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I Never Knew (for Martie)
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I Never Knew (for Martie) |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware 
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I Never Knew (for Martie) I never knew her Yet I did Yet I do She was born The year after my son Two years before my daughter Many years before my granddaughter Do I know her No – and yet yes I retain a picture Of my daughter High on a swing arc Pigtails flying Childish grin Smiling down at me I’ve many current reminders Each visit to my granddaughter She loves her Pop-Pop And I melt All over again Every time There are many poets Here and elsewhere Who’ve experienced loss I’ve a stepson taken from us At 33 Two years after I married his mother I don’t want to take anything Away from that heartbreak Or any other By this focus But as a father As a grandfather I’ve learned What a very special love Comes from a little girl I know now What it grows into How it only gets better Even decades later No One NO ONE Should suffer such a loss I never hear the Beatle song now That images of Michelle, Tracy, & Lauren Blended don’t come to me I see Michelle in little Lauren I see her in Tracy fully grown I feel her unselfish love In every hug I get In every ‘I love you’ spoken And choke back tears And reach to hug those who know... Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. ~ Chinese Proverb ~ [This message has been edited by Wilfred Yeats (edited 02-08-2001).] |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Bill that is truly one of the most touching things I have ever read and I don't have the words to reply other than that and also God bless you for your kind warm heart.... ethome Reality seldom bears the possibilities of imagination! |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
ethome - thanks ~S~ |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Bill--I cannot begin to tell you how much this means to me...thank you so much for your sweet heart. Hugs! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Mr. Yeats....what a write....I am so glad our Martie saw it so soon....it will help tide her over during this time....and even in memories, there are blessings.... |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Very, very special Bill! I didn't know you had lost a child too. No wonder your heart is tender. (And I'm sorry for your loss too!) Have you seen Michelle's pictures? Martie's other poems about her? Thank you for this wise and wonderful piece of your heart, and how all of us handle our griefs. Michelle was, and still is one well-loved little girl! . The spiritual wind that holds survivors aloft, plants the seeds from which bloom new hope ... R.J.G. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Bill....what a special poem this one is and I can only imagine how it touched Martie for it indeed touched me  |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
Bill, I never knew... We have lost many who were adopted, some of our own... All together I think nine. I will have to send you a URL. I think you'll be surprized... Many are from Passions/Pipers, sheesh, who know these days. Very nicely done my friend. Condolances, dale |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
You just need to be kissed for this one dear poet... very sincere and tender gesture ... a special poem ..from a special poet.  Heaven bound on wings of love, there's so much that you can rise above. I surrender heart and soul, sacrificed to a higher goal. ~DepechMode~ |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Everyone- That 7 of you liked it - I appreciate very much - Martie - That YOU appreciated it - is more important than all the other 7 combined - But most important - than you understand how you've made me feel |
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