Still postcards for Karen....because I don't know what else to say

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Open Poetry #48

Still postcards for Karen....because I don't know what else to say

Duncan
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0 posted 2013-09-15 09:46 AM

Misty morning
New Orleans.

Sidewalk, ramble worn smooth,
cracked through bloodshot eyes, stoned puddles,
streetlights sketch black and white
rainbows through the fog.

Steps into blocks, turn
till I am finally home,
too chilled for October.

What is this?
A fire already
seduces from hearth,
‘Come rest, come warm’.
How can that be,
has someone visited?
No, see…
only figments
warm echo of imagination
still hang from the night.

Was it just then,
I held her?

Misty mornings
still postcards,
signed with love.

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

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Between the Lines

1 posted 2013-09-15 09:59 AM

"How can that be?"

Feeling so sad today~~

M

Kit McCallum

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2 posted 2013-09-15 10:17 AM

Duncan, this is a beautiful tribute to Karen. I have just heard this sad news and am at a loss for words. Thank you for this lovely piece to remember her with.

Best wishes,
/Kit

Denise

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3 posted 2013-09-15 11:26 AM

Very touching, Duncan. This is a very sad day. She will be missed.

Susan Caldwell
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4 posted 2013-09-15 02:14 PM

lovely....

<3

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

Margherita
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Eternity

5 posted 2013-09-15 02:50 PM

Very poignant, Duncan.

Margherita

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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

6 posted 2013-09-15 05:15 PM

Just when I thought I didn't have any tears
left to cry..

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

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7 posted 2013-09-15 09:44 PM

I, too, just found out. Beautiful, Duncan. I am so incredibly sad.

wranx
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8 posted 2013-09-15 10:47 PM

You said it just fine m'friend...

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

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9 posted 2013-09-16 11:45 AM

This was actually a repost of a poem I wrote for Karen many years ago...
The world, our small one and the larger....has lost a precious heart.

Sunshine

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10 posted 2013-09-16 03:54 PM

Duncan, my long lost friend, thank you for putting your heart out there. She will be missed for as long as PiP is alive. God Rest the Queen.

Susan Caldwell
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Florida

11 posted 2013-09-17 09:39 PM

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

12 posted 2013-09-17 10:20 PM

fine writing...James

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