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Passions Fire - - Repost (cause my wife wanted me to...)
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Passions Fire - - Repost (cause my wife wanted me to...) |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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Passions Fire Caught you from the corner of my eye a moment ago, saw an angel sitting there, smiling at something I could not see; something that sparked my jealousy, thinking that it might not be for me. Funny how, after all these years, a little thing like a private smile could pinch my heart the way it did, could make it double-beat, could twist my ire, raise a fire within my chest. We grow together with passing years, we temper fires that used to consume our souls with passionate bliss, we learn to live with each others faults, we share a love warm and good, comfortable, in our wedded space. Yet, after all these years I caught you from the corner of my eye, a moment ago, and felt the passions fire. w. james beard, jr. © December 2000 |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thank your wife for me, JWesley. This is a wonderful, tender love poem, straight from your big warm poetic heart.   |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Yes Jimmy...please tell your wife thank you for having you post this lovely again. AND!!! I LOVE the new pic!  Hugs~ ~Somewhere in my heart I'm always |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Thanks for the kindness you two - and Terry forced me to change the pic too - I wanted another with Ryleigh in it, she's the real charmer. jwesley |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
James, this is a very sweet and loving poem of romance. Thank your wife for me, too....and she picked out a very good picture, too. Hugs to you both  Ethel |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Bravo, bravo, Jimmy! Nice to know there are sparks out there! ....jo |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
 precious |
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J.Samm Member
since 2004-01-12
Posts 415Iloilo City, Philippines |
awww...this is so cute. it made me smile. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
lovely words, jw... I'm always told my smile is my best feature... M |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Are you a sailor, a biker, or like me, just an old man with a hat and a beard?....LOL...this is quite the write JWes.... |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
a constant work in progress which is never void of surprise and reward....very much enjoy your words. |
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Sadelite Member Elite
since 2003-10-11
Posts 2519 |
JWesley, very nice to see how it works; lovely poem Sadie |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
I'm so grateful for this repost, because I think I missed it the first time. Enjoyed JW Maree The clouds never expect it when it rains, but the sea, changes colour, but the sea, does not change. ~Stevie Nicks~ |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
Thank you for the repost--I missed it the first go round...you and your wife have a lovely marriage and this just makes the heart melt. Take care, Amy "When life gives you sorrow, may you experience the spirit of laughter" |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
"We grow together with passing years," That is way beyond my understanding, but then my wife has no interest in reading my (or any one else's) poetry. I am happy for you and thank you for sharing this, again, with us since I was not around the first time. *smile* |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Came back to tell ya cause I saw your reply to Corinne's poem, "What I really miss, is the mornfulness of the Mississippi River boats - When they blew their whistles, especially late in the night when the geese would be flying over honking - wow! your insides quivered." I was named after a Mississippi Riverboat..the Nancy Lee...honest! I have always loved them yet never had the chance to ride on one... Now geese flying? Hear and see the Canadian geese leave and return each year. Don't know why..just had a need to tell you that. Could be that it's 90 degrees and I'm in a lazy rambling mood...LOL. Hugs to you and yours. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Please give your wife my heartfelt thanks... from someone who can dream even if she can't have. *S* This is breathtakingly beautiful! *S* |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
What a compliment... from her to you and back again...  |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Jimmy Sweetly written and obviously your wife loved it as we all do. Thank you for sharing your long endearing love. |
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Suetang Member Ascendant
since 2001-03-07
Posts 5187Melbourne, Australia |
Hello James I'm so glad your wife encouraged you to repost this one. Your words contain many messages. Take care.........Sue P.S. I love the new picture! I am in motion |
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Kevo Member
since 2004-06-02
Posts 466Navarro County, Texas, USA |
This is a great tribute to what love is really about. Thanks for finding a refreshing, way to touch the hearts of those who know what love is but forget sometimes how lucky we are. This is a heartwarming poem and I appreciate the way it made me feel about my own wife. With great respect and solidarity, Kevin |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fabulous...James |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
garysgirl - well thank you (this has received more hits than I ever expected!), would rather have had Ryleigh in front of me. iliana – Definitely SPARKS (sometimes – lol) - it’s the “sparks” though, that make it all worth while. Thanks for reading/replying, as always. passing shadows – Awwww – thanks my friend. J.Samm – me too, when I saw your reply – thanks my Phillippines friend ( was there once in the Navy). nakdthoughts – I truly believe in smiles Maureen, I think they are EVERYONE’S best feature. my granddaughter was born smiling and almost never stops! Toerag – was a sailor for four years (not exactly what you’re alluding to, is it), rode a bicycle all the time for many years – sometimes still do (still not up to the allusion, huh) – ahh, an old “cogger” as my kids say, with a hat and beard – now that is definitely the picture. All three are old, the hat, about 25 years, the beard at least that, and me, well, if one can improve with age – I must be getting nigh on to perfection (though Terry says my idea of perfection is “flawed”! Now – go figure.) Thanks for the hit my man. LeeJ – you and I think alike, my friend. Marriage is a lot harder to keep than to let go, especially if you want it to have any “goodness” at all. The “work” never ends – or when it does, generally so does the marriage. I’ve had my “greener” dreams and I’m sure Terry has also – we’d both be lying if we said otherwise – we’re human, and individual, for gosh sakes, and like anyone, we get tired, bored, and many of the other “things” that come with life, particular in living with the same people day in and day out. But we always bring the dream home and never let it interfer with reality – reality is truth, and truth is what we must live with, or our entire life has been a farce. Thanks f or your comments and reads – I always look forward to reading you. Sadelite - work is the magic word, my friend – marriage and work are the same things, and beauty just naturally weaves itself thoughout when the work is honestly done. Appreciate your words. Dark Angel – Hey, I’m pleased you enjoyed, Maree. Thanks. Aimster – well, it’s far from perfect, and don’t know if I’d call it lovely but it’s the best we’ve been able to do and have committed ourselves to it’s endurance. icebox – Some people, believe it or not, never, and never care to, read poetry – I certainly didn’t for many years in my youth – at least not until I began reading “free verse” where one can turn everything loose without having to be concerned with how a line ends, the number of syllables or how the ball bounces along those lines. Maybe I’m just to dumb to understand “formatted” poetry, though I do read some now that I truly enjoy. And it’s a shame your wife doesn’t read the things you write – I think she’d find a whole new you that would fasinate her to no end. My wife reads almost everything I write (of course I shove it in front of her eyes and don’t leave until she does) and certainly has no quams about telling me EXACTLY what she thinks of it! And don’t take the “grow together…” too seriously, if you’re still together you’ve had to have grown, understanding it or not. Thanks for your imput. Enchantress – What ever your reason, I’m tickled you did, wouldn’t have wanted to miss these thoughts for anything. We see and hear the geese (Snow and Canadian) fly over the house periodically, but haven’t gone to the “fields” to see them in quite a while. The outlying grain and rice fields are part of their wintering grounds down here in the Houston, Tx. area. And it’s a shame more people in the area aren’t aware of it. Seeing the huge flocks lift off in one field and form a giant arch, roughly 50’ to 100’ high across a highway as they settle into a field on the other side, in an almost unending line of geese, is an AWESOME sight to say the least. Thanks for coming back. suthern – I will, and hang on to that dream – even they are beautiful and definitely enhance the reality. And the reality is out there for all of us to find. Sunshine – Thank you, my friend – I think we do compliment one another. Martie – Thank you as always for your read, my friend – and your comments. Suetang – Hello to you, too! The picture would have been MUCH prettier with Ryleigh in the foreground! Kevo – Thank you my friend – no matter what transpires, you always have to remember why you married her, and what made you feel that way – loosing that can make the trail you follow fade away, and it’s much harder to blaze a new one than it is to build upon, or refurbish the one you’re already walking. JamesMichael – I always appreciate your read and comments, James. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Of course you do, Jimmy... that's why she wanted you to repost! |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Jimmy, I enjoyed reading your replies, too. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
A lovely poem, glad your wife suggested reposting it! Corinne |
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