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Macon Drive |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace 
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Macon Drive humid hot Memphis lightening nights twelve strings strummed to my heart I fell in love with Mickey Newbury’s Mabel Joy in the honey comfort of your voice like the unchained melody an after dinner southern porch sitting listening to you play and sing as darkness dripped hypnotized to the flames of your face at times it found us lounging on washers drinking beer from thin brown glass bottles as quarters clacked in all night dryers dixie nineteen and a Mississippi dream a colorful black and white photograph I never even knew it would be just a memory happy never lets you see the other street side for I slept secure in clean white cotton sheets and Macon Drive’s prince charming lay on the left side of the bed and read Uncle Remus stories in character to me every night as I drifted off when he wasn’t with his other lover, music still to this day the most romantic thing ever until you had to go west and left Memphis and me behind to make music and your mark on a world tour you settled west in Colorado where you wrote saying, “ come west take the bus it’s cheaper” "I'm so hard to handle |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
to Robert Bosdorf and the good people of Alamosa who now hold his heart when it is late at night and rain drips on the panes i think of you singing willis allen ramsey's "angel eyes" [This message has been edited by 1slick_lady (06-17-2010 02:07 AM).] |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
you paint a vivid picture...and you show a lot of heart.. just as I remember...your way with words. |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
nice imagery throughout ~ |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Oh so smooth.. just perfect tone and imagery..loved!! . ~Amaryllis |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I felt like I was watching a movie scene, and Helen, 615? A great write m'lady. |
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Lamar Cole Member
since 2009-05-01
Posts 274 |
Sounds like the words of a good country song. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
dixie nineteen and a Mississippi dream a colorful black and white photograph I never even knew it would be just a memory happy never lets you see the other street side ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am so loving this, what a fabulous snap through the eyes of one slick laday! So very captivating, and beautifully done. |
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Edder Senior Member
since 2003-04-02
Posts 671 |
It's always a pleasure to read you, Helen. Well done. |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Helen - sounds like quite the place, reminds me of a small town I was lived in WV... BC |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
Helen, this is just soo deep and beautiful. These words they echo in my mind, read by a delicate yet determined voice slathered in the southern syrup of molasses colored eyes and moonshine melodies. I only wish this was the opening paragraph to a whole book of you. Helen of Joy, A Heart That Launched a Thousand Skips. Richard xx |
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