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A Tribute (repost) |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
He strolled into our small town that day a hat shading his face from the sun little did I guess, as a child of ten, through him, my life had just begun. He was a stranger, dusty from travel his boots were little more than soles he carried a bulging pack on his shoulder wore a gray shirt and jeans with holes He came to our little run down motel and rented a room for a week I passed him on the way to school he nodded, but didn’t speak. I saw him sitting under the walnut tree next to Jim, the mechanic’s shop I stared at him as he wrote on a pad he looked up but didn’t stop My mom asked him to supper one night he wore clean clothes, was freshly shaved I watched his every movement wanting to see how he behaved. He said he spends his life on the road no job, no home, no family working at odd jobs just to exist living his life totally free. Later, I watched him as I did homework, an essay for English class, The stranger glanced at me once or twice over the rim of his drinking glass. He asked if he could read my work and I handed it to him with dread and when he finished, he smiled at me; he told me he liked what he had read. He told me he was a traveling poet roaming the country trying to find inspiration for his soul and stimulation for his mind. I asked to hear some of his work though I thought all poetry was dull but when he spoke I was lifted up as I listened to his chronicle. He recited to me, almost til dawn words creating a world that was real his intricate rhyming took me away my heart opened up, my head began to reel. Soldiers and knights, maidens fair and foul were paraded before me that night his voice soothed my childish heart his stories set my restless soul alight. Each night he stayed, we sat together he regaled me with poems of every kind fascinated, I sat transfixed at the words that came from his mind. One day I awoke to find he had gone a farewell note stuck under my door like any performer, the drifter knew to leave his audience wanting more. He told me to always remember him to find joy in the written word to be happy, and kind and always remember the stories that I heard. Since then I have a love for words for poetry with and without rhyme I hear them in the drifter’s voice remembered in that far off time. To this day, I treasure the gift of poetry as I write, I’ll always hold it dear and I often reread that wonderful note signed, poetically, the Balladeer. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Poet deVine You write so well, a delight to read. all a result of a planted seed.  |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Sharon What an enchanting story....left me wishing I had been that little girl and wondering what happened to the balladeer. Beautifully told! Is it true? |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
No..not true. It was written way back in Open 1!!! |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
This is very good, Sharon. I enjoyed reading it all the way to the end.Thank you for reposting it. |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
And you do a damn fine job writing your own potery, this poem story being a prime example. How long did Michael stay at your place?? Smile~ |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
You guessed it! Though I've never met the famous PiP Balladeer, this was written for him.  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I can imagine him holding the attention of any audience, any time, any where... |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Sharon, this is an amazing story...wonderfully told. Thanks for reposting as I hadn't seen it before. ~Happy Forth of July Hugs~ |
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Neeraja Senior Member
since 2002-06-22
Posts 812The Netherlands |
I enjoyed reading this!!! Neeraja |
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