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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace 
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Sizzle it has been a buttermilk day hot enough for cornbread resting quietly in bacon grease to cook without mamaw’s oven thunder rolls across the cornfield and tomatoes find no blush yet to call and tempt the raindrops over so the sultry dances in the dust across the air plays an iron lullaby as boxcars do the twist on a Sunday such is the passion of the south scorching you, leaving its mark |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
excellent imagery ... perfectly capturing what will eventually be the unfortunate long-term norm (rather than the exception) via relentless present and future effects of global warming. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
You create the mood so perfectly, and your messages are hard to miss. I am not only there, I am feeling the sting! |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Another atmospheric offering.. I do love the way you write, felt the sultry day, saw the impending storm.. just wonderful. Thanks for sharing it.. such a welcome departure from our soggy, mossy Pacific Northwest! :) |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Another atmospheric offering.. I do love the way you write, felt the sultry day, saw the impending storm.. just wonderful. Thanks for sharing it.. such a welcome departure from our soggy, mossy Pacific Northwest!  |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Oh dear.. apologies for the double-post, (arg!) Erm, might there be a way to remove/erase one? (newbie here, heh!) thanks much! |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I've never been to the south but thanks to you and your wonderful imagery I feel as though I have. Ida |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
The compliment and counterpoint of senses and feelings make this very special. |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Yeah, baby...that's what I'm talking about. Southern in my blood... j. |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
Bacon grease, buttermilk, cornbread, oh gosh you've got me hongry for some nice southern cooking. Helen, your southern charm just like your words, never cease to sizzle! Richard xx |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Oh, I thought we just had this discussion in email that I can't take the heat? I am not sure but I think I just got a sunburn.  Beautiful imagery Helen. |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
delighful,a very vivid atmosphere and colorful expressions....thanks for the well crafted poem. yann |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
ms slick...damn..if you cook too I am in lust!..enjoyed it lady! |
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naturegirl Member
since 2009-09-30
Posts 168England |
oh..what I'd give for a just a little of that heat right now..it's another cold grey June day in England..we always want what we don't have? ....thanks for a lovely image! |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
Love your style girl... You know, I think of gettin' back there every once in a while... Naw, I lie... But I do remember home... dale Speaking of ghosts, wouldn't you know here comes mine again... ~Rosemary J. Gwaltney~ [This message has been edited by lucky (06-02-2010 02:47 PM).] |
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threadbear Senior Member
since 2008-07-10
Posts 817Indy |
what sizzles is your ability to transmute feeling into words. sssssssss~ Jeff |
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Lamar Cole Member
since 2009-05-01
Posts 274 |
Nice imagery. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Ah, hon... the sweat beads across my forehead and my mouth's watering... and I'm home again in your words. Fantastic!! |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"buttermilk day" thanks for the quick trip home Helen sometimes I feel an ache for the "sweet sunny south" PS I'm trying... |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
A buttermilk day, bacon grease and cornbread? A southern tradition, sizzles in the heat. Yall done great on this'un sweetie. |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
I`m getting hungry.... |
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Kaoru
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow |
I have missed you. The way you paint with words. Beautiful. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
That's the midwest for you... good to read you again, Helen. Wish I had concocted this one. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Can one gain weight from reading poetry...I think I just did. Yummy imagery and feel to this. |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Helen - you're so correct in that the south does leave a mark. I do miss it, and it's lifestyle. I can smell the bacon cooking on a saturday morning, and the smell of warm cornbread. You said it well in this writing. How have you been... BC |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
wow now I'm hungry awesome piece! |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Beautiful ma'am..... indeed....beautiful... |
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