When I Wish I Had a Friend - (aka - Ron & Nan duet...)

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Nan

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0 posted 2004-08-31 07:24 AM

For those of you who've been asking for a duet from us... and for those of you who haven't.

Indeed, we CAN meet special people online...

When I Wish I Had a Friend
by Ron Carnell & Nancy Ness

I tread through miles of long lost years
Through happenstance of meetings chance,
And wonder why close friends appeared
When most I craved a friendly glance.

     A friend revealed is nere perchance.
     Life’s trek of course Divine impend.
     Designs not met by happenstance;
     Asunder though most days may wend.

My road is long, each step unclear,
From dimmest birth to final ends,
Through laughing voices, fallen tears,
I treasure most my closest friends.

     In heartfelt bond of finest blend
     From miles afar or whether near,
     To cherish ever-dearest friends
     Enduring comfort year to year.

Is life perhaps just length of years,
Assessed from birth to death’s entreat?
Should it be weighed in hopes and fears,
And measured just in metric feet?

     Life’s first to final moments rend
     Comradery to quell our fears.
     Best savor moments we may spend
     As autumn falls and winter nears.

Or is there more to life than that,
Some shining marks along our way?
Of landmarks littered ‘long our path
And memories of where we stay?

     Our paths shine brightly day to day
     Enlightening moments to revere.
     Each touched by friendship’s loving way;
     Sweet memories throughout the years.

I stand on edge of precipice,
Near journey’s final, fateful end,
To look into unknown abyss
And find I yet was blessed by friends.

Sunshine

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1 posted 2004-08-31 07:28 AM

Grandmother always said,

"You can't choose your relatives."

Isn't it wonderful that we can choose our
friends, and keep them ever-more?

How wonderful to see this duet!

LeeJ
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2 posted 2004-08-31 07:28 AM

all is not lost, when one meets just one single person who is only interested in friendship...no expectations...and I have, met many here in PIP...a great wealth, as is this exceptional message you've blessed us with today

BRAVO Lady...this was an incredible and passionate write...

Seymour Tabin
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3 posted 2004-08-31 07:35 AM

Nan
And you are a dear friend.

PS. A wonderful write.

Balladeer

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4 posted 2004-08-31 07:35 AM

Excellent thoughts perfectly penned

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5 posted 2004-08-31 08:03 AM

You have both blessed us with a wonderful write. Friends, wether they be on line or in our daily life, are priceless as is this write. Well done you two, and thank you!

Martie

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6 posted 2004-08-31 08:13 AM

Ron and Nan

Indeed, friendship blesses in so many ways. Thank you for this lovely poem. It is a great pleasure to to be able to read this duet!

suthern

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7 posted 2004-08-31 08:51 AM

Sunshine's response reminded me of another saying... friends are family you choose for yourself. *S* And what treasures they are...

This is a beautiful collaboration... irrefutable evidence you both know those blessings first hand! *S*

nakdthoughts
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8 posted 2004-08-31 09:23 AM

To not have and share with friends is a lonely life...

beautifully written~

M

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9 posted 2004-08-31 09:33 AM

Ron and Nancy...and how dear that friendship can sometimes be

Me thinks you both blessed

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10 posted 2004-08-31 11:01 AM

Nan and Ron~
I believe this is a very, very special piece~
What a treasure trove of loving thoughts~

Friendships woven within a special word-binding endure foreverly~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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littlewing
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11 posted 2004-08-31 11:07 AM

I yet was blessed by friends.

right along with Joe Cocker on this one guys . . . . *smile*

this is beautiful - without my friends
I would be . . . well (sane?) ha!

passing shadows
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12 posted 2004-08-31 12:24 PM

wow

what a pair you two are!

(and what a place this is

)

Mysteria

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13 posted 2004-08-31 01:14 PM

Well now, when does the next book get printed again?

I do believe we have our anchor poem now, don't we? The entire poem was 1st class but two lines jumped out at me personally:

Should it be weighed in hopes and fears,
And measured just in metric feet?

Whew! Good thing friendship isn't measured that way around here or I would not even be a "smidge" on the ruler of this poetic family. We do indeed meet wonderful people on the Net that are certainly more than friends that assume a place in our heart lasting a lifetime. Hey, didn't you meet moi? LOL

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14 posted 2004-08-31 02:51 PM

I'm keeping this treasure. It's a rare gift, from two very eloquent, passionate friends.

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15 posted 2004-08-31 04:37 PM

Hey, it's good to see you guys writing together.

Your styles worked well with each others'. Wise words and good work.

~sky

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Hold on, it gets better than you know....
~Good Charlotte

Dark Angel
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16 posted 2004-08-31 04:52 PM

This is absolutely stunning, thank you Nan and Ron for sharing. It's always a pleasure to read you both.

I'm keeping it.

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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17 posted 2004-08-31 05:26 PM

This is but one very strong reason why we
call this place "our family of friends."

I and most pleased to call you both, as well
as many others, my friend. Ya both dun
good. Yepper...

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18 posted 2004-08-31 05:39 PM

Well done both of you. It's nice to finally read a duet from the main-duo around here! Friends are indeed to be cherished!

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19 posted 2004-08-31 06:14 PM

Take a bow!

(And yes, Ron, I guess I'll have to cease my shawshank campaign--smile, I was actually going to hunker down into for the winter too.)

Thank you both for sharing the blessing of this friendship with us all.

Ron

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20 posted 2004-08-31 09:12 PM

Thanks for the kind words, all!

Interestingly, my portion of this poem was actually written nearly five years ago, but remained unfinished until Nan decided to pull it together into a "real" poem with her own contributions.

Oh, and Karen? This was posted under Nan's name, lest you would think your evil schemes had born fruit. I can, indeed, be seduced, but I sure wouldn't want you to think it was THAT easy.

serenity blaze
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21 posted 2004-08-31 09:26 PM

Why you little tease!

and shaking my head too

(is this guy good or what?)

maybe I should get those provisions for winter afterall!

Kit McCallum

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22 posted 2004-09-01 07:39 AM

Nan and Ron, this is wonderful. It's so great to read you both, but to see a duet is all the more inspiring as the words and sentiments hold such a true meaning in so many facets. What an excellent collaboration ... a lovely read to greet this morning.

Best wishes and big hugs to you both,
/Kit

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23 posted 2004-09-01 10:08 AM

It's rare indeed to find someone you can just release with, hide nothing and act in no special way, knowing that person understands you and accepts you completely, just as you are. That's not just a friendship, it's a treasure.

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24 posted 2004-09-01 10:21 AM

Simply wonderful. hugs to you both. Chris

"At one glance
I love you
With a thousand hearts."

— Mihri Hatun, Turkish poet

Nan

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25 posted 2004-09-06 07:43 AM

My most sincere gratitude to each and every one of you who took the time to stop by and read this poem... It was merely five years in the making, but it was surely worth it...

Sunshine

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26 posted 2004-09-06 08:57 AM

Good things always take time to come around. I'm glad that this sat, and simmered, and waited for the right words to join it.

Duet again.

Elizabeth Santos
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27 posted 2004-09-06 10:35 AM

Life has bestowed me glorious dreams
And God has offered all I need
Rewards have been the milky creams
That render gold from earthly deed

But now and then a soul has found
This heart where it would gently wend
And leave a footprint on the ground
That I could trace it now and then

When twilight shadows veil the blue
And I to heaven‘s door ascend
I will recall the one or two
That I could truly call a friend

There is no greater place by far
Through mazes where the foot has crept
Than that one door that stays ajar
Whose threshold waits your yearning step

And I must say, that these two friends
Have left their doors, a keyless port
Through which the soul is free to wend
And bask in depth of their accord

Thank you, dear poets, for your beautiful words.
Liz

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28 posted 2004-09-06 01:28 PM

This is such a lovely expression of true friendship.
Reminds of the song,
"People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.

Beautifully done you two~

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29 posted 2004-09-06 08:50 PM

This is a beautiful poem of friendship you two wrote. Friendship in a treasure.

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30 posted 2004-09-06 09:43 PM

Nan & Ron,
How appropriate that friendship should be penned by two! And I like the history of the poem. It makes it even more meaningful. Excellent.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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31 posted 2004-09-06 10:48 PM

Nan and Ron ~

Exactomondo! Friends make the world go 'round! "Friend" is a beautiful "F" word!

Lovely write from two giving and loving souls who are friends to us all!

Love & Light,
Linda

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Canada eh.

32 posted 2004-09-06 10:58 PM

Five years in the making?
Well worth the wait...a treasure to be cherished forever...
Whatever would we do without friends?
Brava to two of Passions finest poets!!!

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33 posted 2004-09-07 05:39 PM

Very true. This was a beautiful poem and I enjoyed hearing it. Friends are to be charished because they charish us too.

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34 posted 2004-09-07 07:21 PM

Came back again, just because this is such a beauty, and a friendlier write doesn't exist.
Also, to put it into the library in case I forgot the first time around.

THANK YOU!

Titia Geertman
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35 posted 2004-09-07 08:35 PM

Oh Gosh and I almost missed this beautiful tribute to friendships that last forever.

The internet can create a mess, but I've experienced nothing else but good things from it.

Thank you both for friendship given.

Titia

Like scattered leaves...my words will flow

iliana
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36 posted 2004-09-07 08:42 PM

A wonderful poem and this is a special place, truly! ....jo

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37 posted 2004-09-07 08:50 PM

Friends. Make you fel alive.

- Haze

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38 posted 2004-09-07 10:15 PM

Obviously, friendship has magically written these poetic words! Nan, Ron, this is a treasure. Thanks for the wonderful duet.
miscellanea

Mysteria

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39 posted 2008-01-27 01:53 PM

Friendship is a gift to be treasured. Took me a darn hour to find this thing!

Figures Nan posted it not Ron

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40 posted 2008-01-28 02:03 PM

Thank you Mysteria for bring this beautiful duet up. I still try to find time to read all Nan's poem. it will  take a while to get here.

This is a very Beautiful poem from two good friends. The poem itself spoke more. Ron's part was like "I am fortunate but why" Nan's part was more like answer and warmly comforting a hesitate  heart.  Very beautiful!! You two shall write more and more duets.
love both of you.

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