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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware 
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I remember the first time the thought Struck me as I greeted you Standing in the flower shop We hugged, the requisite lip kiss I couldn’t be without Quickly followed by our close embrace Kissing your neck, then your ear From your shoulder some small Delicate blossom I saw, smelled Caught my eye, caught my imagination When next we met I gave them to you Gold and Cloisonné Replica earrings We were in the conservatory At Longwood Gardens I knew you were surprised But more importantly It was an enchanted moment You were never more beautiful I’d waited until We were at the blossom’s display You cannot comprehend The magic your beauty Like an impressionist painting Overwhelmed me from that moment on The Monet girl in white Pisarro, Degas You amidst these flowers Were all there, are all there, Rolled into one Now you’re more than everything to me The first duty of love is to listen. ~ Paul Tillich ~ [This message has been edited by Wilfred Yeats (edited 04-27-2001).] |
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PoeticKnight Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144New Orleans, LA |
Excellent...just so ...excellent. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
It's amazing what a particular piece of memory will do to a poem.... this is wonderful! |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Oh my. You are a romantic. Lucky girl. Joyce |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Yes a very lucky lady to have a man like you |
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NIAI Member
since 2001-03-29
Posts 52 |
Only a true poet can express it so well. I admire your ability to feel and to touch us all. Only wish I could love as well. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Bill--I wonder how many romances have started in a flower shop? I enjoyed this romance....and what a good idea, the earrings. |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Ephemera - the things so transient - like flowers = too few men realize - the permanence they achieve in a woman's heart - at the same time - too few women realize the permanence they achieve in a man's heart - when they smile Thank you |
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