SHE THINKS OF HIM.

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Svetlana Goryacheva Feb 24, 2009, 4:28am EST

Heartfelt and touching... love that never fades or goes away...

Blessings and best wishes - S.

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Lexa Daily Feb 24, 2009, 4:46am EST

As well it shouldn't go away, the memory of him. Well expressed feelings of loss.

Lexa -- Points Nation

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regina k. Feb 24, 2009, 5:09am EST

i know what is feels like

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Kushal Poddar Feb 24, 2009, 5:51am EST

The yearning is curved to immortality.
…
Surfer’s blue

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Sarah Honenberger Feb 24, 2009, 6:34am EST

Certainly universal. If you want to really draw people in to your poems, you need to use more that's personal and not the old cliches. Are a lover's kisses really soft? What words of passion? Let us hear them, see them in your poem. Using summary words doesn't give us any details. Think of the Simon and Garfunkel song about the afternoon and the dangling conversation. There are details for you that evoke a strong emotion. That's what you need to make your poetry really hit a nerve. You don't want, this is nice. You want, this is powerful.

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Nancy Biri Feb 24, 2009, 8:47am EST

nice

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jerome k. Feb 24, 2009, 9:39am EST

Magic, Terry. You always surprise me!

Peace.

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Vicky P. Feb 24, 2009, 9:49am EST

Missing your love is truly the hardest of all. Wonderfully written.

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tammie p. Feb 24, 2009, 11:28am EST

very nice

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Teresa A. Feb 24, 2009, 12:37pm EST

Beautiful!

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Nora Davenport Feb 24, 2009, 12:39pm EST

Wow, Terry, this is one of the most beautiful poems I've ever read....I've suffered many losses in my life, and this poem brought tears to my eyes........this is a perfect poem, so very well written. This is one powerful poem.....it needs NO changes!

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Terry Collett Feb 24, 2009, 1:55pm EST

I have never been a Slyvia Plath type confessional poet it's not my genre, nor do I sit for hours looking for the right word as if it were a jigsaw puzzle: I write what comes from whatever source(Muse) and grab it and nail it down as if it were a jazz solo snatched from the air. That is how I write; that is me. All 38 years of writing poetry.

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Anna Cellmer Feb 24, 2009, 2:05pm EST

Beautiful and I think most of us have such someone to miss this way and to keep memories of these special moments that are so precious for us forever

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Jim Ross Feb 24, 2009, 3:27pm EST

Well done, Terry. Loved the flow and message.

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Adrian Eve Revenaugh Feb 24, 2009, 7:02pm EST

Terry,
This feels as fresh as this week's loss. The palpable tightness of chest and throat. The tight dryness that stays forever.

And I thought I'd be able to hold back from commenting. Not be so attracted to your work.
Try and leave room for others to newly discover the great stuff I read first thing everyday and always before throwing in the towel at night. Just keeps getting richer my man!

(and what a beautiful image, softly sensuous.)

Thanks Terry,
Again

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Bard Constantine Feb 24, 2009, 7:04pm EST

Know what I hate? People that go to other people's articles and try to instruct them how to write.

Know what I love? People that can write in ways that connect with the reader, with their own voice and style. People that can write poems like this one.

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