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This Old Guitar
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This Old Guitar |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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This was written for a friend of Martie's who is a country singer. But I have an old guitar, too, and at times it was my best friend This Old Guitar I’ve been out on the music trail I guess I’ve travelled far I never needed much in life Besides this old guitar I know every stop along the way From Charlotte to LA And I’ll never stop as long as this Old friend will have me play My soul drifts on the subtle sounds And rhythms of a song And this guitar just lifts me up And carries me along I’ve had some women in my day They came and went their way But this old friend, it knows my moods And it is here to stay It’s seen me through some rough times And it will until the end I guess you’d say in many ways It’s been my closest friend I never touched a woman Like I touch these tender strings They do just what I tell them And they don’t demand a thing There’s nothing like the soft sweet chords To soothe my aching heart No better friend in all the world Than a mellowed old guitar So I think I’ll keep her by my side When I can’t play no more I know her sound will be here In my heart forever more Elizabeth Santos |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Elizabeth, I don't play guitar, but I wish I did after reading your poem. Be well Kethry "It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures; but it is the loss that shapes the image, gathers the flowers weaves the garland."- |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
My soul drifts on the subtle sounds And rhythms of a song And this guitar just lifts me up And carries me along I don't play either but this is the feeling the music gives me. Wonderful! "The heart and soul have no illusion of boundries when friendship is the quest" ~ My Angel. |
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Dee Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330Queensland, Australia |
Elizabeth, A lovely peice. I have a guitar playing friend who I think would agree with this. Dee |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
lovely lovely lovely lovely .. .. .. regards to you O Liz, sudhir |
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ladysixstring Member
since 2000-07-27
Posts 374 |
Stupendous!! "But this old friend, it knows my moods" and "No better friend in all the world Than a mellowed old guitar" I really like these lines!! -jaimie Website: www.ladysixstring.com |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
this is enchanting... |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
"But this old friend, it knows my moods And it is here to stay" A wonderful song, Liz. I feel the same way about my guitar. Music has a way of not turning its back on you. ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Liz--You know how much I love this poem and the friend you wrote it for...thank you for writing it...You are something!!! Hugs! |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Maybe that is why my guitar is sounding sour as of late. I dont talk to it.lol....wonderful and beautiful verse as you know and you are a sweetie for the tribute to him. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, This poem is just delicious. Love Sy |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Elizabeth - This 'flows' so smoothly - I felt carried along as on the crest of a wave - and the femionization of the instrument- worded so beautifullly - this is a treasure |
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LoveBug
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Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
Liz, you've created beautiful music with this piece. I enjoyed it much!  "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde "The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief" -Shakespea |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
Liz- i know this feeling well!!... there's nothing like my very precious old friend... my Martin D-28S... which was unfortunately stolen  some years back... but i'll never ever forget that guitar... i have another, but it's just not the same... Thanks for your wonderful poetry... this one is very special! |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Thank you for your kind comments on this poem. Wilfed, claire and Doreen can understand why a guitar is your most faithful friend. Now we have another guitar poem on the board, so this one will now join in the serenade Liz And Martie, you are the one who best understands this poem [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 09-01-2000).] |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
O Elizabeth, now you've instilled words that will always string and strum along...and have inspired yet another to write a complimentary piece [coming soon to a blue screen near you!] Well done! |
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sarahC Member
since 2000-06-07
Posts 84Michigan |
I LOVE this!!!! Wow...great work you have here......" Just me |
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