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I Carry Your Heart... for my Dad who died 14 yrs ago yesterday
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I Carry Your Heart... for my Dad who died 14 yrs ago yesterday |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan 
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
Very good poem. I just lost my Great Aunt Brownie today. So I know how this feels. Cold hands means a warm heart |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
My father passed away in 1988 as well, Lyra. I am so pleased to have seen this today, from you. I know the feelings so well. This month I'm coming up on the 10th anniversary of my mother's passing, which day is the day we celebrate my mother-in-law's 94th birthday. Sweet, sour, up, down, black, white, ying, yang.... the pull of life. Thank you for this. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Julie... I'm so sorry to hear about your great aunt... Always keep her in your heart and she will be close to you  ~ lots of heart hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Karilea... thanks so much for your reply... Life does indeed give us many mountains and valleys, blacks and whites... Mine has been one of deep valleys and high peaks... bright whites and darkest blacks... Oh how I would have loved more grey...  ~ loving chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Lyra I can see him in you and you in him. It will always be that way, for love is in your poem.  |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggsssssss) God Bless You, sweet firend, and I know your dad everyday is smiling down upon you from heaven and he is soooo proud of you and will always love you so much as a father and daughters love lives on forever! (kiss on cheek) This is heartfelt, sweet friend, this brought a tear to my eye reading it, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lyra, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Welcome back my friend. A beautiful poem, so well carried. ThisDiamond |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Ahhh sweetie...you've taken the words out of my mouth for my father, and, I got your message about you coming down this way too late....damn it.. |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Lyra, I know that reflection well. My father died in '81 and my mother in 1990. This is such a nice tribute to your dad. *hugs* my friend. |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Hi Lyra, It is nice that you remember him so fondly,and always with a poem. Hugs Sandra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Martie... Everyone says that I look just like him, and he was also a poet and an artist.... He made his living as a pharmacist... but I think that poetry and art were his real jobs, as well as being a wonderful daddy. ~ loving chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your sweet words, Noah... I still miss him after all of these years ~ hugs from the heartLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Kathy... Thanks so much for your reply and for your welcome... and also for keeping Michigan intact while I was gone... ~ good to be back hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Mr.Toe... I am sorry that we missed each other too... I would have loved to meet you. Where do you live?  ~ travelin chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Michael... I guess this is a familiar reflection which many of us have ~ many hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your kind words, Sandra... and its so good to see you back here again ~ loving chipmunk hugsLyra |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
This is a wonderful poem about your dad. Nice picture too. |
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Connel
since 2002-11-04
Posts 736Florida, USA |
Im sorry that your dad passed away... But death is just another part of the journey. I wish to become a great poet some day, but it will only come in time. Til then, I shall write my poems, and wait. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your reply, Sue... I hope you are feeling better ~ loving chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your reply, Connel... It may be part of the journey... but no one wants to get to that part too soon... As for my Dad... He was only supposed to live to be in his mid-fifties and he made it all the way to 77... and I know he had a very good life ~ thanking you chipmunk hugsLyra |
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NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
Lyra, Bless you and your Dad for the relationship and love your shared. It was heartwarming to read it in your poem. Huggles to you my friend, Marti "I am not afraid of STORMS for I have learned how to sail my SHIP." |
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angsana Member
since 2002-11-11
Posts 77 |
Hi Lyra, he must have been an amazing man. Good memories live on forever and fill our lives with hope and strength even. Wonderful tribute to a special dad! God bless and hugs. angsana |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Yes dear Lyra, tributes to those we love, those we cherish, miss and always remember. For, if not for our memories, what would life be for? Beautiful words Madame ChipperMunch.... Good to see ya back at it... Take care of you, ok? |
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Suetang Member Ascendant
since 2001-03-07
Posts 5187Melbourne, Australia |
Hello Lyra Your heartfelt sentiments of love for your father were absolutely beautiful. I know how proud he would be of you and I feel sure you share many special qualities with your father. These are such treasured memories to which I can relate so very well. Take care Love Sue I am in motion |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Marti... My Dad and I were very close... everyone always said that I looked like a female version of him... He was the one who lit the poetic spark within me... He loved poetry, he read it, he wrote it and he taught me to write it. ~ loving chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your reply, Angsana... what a pretty name you have... Welcome to Piptalk and I hope to read some of your work soon ~ welcoming chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Barry... thanks so much... Its good to be back too!  ~ hugs and smilesLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Sue... This reminds me of the poem of yours which I read this morning, about your Dad... Daddies are always special and when they go, we miss them terribly  ~ hugs and tearsLyra |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
Oh madame chipmunk, I am crying and cannot stop. He looks like such a kind person... "Sticks and stones will break my bones, |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Chippymunky, I tried to reply to your poem over at Gary's Mom and Dad's house last night when I was reading my e-mail. My computer was down for a couple of days. I've been having a lot of trouble with it lately, so one of my computer-whiz friends wiped it out and put another program on it for me. Anyway, I just saw that it didn't go through. I did something wrong, I guess. I was so glad to see that you had posted a poem, sweet Lyra. I hope you're feeling better. I sure did miss you while you were gone. I really like your poem and the thoughts behind it. Aren't memories a good thing to have? "Love makes the world go around" |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Awwww Chippymunk....I too miss my Dad. You know, I can swear sometimes I hear him whistling. A beautiful trill type of whistle. A heartfelt poem this is. hugs, Chris "Hope" is the thing with feathers- |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Wind.... He was a very wonderful person, indeed! ~ hugs and grinsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Ethel... thanks so much for replying to my poem and also for your good wishes... I am still having some trouble with my leg and now I have a sore lower back, but I think its probably muscle pain.... of course I'm scared anyway... ~ loving chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Chris... you probably do hear him whistling... sometimes I think I feel my dad's presence...  ~ loving hugsLyra |
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