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To Do Again For the First Time

Dive deep into my inner place once more, maybe twice. Fly while standing still, as I did before I learned the truth. Lose myself in painting to the point of no breath or thought beyond the canvas. Write with abandon about heart, butterflies, and her fierce beauty. Walk among white marble tombs, eat crawfish jambalaya, dance the zydeco. One more glass of wine, just the one... Any more and I’m lost. Never lose myself again to the blackness of no memory.

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Shadow Hamilton

Date: 8/2/2013 5:34:00 AM

Very good write super poem congrats on win Shadow smiles

Skat A

Date: 8/1/2013 11:14:00 PM

Jack, enjoyed the poem... congrats...... LOVE ~SKAT~

Connie Gildersleeve

Date: 7/31/2013 4:57:00 PM

Jack congratulations on your superb win. Enjoyed this fine write. Warm Smiles, Connie

Danesh Morgan

Date: 7/30/2013 4:24:00 PM

Congrats sun you on your win Jack!

Jack Jordan
Date: 7/30/2013 5:15:00 PM

Thank you, Danesh... Jack

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 7/30/2013 8:33:00 AM

Jack, congratulations... luv..Linda

Jack Jordan
Date: 7/30/2013 5:14:00 PM

Thanks for everything, especially your support... Jack

Karen Anglesey

Date: 5/17/2013 7:51:00 PM

Your captivating lines are more than perfection. Imagery and theme divine.

Jack Jordan
Date: 7/30/2013 5:13:00 PM

Great! So far as I know, painting and wine are made for each other... Jack

Karen Anglesey
Date: 5/17/2013 7:53:00 PM

I want to add that I am attempting an oil painting and this inspired me so much. Even to the glass of wine.

Mario De Paz

Date: 5/17/2013 10:55:00 AM

Beautyful description of memory fluctuating in the past as often happens overnight when sleeping is interrupted and it becomes hard to sleep again....

Jack Jordan
Date: 5/17/2013 12:21:00 PM

Thanks for the comment, Mario. I really appreciate it. Jack

Donna Jones

Date: 5/16/2013 9:43:00 PM

Love it all especially the third one Jack...awesome...take care...

Jack Jordan
Date: 5/17/2013 7:59:00 AM

Thanks. That was my favorite too. Have a good weekend. Jack

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/16/2013 1:29:00 PM

... feeling of losing oneself in deep darkness, which you must fight your way out of (?) - Terrible feeling ..... - A great poem Jack. - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)

Jack Jordan
Date: 5/16/2013 10:02:00 PM

Thanks, Anne-Lise. Yes, that's exactly what I meant... Jack

Audrey Haick

Date: 5/16/2013 1:23:00 PM

: ) Love your work. All of this is a part of your life's intricate tapestry and regardless, it is a beautiful thing to look back and see how far you've come! Regardless of where you'e been, the fact is you now know where you do not want to go. Wonderful work, Jack. Will read more. Thank you for reading, "A Mystery" and your kind comment.

Jack Jordan
Date: 5/16/2013 3:30:00 PM

And thank you, Annalis, for your kind words... Jack

Timothy Hicks

Date: 5/16/2013 9:16:00 AM

To experience things for the first time over again. How cool would that be? I often feel like that when I get really into a book... I wish I could forget it all and then re-read it. I liked the feel of this one... the painting almost seemed real enough to walk inside of one.

Jack Jordan
Date: 5/16/2013 9:37:00 AM

I've done it a few time, and there are those I'll never do again, want to or not.