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I Wish Aunt Emily were back at Home Posted: 10/7/2008 7:52:18 AM
This is one of my favourites, Jer. Thanks for re-posting it.

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Now is the time Posted: 10/5/2008 6:56:57 PM
. We Are the Dead We are the dead. We sit in our wheelchairs, heads bent, motionless, on either side of dim hospital corridors, and you wend your way between, pretending not to see us, avoiding our seemingly sightless gaze and our seemingly useless outstretched arms. And we lurk, unobserved, in quiet corners and inside little-known passages, amongst the gurgles and burps, the thumps and the thuds, the crackles and the cries and the rabid screams, and we hide in the silences too – those overwhelmingly dark silences that cover all. But our sightlessness is a fallacy, for we see you in your every step, and we tear at the tails of your coat, and we gnash our teeth when we see you gloat, and we bide our time, and we wait. We are the dead. And you pretend we do not exist. . cdn/05oct08 .

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Not even Google could answer that last one... Posted: 8/28/2008 3:44:33 PM
Just passing through and looked in. Thought I'd say "Hi." :)

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And now the twilight falls Posted: 8/26/2008 8:59:43 AM
^^^ :) Thanks for this.

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I was waiting for you Posted: 8/20/2008 9:06:06 AM
Fabulous! Thanks, Jer. :)

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Between Worlds Posted: 8/20/2008 8:57:07 AM
. Falling Falling to the sea in a halcyon breath that belies the constraints of being me, -- the pounding insistence, chaotic, unshod, tumultuous -- I return to the dormancy of origins. Fingers clench and unclench in a rhythmic transformation -- tighten, release -- -- tighten, release -- Tension loses its coherence, vanishing into the dissonance. Solitude wraps me in a worn woollen blanket, cold and heavy at the edges. . cdn/20aug08 .

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Between Worlds Posted: 8/19/2008 1:26:52 PM
I think you're right, Jer. I'm gonna drop the last stanza. Thanks! :)

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Between Worlds Posted: 8/19/2008 8:40:28 AM
Wow! Thanks, Beth, for an amazing write. Pleased that you left it here for me to find this morning. My thanks also to Goldenmare for stopping by to read. Always so nice to find new visitors. :) Always love to see you here too, Alyosha. * * * * * if only if only I knew where to find you and could fly there in an instant if only you could welcome me with arms wide and heart open as happy as I am to be found if only we could make a space in our worlds a space in which we'd each fit seamlessly if only I could know that loving you would be enough if only you could know that loving me would be enough if only time would stop and swallow us up if only I could see you again . cdn/19aug08 .

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Between Worlds Posted: 8/18/2008 7:00:55 AM
(first posted at Old Souls) . rage and so shall we rage insistent unyielding urgent voices crying out our pain ripping out our lungs disembodied breath falling lifeless flinging our hearts burnt and blackened striking our enemies bloodless fists dripping crimson no quarter no surrender no victory in pieces undaunted fallen . cdn/17aug08 .

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Old Souls......only Posted: 8/17/2008 5:48:37 PM
. and so shall we rage insistent unyielding urgent voices crying out our pain ripping out our lungs disembodied breath falling lifeless flinging our hearts burnt and blackened striking our enemies bloodless fists dripping crimson no quarter no surrender no victory in pieces undaunted fallen .

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Reluctant Poets Posted: 8/17/2008 4:28:13 PM
^^^ I'm lovin' these, Tim. Thanks! :)

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Rambles Posted: 8/17/2008 3:33:59 PM
And then there's this.... another, more "realistic" version.... ;) I dream of finding you on the sofa head waggling like a bladder on a stick, television blaring I dream of finding you in the cellar desperately searching for the drill bit (and swearing) (posted by a friend as a response on another site)

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Between Worlds Posted: 8/16/2008 3:40:48 PM
Thanks, Bluesofty and Tranquilrose, for leaving your beautiful words here. Please do come again. * * * * * I Dream I dream of finding you in a meadow, lying, content, lost among the daisies I dream of finding you in a forest, leaning, comfortable, against an ancient oak I dream of finding you by the roadside, shouldering a backpack, waiting for a lift I dream of finding you near a stream, poised, ready for immersion in cool waters I dream of finding you in a campground, sitting alone, the fire fading to embers I dream of finding you at the seashore, looking to the horizon, focused, pensive I dream of finding you on a mountaintop, exclaiming your accomplishments to the gods I dream of finding you ...reading, thinking, stargazing ......listening, dancing, laughing I dream of finding you dreaming, and waiting for me. . cdn/16aug08 . (posted by Manny's fire)

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Between Worlds Posted: 8/16/2008 3:38:08 PM
Yes, indeed we have, Jer, and indeed I do remember. I feel very fortunate to have enjoyed your friendship all this time. {{{hugs}}} * * * * * Replacing Sometimes there's no choice but to dig deep, pull out handfuls of yourself, the parts that aren't working anymore and toss them behind. Leave them to rot in the dirt. Then climb inside. Sit in the emptiness for a good long while. Wait quietly while the dark holes heal. Wait quietly until the edges are patched. And when the self of you says the time is right, accept a new infusion and glow. . cdn/04aug08 . (originally posted at Old Souls and other places)

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Rambles Posted: 8/16/2008 3:19:30 PM
. I dream I dream of finding you in a meadow ......lying, content, lost among the daisies I dream of finding you in a forest ......leaning, comfortable, against an ancient oak I dream of finding you by the roadside ......shouldering a backpack, waiting for a lift I dream of finding you near a stream ......poised, ready for immersion in cool waters I dream of finding you in a campground ......sitting alone, the fire fading to embers I dream of finding you on a mountaintop ......exclaiming your accomplishments to the gods I dream of finding you at the seashore ......looking to the horizon, focused, pensive I dream of finding you .....reading, thinking, stargazing .....listening, dancing, laughing I dream of finding you dreaming ......and waiting for me. . cdn/16aug08 .

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Shall We Play?????? Posted: 8/16/2008 7:39:59 AM
Hiya, Longte. Enjoyed your thoughts on genetic memory and always the rest too. In the chaos now, drawing deep to tap into the pasts that elude.

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Ramblesl Posted: 8/14/2008 8:22:19 PM
One of my favourites too, Manny. Amazing how those words ring just as true now as they did decades ago when it was written. Simple truths indeed.

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Old Souls......only Posted: 8/14/2008 7:54:06 AM
. In one instant of time, in one breeze blowing by, in one passing of a season, there’s life. ~ cdn

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Snapshots: cxiv Posted: 8/13/2008 8:08:27 AM
Ceiling fun? I'm in!! (sorry... couldn't resist ) (and thanks for the poem... I love it!!...and I know exactly whereof you speak)

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That boy is with me still Posted: 8/11/2008 5:35:25 PM
Your love for your family, and your concern for the downtrodden of the world, are so evident in this poem. Beautiful. :)

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Between Worlds Posted: 8/5/2008 8:24:01 AM
Thanks, Jer. I had fun writing that one. :) * * * * * Flying There are many places across this land where my soul takes wing, lifted above the mundane worries that fill my days I have looked down from the sky to see puddles of farmyards amongst squares of green and gold barns and houses huddled together as though protecting each other from cloud-shadows that converge and engulf and rivers, like sparkling ribbons, fallen loosely across the prairie's fabric I have gazed across northern lakes in the early morning mist and listened to mated loons as they dive, surface, and call to each other ...dive, surface, call ......dive, surface, call .........dive, surface, call reassuring each other of their continued presence, and the forest looks on, deeply satisfied. And I have returned to my roots where the geography is about the people... the faces and the voices that have offered me these wings. Soon I will go again to follow the call of the sea, the call that pulls me ever forward. . cdn/04aug08 . (from Reluctant Poets)

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Old Souls......only Posted: 8/4/2008 6:25:47 PM
. Sometimes there's no choice but to dig deep, pull out handfuls of yourself, the parts that aren't working anymore and toss them behind. Leave them to rot in the dirt. Then climb inside. Sit in the emptiness for a good long while. Wait quietly while the dark holes heal. Wait quietly until the edges are patched. And when the self of you says the time is right, accept a new infusion and glow. .

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Reluctant Poets Posted: 8/4/2008 5:47:54 PM
. There are many places across this land where my soul takes wing, lifted above the mundane worries that fill my days I have looked down from the sky to see puddles of farmyards amongst squares of green and gold barns and houses huddled together as though protecting each other from cloud-shadows that converge and engulf and rivers, like sparkling ribbons, fallen loosely across the prairie's fabric I have gazed across northern lakes in the early morning mist and listened to mated loons as they dive, surface, and call to each other ...dive, surface. call ......dive, surface, call .........dive, surface, call reassuring each other of their continued presence, and the forest looks on, deeply satisfied. And I have returned to my roots where the geography is about the people... the faces and the voices that have offered me these wings. Soon I will go again to follow the call of the sea, the call that pulls me ever forward. . cdn/04aug08 .

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Reluctant Poets Posted: 8/4/2008 4:35:17 PM
^^^ A nicely crafted piece, T. I enjoyed reading it, and had to come back for a second look. :)

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Snapshots: Cvi Posted: 8/3/2008 6:33:12 AM
Oh, I love this one, Jer. :)

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Reluctant Poets Posted: 7/28/2008 8:07:11 AM
:) I read.... I inhale.... I assimilate.... but I have no writes. My poetic well has wrung dry....

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Snapshots: Lxxxxvii Posted: 7/25/2008 6:34:42 AM
I like reading about life in your shtetl. It's an oh-so-delightful departure from what's going on in mine.

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Snapshots: Lxxxxvii Posted: 7/25/2008 5:45:17 AM
What an adorable (and unusual) name. And what a lovely poem. :)

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Snapshots: Lxxxix Posted: 7/17/2008 7:35:30 AM
I haven't commented here for awhile, but you should know how much I love these vignettes. I come here looking for them every day, just as I have read and loved and looked for them daily in other places where we have shared space over the past couple of years. Your cafe moments -- no matter what title they're posted under, and no matter what time zone I'm reading from -- have long been an integral part of my day. :)

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/7/2008 2:43:33 PM
and this too will pass... washed away by blue-green sea cleansed by ocean waves

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/7/2008 11:26:06 AM
give up and thee die what a sad, shameful waste always a new goal

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Haiku Game #2 Posted: 7/7/2008 10:49:38 AM
ten four your deady left behind me, flat, lifeless cover me with brush

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/7/2008 10:48:22 AM
YES WE CAN! .....old man don't rush to your dotage so many good years left

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Haiku Game #2 Posted: 7/7/2008 10:32:51 AM
almost death odour now tingling pairs of nostrils road kill anyone?

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 10:18:12 PM
But John is his name (taking your last five syllables) he who grew the apple trees one seed at a time

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Haiku Game #2 Posted: 7/5/2008 10:16:34 PM
don't stop believin' there's a million dreams a day comin' true for you

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 5:24:55 PM
words and thoughts abound spilling from the page's edge falling on the floor

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 5:21:11 PM
seas, wind, rain, fire, earth elements of truth and life joined reality

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 4:49:29 PM
^^^ hahaha! missing in action can't find my hairbrush noplace! show yourself to me he has a burnout! hot rubber left on pavement screeching down the line

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 4:42:34 PM
pulling beams along the sun trails out ribbons of sparkling golden thread will not go away underlying negatives get out of my head!

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 4:01:36 PM
no ice or frost there only tall waving palm trees dancing on the beach

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Haiku Game #2 Posted: 7/5/2008 3:30:53 PM
see what will appear peek-a-boo games delight them children having fun

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 3:29:16 PM
Voila, melody! when voices join together creating beauty

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 2:08:55 PM
leave them on the steps all those ancient past heartaches start over again

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 2:03:30 PM
foxholes specialty! but God they hated the mud caked thick on their boots

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Haiku Game #2 Posted: 7/5/2008 2:02:22 PM
cock-a-doodle-doo it's morning over here too sunrise blazes bright

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 1:52:41 PM
Manny, the family addition is still just a glint in his dad & mom's eye.... (my soon-to-be-married-I-hope son and almost-daughter-in-law, who are planning a family of four) with a ten foot pole! [ it isn't??? ] I can drag you into range quit diggin' your heels!

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 12:29:49 PM
Proud and exulted welcoming new addition to the family

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Haiku #3 Posted: 7/5/2008 12:24:30 PM
Hiya Manny.... :) Great word! Defibrillation A blast with big flat paddles Kickstart your heart -- Bang!

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Haiku Game #2 Posted: 7/5/2008 12:20:00 PM
play tricks on the eyes visual distortions and spatial illusions

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