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Tennessee Angel
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Tennessee

0 posted 2000-07-05 11:05 PM


I have never sat beside you
on the couch to watch T.V.
I have never said I love you
or heard you say that you love me.
I have never held your hand
and felt our fingers intertwine.
I do not wear your golden band
and neither do you wear mine.
I have never watched you dream
nor danced with you in moonlight.
Your name, I have never screamed
while you loved me in the night.

But I have stood across a room
and listened to you laugh.


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Elizabeth
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1 posted 2000-07-05 11:39 PM


Love at first laugh?  

Elizabeth


I'm grabbing my hat and coat
I'm leaving the cat a note
Quick call me a ferry boat-getting out of town!


MagnoliaBlue
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2 posted 2000-07-06 12:25 PM


This is a very sweet poem.
Keep writing !

I love to hear my guy laugh...
It is special!



~My Skipper Jim
I love you!
Your Lady June~

Janet Marie
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3 posted 2000-07-06 12:46 PM


once again you write my heart...
this is so well expressed ...simply perfect
i feel your longing in this ...mine too
take care
jm

What the caterpillar calls the end ...
The world calls a butterfly
~LaoTzeTao~
~Butterflies are meant to be free~


Marge Tindal
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4 posted 2000-07-06 08:16 AM


TennesseeAngel~
Oh, my gosh !
I love the image this brings to my heart.
Wonderful !  Wonderful !
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Mark Bohannan
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In the winds of Cherokee song
5 posted 2000-07-06 09:15 AM


Brilliant piece from the longing heart.  Keep it up.  Loved it.
Sudhir Iyer
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6 posted 2000-07-06 10:39 AM


A laugh was it or was it a giggle,
what was it that took your heart?
A guffaw was it or was it a chuckle,
What was it that stole your soul?

....

A nice poem, Tennessee Angel, short and sweet... and well written too...

regards, sudhir

[This message has been edited by Sudhir Iyer (edited 07-06-2000).]

Butterflies_dont_cry
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7 posted 2000-07-06 12:34 PM


The music of angels......
A beautiful poem TA...music
with a weaving touch.

brian madden
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ireland
8 posted 2000-07-06 02:16 PM


TA, there is always the present in which to say those words. Really enjoyed this piece.

But I have stood across a room
and listened to you laugh.



A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

TerryW
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Louisville, Mississippi, USA
9 posted 2000-07-06 05:34 PM


TennesseeAngel~
     I like!  I like!  This is very, very good!  




Love Ya~

~you reached inside, you touched my heart,
and I am all the better for it~
Terry A. Woodson, Jr.

JamesMichael
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10 posted 2000-07-06 05:54 PM


Tennessee this is very lighthearted and romantic...you made me think about Lena...I'm smiling now...James
Danny Holloway
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11 posted 2000-07-06 05:56 PM


~~nice writing~~
dh

Tennessee Angel
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Tennessee
12 posted 2000-07-06 08:24 PM


Elizabeth --  Something like that!  

Magnolia --  Thank you!  Laughter can be such a wonderful thing.  

jm -- Once again you have touched my heart with your wonderful response.  This one just flowed out which is very unusual for me.  I think it's one of my favorites.

Marge --  Thank you so much!  I love the image he brings to my eyes!  

Mark --  Thank you so much kind sir!  

Sudhir --  Actually it was a chuckle.  Someone said something to him and he just sort of chuckled to himself and it made me think that the woman who loves him surely treasures that chuckle.

Butterflies --  Your responses are often more poetic than anything I may post.  

Brian --  Yes there is always the present but not always the courage.  

Terry --  Thank you! Thank you!  

James --  That was my intent.  It's a poem about silent longing but not torturing longing, you know.  Sort of a  "Someone is lucky to have him" kind of longing.  

Danny --  Thank you so much for taking the time to read and respond to my piece.  


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