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Balladeer

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

0 posted 2001-03-22 12:26 PM

Dear Mister editor;

I found an error in the news that I would like to mention
With hopes that you are kind enough to give it your attention,
For, on the page announcing deaths, I found it rather queer
That, though I searched from start to end, my name did not appear.

Although it is a small mistake, I feel, in my condition,
That I deserve at very least a little recognition.
I can't believe you didn't know that I had passed away.
You spelled the name right of my wife we buried yesterday.

Or did you think those left behind can just go right on living,
Faced with only emptiness and nothing left for giving?
Taken from the only thing that kept my heart alive,
How is it possible you'd think that I could still survive?

Your writers on the evening shift must have heard the sound
My torn heart made the moment that they placed her in the ground.
Perhaps they thought a cold wind rose and blew with icy breath
Instead of knowing it was me within the throes of death.

Now that I have done my best to bring this fact to light
I'm sure that you are willing to correct your oversight.
Tomorrow in the morning news, please try to tell my side
For, though I breathe, I feel as if I were the one who died.

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-03-22 12:33 PM

This is heart-wrenchingly beautiful in every form.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2001-03-22 12:38 PM

Oh, Balladeer~
So tenderly you touch my heart with this one.
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

VAS
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since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

3 posted 2001-03-22 12:42 PM

grief and mourning take unusual form and yet it is all ache, pain, sorrow

you show that here with a childlike eye to loss

Paula Finn
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since 2000-06-17

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missouri

4 posted 2001-03-22 01:10 AM

OH man...well now Im just crying...this HURTS

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

5 posted 2001-03-22 01:33 AM

I felt evry single word of this. Over and over. So true, Joyce

Lisann
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since 2001-01-31

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6 posted 2001-03-22 01:40 AM

This was beautiful. Heartwrenchingly so.

Kit McCallum

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7 posted 2001-03-22 07:29 AM

Incredible Michael, there is so much power in this piece, I thought my heart would break just reading. Wonderful expression and composed with such clarity of emotion. I adore the way your mind works. Perfection in cadence and rhyme as always my friend, beautifully written ...

Best wishes,
/Kit

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

8 posted 2001-03-22 08:11 AM

You, and only you, can write such sadness, so beautifully....

to find the one love....is all anyone could ever ask for....

thank you for sharing your heart again, 'Deer....

WhtDove
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since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

9 posted 2001-03-22 08:34 AM

This is a heart breaker, but you sure brought across the wrenching feelings of someone losing a loved one.

Great work as always 'Deer.

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

10 posted 2001-03-22 09:02 AM

your talent never ceases to amaze me.... i am proud to know you

you have a way of looking at life through the eyes of Love, with the tenderness and beauty of reality's hardships; you pull the reader into your heart which is a very beautiful place to be..... i remember this poem from before, i loved it then, i Love it even more now.... you are one fine writer, my 'deer Poet....thank you for reposting this and for all you are....(((((hug))))))

SEA

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with you

11 posted 2001-03-22 09:10 AM

Balladeer, must you make me cry this early in the day? You have such a magical way with words......

SEA

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

12 posted 2001-03-22 09:39 AM

Balladeer,
I can't top what Doreen said but I can agree.
You are one fine writer.

jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

13 posted 2001-03-22 09:49 AM

ok...its hard to comment when typing through tears...but i guess that is a compliment in itself, that your words touch so deeply...this is the most beautiful expression of loss I have ever read...perfectly written...with deep appreciation of your work, talent and heart Mr. Balladeer...*jellybean curtsies softly*

Temptress

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since 1999-06-15

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Mobile, AL

14 posted 2001-03-22 05:13 PM

I miss your work and your presence here.

Thanks for allowing us the honor of such beautiful poetry.

Janet Marie
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15 posted 2001-03-22 07:18 PM

To all who read this,
it will then become ... poetically clear.
Never question or doubt ...
you have read the words of a master ...
once reading the poetry ...of our esteemed Balladeer

~~~~~~~~
OPEN 1????
so that means you have ALWAYS been amazing

this one is a classic example of your talent and heart...
and I am better for reading every word.

oh you speak to me in riddles
and you speak to me in rhymes
my body aches to breathe your breath
your words keep me alive
~Sarah McLachlan~

Mother_Earth
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since 2000-11-20

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1/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan

16 posted 2001-03-22 07:53 PM

Balladeer, I can feel the pain, but also comfort in these words. I can't explain how that is. Beautiful in every word. Hugs, ME

JLR
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since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

17 posted 2001-03-22 08:58 PM

The title gave me not a clue...so glad I read. This was incredibly, beautifully sad and well written. Speechless for a moment now.

Balladeer

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

18 posted 2001-03-22 11:21 PM

Thank you all for such wonderful replies and the support you have always shown me....I appreciate it more than you can know..

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

19 posted 2001-03-23 04:30 AM

Excellent writing Michael! The trauma of loss is so heart heavy! I love this traditional style of poetry that you use to get your thoughts across......
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Now that I have done my best to bring this fact to light
I'm sure that you are willing to correct your oversight.
Tomorrow in the morning news, please try to tell my side
For, though I breathe, I feel as if I were the one who died"

The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges.

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