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RMW
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since 2001-03-21

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0 posted 2001-05-01 12:57 PM

The Affair

I know a cove of sheer ascent,
Where in the summer
Storms repent of whitecaps,
And bits of surf
Flounce along a sandy beach
Like the skirt of a little girl, skipping;
Of the complete
Absence
Of tourists;
Of a single path
Climbing steeply up a cliff
To where a lighthouse,
Boarded up,
Sits beside the keeper's cottage;
Of candles close against the pane,
For innocence,
Once rented out,
May someday still return to claim
The blanket.

RMW

Paula Finn
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since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

1 posted 2001-05-01 01:02 AM

I know this place...oh you touched a memory here my friend

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

2 posted 2001-05-01 01:03 AM

Hi there, Paula. Hope all has been going well. Thank you for taking a moment to comment. Take care. Bob

latin passion
Senior Member

since 2001-04-26

Posts 576

3 posted 2001-05-01 01:07 AM

Bob, It captured a painting I have in my office beside "starry night." How I enjoyed your poem of splendor. The key master has to just open the door. LP

HopeS
Member Elite

since 2000-12-22

Posts 4596
Perth Western Australia

4 posted 2001-05-01 01:16 AM

I enjoyed this one as in this I could
see me
I often return to
the cabin by the sea
Hope

S Arthur Grey
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since 2001-03-19

Posts 719
woven by a poet's loom

5 posted 2001-05-01 01:22 AM

Nice opening,
nice trip,
nice ending too.

S Arthur

Whose Night is this, Mine or the Moon's?
J.E.James

Amuse_mi
Member

since 2001-04-22

Posts 110

6 posted 2001-05-01 01:31 AM

I didn't like this~I am fearful for the little girl alone.

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

7 posted 2001-05-01 02:24 AM

This is a lovely soothing poem. Joyce

RMW
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since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

8 posted 2001-05-01 08:39 AM

Latin Passion......I love "Starry Night". It is one of my daughter's favorites.  Bob

Hope.....nothing like renting a little place by the sea. Smiles.  Bob

S Arthur...Thank you, Sir.

Amuse mi ..... Thank you for your honest concern for the little girl. But not to worry. If you read "I know a cove.......for innocence..." you may be reassured for the well-being of the little girl within the woman.  Bob

Joyce...Thanks, Joyce. Kinda blew a bit in our neck of the woods yesterday didn't it?  Bob

Amuse_mi
Member

since 2001-04-22

Posts 110

9 posted 2001-05-01 09:00 AM

Okay, I see. Took me a bit, but I see the beauty in this. As long as he protects her that's okay...

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

10 posted 2001-05-01 09:11 AM

quote:
For innocence,
Once rented out,
May someday still return to claim
The blanket.

and it is one that always has room for one more to join...

well done Bob!

Tiersdin
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since 2000-11-17

Posts 2364
east coast

11 posted 2001-05-01 09:35 AM

Ah, Robere... lovely! very much like being grasped by the hand and led along to enjoy the sights described...

*smiles*
~Tier

Amuse_mi
Member

since 2001-04-22

Posts 110

12 posted 2001-05-01 09:44 AM

I've always had my blanket
Sometimes loaned it out
Or forgotten where I put it
And sometimes lived in doubt

But it returns
Ever haunting
With lessons learned
Ever daunting

Oh, the rebel, I
And stubborn, too
Until I cry
And think anew.

Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

13 posted 2001-05-01 11:07 AM

A most excellent portrait, painted with the patina of time, Bob.

Cor

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

14 posted 2001-05-01 12:47 PM

Love this one Bob. . . really well done. . .

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Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

15 posted 2001-05-01 12:56 PM

Ok, the lighthouse did it for me!

and the ending-wonderful!

Kathleen Blake

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

Cuddlez
Member

since 1999-11-27

Posts 422
Walla Walla, WA 99362

16 posted 2001-05-01 02:04 PM

Purty....

Time flies? Say it not so, time stays we go.

RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

17 posted 2001-05-01 02:11 PM

Cuddlez....chuckling. Gosh....! Thanks.

Sunshine, Tier, Amuse mi (a verse in reply..thanks), Cor, Sven, and Irish Rose....thank you all.

Martie

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California

18 posted 2001-05-01 02:28 PM

Bob--A very well written poem...with a fabric of feeling that touched me.

Just A Woman
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since 2001-03-10

Posts 507

19 posted 2001-05-01 03:00 PM

Applauding! You held and captured this beautifully.

"I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one."

Mabel A. Dilley
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since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

20 posted 2001-05-01 03:43 PM

Actually, you had me at "cove" then went on to reel me in with "lighthouse" since I have a passion for being near each one. Excellent.

"I am not now that which I have been."

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