera, what the eye vs. the camera sees, is so different.

Very nice, Juju...as usual, from you.

j.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

12 posted 2011-08-07 08:05 PM

There were occasions that I DID get what I wanted, and boy was I sorry.

Love your work, lovie. Beautiful imagery.

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