First you smile..(Thank you Serenity)

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Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

0 posted 2005-05-05 03:09 PM

'Head up, shoulders back..
       pause
listen for your cue..
       and   smile!'

You were always there
in the wings   reminding us to smile.

hocus pocus..flowers from the air
    abracadabra
              bow to the fanfare!

give them a smile..a bow and a wink
little sisters    young and tiny
god what did people think?

'don't look so nervous! '
..but   but, the rabbit...oh no!
it didn't appear
the top    on the prop
....stuck!

smile

for my next trick...

that's when it all started
the anxiety, panic and fear
'now, don't let it show..girls,
smile through your tears'.

hocus pocus..flowers from the air
    abracadabra
             bow to the fanfare!

Just look at our pip pics
can you see we're still smiling
through divorces, illness,
the panic attacks and fear

yes..all through
our lives..
you've been standing
right there    in the wings

prompting your girls
through their fears
and their tears

'Head up..shoulders back..

   pause

      first..

   first...you smile. '

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

1 posted 2005-05-05 03:17 PM

and we smiled .... and we still are .... and she is. That's why it's called "magic."
Love you & miss you.

adagio
Member

since 2005-03-19

Posts 449
Marrero, La.

2 posted 2005-05-05 03:20 PM

Wow! Keep up the GREAT work dare I say PLEASE.

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

3 posted 2005-05-05 03:26 PM

Excellent work Nancy Lee, excellent!

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2005-05-05 03:32 PM

"Straighten your shoulders, don't slouch."

"Curve your fingers over the keys!"

"Don't you know the children in China are starving?"

"Smile, and the world smiles with you..."

"If that pout gets any bigger, a rooster is going to sit on your bottom lip..."

Oh, the things we heard as children...

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2005-05-05 03:38 PM

Nancy

The deep searching into words that has happened from Karen's poem, is amazing! Loved this piece of reflecion from your life that shows, everything is not always as it seems.

kayjay
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since 2002-06-24

Posts 2015
Oregon

6 posted 2005-05-05 05:30 PM

It is a devilish thing for a child to wear a face they do not feel. I can feel this one too. Hugs Ken

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

7 posted 2005-05-05 06:11 PM

Thank you Nancy Lee.

It touches my heart that you all have such personal memories with us all.

Goodknight
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since 2002-06-15

Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

8 posted 2005-05-05 06:49 PM

wonderful sharing and daring Nancy - thanks and this is very good - Paul

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

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Eternity

9 posted 2005-05-05 06:54 PM

Wow! A true keeper!

Extremely captivating, dear Nancy!

Love, Margherita

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

10 posted 2005-05-06 02:29 AM

This is so loving, Nancy~ It is evident in the words that you write and the smiles that you bring, she taught you well...like apples that don't fall far from the tree. They are never faraway, and just as close as they always were.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

11 posted 2005-05-06 07:14 AM

I so enjoyed this

scorpio
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since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

12 posted 2005-05-06 08:40 AM

Tinker an enlightening write. I do enjoy when you share personal moments with us. Your words are magic in themselves. And your smile shines true and bright today. Wonderful picture too!!

believe in what your heart feels...

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

13 posted 2005-05-06 08:56 AM

Lovely sweetie, just lovely.

wandering glider
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since 2001-04-04

Posts 501
aloft

14 posted 2005-05-06 10:02 AM

Thank you,
I needed a smile this morning.

glider

NewEnglandlazurlu
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since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

15 posted 2005-05-06 10:43 AM

Grins and smiles and a pocket full of memories from this delightful write. What a wonderful way to start my day!

Nancy, you never fail to evoke a response in me from your poetry. Thank you!

hugs, Marti

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
–St. Francis of Assisi

Beki
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since 1999-09-15

Posts 1569
Newport Beach, CA, USA

16 posted 2005-05-06 11:51 AM

what a beautiful tribute well done!

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

17 posted 2005-05-06 12:28 PM

Your comments are so very much appreciated.
A special thank you to Serenity..
for helping us to look deeper into our souls.

Life is one great big canvas;
throw all the paint on it you can.
-Danny Kaye

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

18 posted 2005-05-07 12:11 PM

Nice...James

A Romantic Heart
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since 1999-09-03

Posts 5496
Forever In Your Heart

19 posted 2005-05-07 03:13 AM

Now I see where the Enchantress fairy gets her magic~

Magical poetry~

~ARH

"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments; love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

20 posted 2005-05-07 04:56 AM

Nancy...I hope you don't mind a guy replying to this lovely poem. Enjoyed very much.
Reminds me of being a young boy and trying too get the nerve up too talk to a girl without making a fool out of myself. Believe it or not I am still shy in real life...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

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