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My Cape Cod Friend
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My Cape Cod Friend |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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My Cape Cod Friend Mid-summer, night in all it's starry splendor; the group of us sitting on a trailer in the John Deere farm equipment sales lot, in Lovington, New Mexico, talking, laughing, passing time, when Jed walked up trailing you, whom he introduced as his Cape Cod cousin. I looked up, caught my breath, choked a little, finally mumbled "hi" and died a little because it sounded so lame, stood up to make room, caught my foot and tripped… laughter all around; thank God for the moonless night, so you couldn't see the burn on my face as I looked sideways at you, saw the barest smile, and twinkling eyes that quenched the burn as they stoked the fire that threathened to consume my soul. You climbed up on the trailer and just then, from my position on the floor looking up at you towering over me, you smiled, held out your hand said "take mine". I did… and you've never let it go. We were six then, my Cape Cod friend, Forty years ago. W. James Beard, Jr. [This message has been edited by jwesley (edited 07-10-2000).] |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again |
a wonderfully vivid picture. it captures that night very well. good memories too. it's good to have friends like that. We all got our demons. We all got somethin' to atone for. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Wonderful look back at the beginning of friendship! I like it! |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
how cool is this poem...WAY COOL... JW this is perfect... love the imagery and the emotions of it the way you describe her smile... wonderful writing... are you sharing how you met your wife here? me thinks so!! jm I think I could need - this in my life If you're gone - baby you need to come home there's a little bit of something me In everything in you MB20 |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
BRAVO! I love it when I discover a new talented poet at Passions! Fabulous work! *applause* Will look for more. |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
This is a remarkable piece of work!! Kathleen |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
JWesley~ I just LOVE IT ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Thank you all for taking the time to read and comment on this piece. Even though I just wrote it, it's already a favorite of mine (of my own pieces anyway...love so many works of others it'd be hard to chose a favorite). JM - no, unfortunately, not based on my wife (not that I haven't written for her) - it's a little bit of childhood memory and the rest, embellishment. But what is embellishment to a poet, other than (if not his own) someone's experience of life. And doreen, not entirely new here...been posting in passions several months...and love the board. Unfortunatley read far more than comment on but try to comment as often as possible. Also, this piece was written to a theme, as was "Goodbye, My Loves" in DP#2, the theme here being: "love at first sight" with the inability to use any of those words yet convey the emotion, while for "Goodbye..." it was: a woman kneeling before a lake with mountains before her, forest to her back and holding something in each hand Thanks again, all. jwesley [This message has been edited by jwesley (edited 07-11-2000).] |
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