5/15/2012

Every Now and Then

Adapted from a bookplate image
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every now & then i see
smiles
every now & then
i see hints of him

as he spreads across the miles
every now & then
i hear him speak
in someone else’s rhyme

every now & then
i smile
and wonder where
he finds the time


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Written for Carry On Tuesday, where the prompt is "Every Now and Then" from the Bonnie Tyler song, Total Eclipse.

10 comments:

  1. This is poignant, Patti. A bit nostalgic. Sigh. I so know those feelings.

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  2. smiles are a good thing to spread across the miles you know...and time its there you just got to find it...smiles.

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  3. smiles are contagious, and that brings up people's moods when they were not smiling in the first place

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  4. A bit of nostalgia here but I smile every time I see smiles in my comments / blogs ~ See you Patti ~

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  5. Great rhythm, light tone... very refreshing, Patti. I love it!

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  6. hehe...i also wonder how he does it..love the speaking in someone else's rhythm...speaks to me of identification..

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  7. We often wonder how others could make it for us. The worst crime was not to acknowledge their sacrifices. He did find time! That was great Patti!

    Hank

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  8. You have that image down very clearly, speaking of him thru you.

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  9. Not a total eclipse of the heart here, only a partial one. I thought of a child, where the father is gone but you can still see glimpses of its father and the reasons for that love. Maybe just a personal read for me. Anyway the poem was very effective from the prompt!

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