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"Time marked those days

with a simple grace

and it seemed we loved

from dusk till dawn

and even now

I can see your face

lit by fireflies

as you cross the lawn "

Made me cry today. Thanks, Paul. :-)

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Thank you, Mary

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Apr 29Liked by Paul Wittenberger

This has touched my heart. Beautiful.

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Thank you, Monica.

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Apr 29·edited Apr 29Author

Grateful to @KMPatriot for restacking this, Thank you!

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Apr 29Liked by Paul Wittenberger

“Time marked those days

with a simple grace

and it seemed we loved

from dusk till dawn

and even now

I can see your face

lit by fireflies

as you cross the lawn “

Beautiful.

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Thank you, Lor

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Relate to your sun down nostalgia loss is a memory remembered with tears of joy of the moments hugged under stars above.

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Thanks for reading and commenting, Richard

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A love I can dream about. 🦕

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Thank you, Wendy

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Apr 29Liked by Paul Wittenberger

So sooooo beautiful, but I think I need to send you a hug!! xx

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Hugs accepted, Francesca—Thank you!

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Apr 29Liked by Paul Wittenberger

Wow. …when I loved you… 🧡

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Thank you, Stella

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Apr 29Liked by Paul Wittenberger

So lovely.

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Thank for reading and commenting, Marilyn—I'm grateful!

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That is so beautiful and heartfelt. Visual and softly textural.

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Thanks for reading and commenting, Elizabeth!

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Absolutely beautiful. I couldn’t get past the ending without tears. I’m grateful to experience poetry that provokes such emotion. Hoping that you have personally experienced such joy, but not such loss.

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Thank you, Maureen. The poem gave itself to me after several tries but it’s not based on any specific personal loss.

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Not sure if I've mentioned this before, Paul, but your writing very much reminds me of my absolute favorite songwriter, Bill Morrissey (even as I write this, I seem to remember a conversation about it). You and he both evoke that same working-man nostalgia for love and loss and the simple things.

Another fabulous poem; thank you, Paul!

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I think you might have mentioned him, Don.

"Birches" is a good introduction to his work.

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Apr 29Liked by Paul Wittenberger

A perfectly crafted song if there ever was one.

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Apr 29Liked by Paul Wittenberger

I hate to admit to playing the part of Warren a couple times! 🙁

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:-)That's right

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Apr 29Liked by Paul Wittenberger

Hopefully the neighbors called in advance before visiting.

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They were a nosey lot, Stan.

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Apr 29Liked by Paul Wittenberger

Love as it’s meant to be 💙

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Thank you, Diane!

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Beautiful and heartbreaking ❤

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Thank you, Anna

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Apr 30Liked by Paul Wittenberger

How Beautiful

How Touching

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