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broker6
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since 1999-11-07

Posts 132
Bellevue, NE, Sarpy

0 posted 1999-12-12 09:28 AM

Among Angels
by ©Richard Budig, 1999

Down the aisle they came,
boys and girls in sheets
with coat hanger halos
bobbing above their heads,
eyes cast down at folded hands,
little feet shuffling in time with
“Angels We Have Heard On High,”
and nothing but a cherubic glow
shining out from little faces
headed for the school stage
where they became a timeless part
of a timeless story about you and me,
and the secret knowledge in us all
that every once in awhile
we find ourselves among angels.

[This message has been edited by broker6 (edited 12-12-1999).]

broker6
Member

since 1999-11-07

Posts 132
Bellevue, NE, Sarpy

1 posted 1999-12-12 09:29 AM

Hey . . . help me with this: Is it angels we have seen, or heard, on high? Gadzooks, it just hit me . . . I can't remember.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 1999-12-12 09:36 AM

Oh, Richard -
What beautiful memories this stirs.
So simple .. so pretty .. so nostalgic.

Those 'coat hanger halos' .. hanging over
the little cherubic faces ... adorable.

Thank you for sharing this.

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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lostboy
Member

since 1999-11-21

Posts 275
New Hampshire, USA

3 posted 1999-12-12 09:43 AM

Oh wow, I remember when I was in a play like this! The coat hangers and all!! Very nice Richard, thank you for that flashback! Anything with angels always gets my attention, they're all around us!

Saxoness

Senior Member

since 1999-07-18

Posts 1102
Texas

4 posted 1999-12-12 09:45 AM

Wonderful! Brings back memories of my lil Angel days.

psssst......it's heard on high

"Glory remains unaware of my neglected dwelling where alone
I sing my tearful song which has charms only for me."

-Charles Brugnot

broker6
Member

since 1999-11-07

Posts 132
Bellevue, NE, Sarpy

5 posted 1999-12-12 09:50 AM

Thanks . . . I just had a feeling that SEEN wasn't right.

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

6 posted 1999-12-12 10:59 AM

Heard or seen - It's still a great poem...

[This message has been edited by Nan (edited 12-12-1999).]

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

7 posted 1999-12-12 11:01 AM

EXCELLENT!!!!

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

8 posted 1999-12-12 06:04 PM

Yes, we do, don't we? Very nice, Richard! I love this perspective!

Denise

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

9 posted 1999-12-12 08:14 PM

I was always one of the wise guys, er, men every year for the church pageant. This brings back nice memories. Thank you, sir.

To the world you might be just one person but to one person you might just be the world.

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