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Always This
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Always This |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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Always This My eyes watched old hands work the pancake batter thin to stream, not quite crepe, but in-between enough to bubble, brown and turn, watch the steam, remove the dream to plate. I made the syrup simple, sure to add butter to melt sugar brown into liquid pure, then added bits of pineapple plus creamy slices of banana thus a concoction worthy of memory. And it is always this, these very memories that kindly drift on back to me to bring your essence toward the near of elderberry, vanilla and beer. Eyes and hands now, of course are mine; the steam, the dream, the taste pure fine are yours in me in essence steeped… Dad, it is in your basis that I keep love’s depth so well. Always this always yours where hummingbirds fly and coffee brews are made by me but all for you. ~*~ © KRJ 2 June 2010 For RHR, 2 June 1923-2 Sept 1988 |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
He must have been a lovely man to be portrayed in words, thus.  |
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whisperingwalt Member
since 2010-04-29
Posts 240Coquitlam, BC, Canada |
"Always this always yours where hummingbirds fly and coffee brews are made by me but all for you." He must have been a great Dad...thoughful and heartwarming ending..ww |
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Chalmette Guy Senior Member
since 2009-03-11
Posts 1257Louisiana |
Beautiful. It's true that we live on in those that we love. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Touchingly beautiful, dear Karilea! It shows how deep the connection still is. Love, Margherita  |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
This was very pretty gal. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
those memories are sometimes what keeps us going~~ M |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
If I come over for a visit Karilea, can you make some for me. it sounds delicious. I'll bet Dad was very proud of you and why wouldn't he be. great poem, loved it and you Lindsay |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Lindsay, you and your wife will always be welcome at my door. Just bring a song along, and I'll even drop cranberries into the mix! That, along with some sausage, bacon, eggs, and great hospitality! |
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Lamar Cole Member
since 2009-05-01
Posts 274 |
Absolutely wonderful. |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
So beautiful, Sunshine.. a real feast for the senses. I especially liked how the image of his hands at culinary work brings him back to you.. I experience a similar sense when I bake bread.. seeing my hands dusted with flour against the counter brings back my mother.. I have her hands, and as I age I see her in my work. Thanks for the memory, and for this exquisite poem. Warmly~ Amaryllis |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
You make me smile and think of hands that have reached out to me in love - making me smile as they guided me. I dunno if I am saying what I am feeling - it's hard to express. Love you, A |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Most excellent! This one speaks to me in a very personal way. One of my father's classic dishes is apple pancakes... again, not too thin as to make crepes, but not so thick as to be traditional pancakes. I've never taken the time to learn how to make these treats, but my eldest daughter did so just recently. And so it lives on. Thank you for sharing.  "We'll chase them like rats across the tundra." |
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Bastet Member
since 2010-05-07
Posts 246 |
An orig9nal way to express memory -- through beautiful sensual images. Indeed a "cocotion worthy of memory.." You make my mouth water for more |
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arthur Senior Member
since 2001-08-14
Posts 678england |
This is skill but more than that,it is sincere.Beautifullydone.I enjoyed this very much.Arthur(uk) |
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