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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion 
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Charlie Mother’s house abuts a canyon’s ridge, a modest home with a priceless view from deck and garden - a generous valley, a woman’s body. The coyotes sleep in the day, thick bushes hide their dens. A reminder of their existence comes in the piercing of night, screeches hyena and witch-like. They keep velvet cloaks about them in their midnight hunts. All except Charlie – a tame thing, he came one day to claim Mother’s deck. On summer afternoons, he casually surveyed the gully below, a constant breeze stirring his imagination. He took a liking to one of Mom’s sneakers - tossed it, played with it, rubbed his scent against it. He became a friend, a new child for Mother. She covered the walls of her living room with captured pictures of him. No one is sure what happened to him, shot perhaps or hit by a car, maybe killed by a pack leader. Yesterday, I hiked alone along the rim, and found a single white shoe. © 2002 Core |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Corinne My gosh, you sure know how to place an ending. I love the sound of coyotes..we hear them here quite often..something lonely and, hmmm, poetic in their nights. To befriend one isn't easy, that tennis shoe must have belonged to someone special. |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Cor. The depth of the picture of this is incredible...and such a beautiful story to be told...with an ending that lasts within the mind for a lifetime.. |
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SPIRIT Senior Member
since 2002-12-29
Posts 1745California Desert |
Awesome!! Gentle breezes, |
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Salty Senior Member
since 2002-11-23
Posts 669Texas |
I just love stories such as this. I once lived 20 miles from the closest town, and many night I heard the howling of coyates. I really enjoyed this write Corinne...very nice!! ~Salty In the Midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Corrine, I also use to live where we heard coyotes in the still of the night....never did meet a Charlie, though..... I liked this and I will remmeber Charlie and your Mom's tennis shoe.....  "Love makes the world go around" ~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~ [This message has been edited by garysgirl (01-02-2003 10:12 PM).] |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
You're poetry gets better and better (In my view, anyway)and this does all that I would expect a great poem to do. Ed |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Corinne Have I ever told you I like the way you write? |
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Diane Coway Member
since 2002-08-01
Posts 61USA |
I can picture your mom's place through your words. By the way, I love the ending! Hugs. Red |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
love it much! Great story! |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Corine~ Enjoyed very much. Maybe Charlie left a Charlie Jr. behind that will come visit one day...Paul "To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you" |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
an interesting telling with a strong ending wrapping it up.. reminded me of several "Charlies" of the animal world I have met... and of how I have often asked myself why they were so different from the others... enjoyed...and I do mean that... |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
A very wonderful write, Corinne - The natural cycle of life has its effects. I surely hope you mom takes solace in all those photos - and let's hope Charlie lived a long happy coyote life...  |
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Sandpiper Senior Member
since 2002-06-15
Posts 738land of flora and fauna |
awwwwwwwwww..as always, nature gives us the most beautiful gifts of all--a most touching read, beautifully written!! "And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul." |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Thanks very much guys! Guess I'll not tell Mom that I found her shoe... Cor |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
(sigh) Oh Corinne, this is so beautiful, sweet friend, I love coyotes and believe they are brothers to us all as we are all part of nature! (big hugggsssssss) This is precious and cute, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Corinne, thank youn 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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