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A Secret Message

A solemn scent of brioche scrapes along waking eyes and my freedom comes alive morning songs of the sandpiper float around as I revel in secrets that light the glowing sun Irreplaceable memories dive deep and I struggle for breath to speak of past promises longing to forget clouded nights pestered by petrichor pains letting star-kissed memories disappear in the wind Stretches and a friendly hello gather me back in cappuccino fragments filter through the cracks parchment paper visions elope with wistful daydreams dancing with feathered friends and tangled sunbeams

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 6/8/2017 10:46:00 AM
I can never keep them dang sunbeams straight!
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Date: 6/7/2017 11:15:00 PM
Oh brioche and cappuccino, I'll have some more please!! Wonderful imagery in this secret message of yours Tim. I really love it.....Maria
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Date: 6/7/2017 10:01:00 AM
Your poem reminded of the 'Madeleine' moment in Proust where perception can rekindle memories and make them come alive. Here, the scent of brioche and the 'friendly hello' seem to bring you back to the light of day where happier visions take over as you struggle to leave behind the 'irreplaceable memories' of a pain not yet healed. Amitiés
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Date: 6/7/2017 5:59:00 AM
Good Morning Tim. Your Quatrains are lovely. Your Title is inspired which tells the reader to turn the page. Your words and expression all equal poetry. Honestly. I know you ended your entry with rhyming however I am glad and impressed that the remaining entry was not rhymed for this entry and expression did not require it. You made a wise choice. Allow me to say the secret message lies within the parchment paper for baking. Baking a relationship of love with all her aromas flavors and more. This is marvelous poetry. Be proud of it. It was an honor to read.
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Date: 6/6/2017 9:40:00 PM
A secret message - I love them! Now I wonder what it could be! Beautiful imagery in this poem, Tim :)
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Date: 6/6/2017 9:15:00 PM
Very touching, and yes know I see is 3-2, LOL There is beauty always in making another happy, I love when I see that! :)
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Date: 6/6/2017 5:17:00 PM
Happy days but sad dreams?
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Date: 6/6/2017 5:16:00 PM
FANTASTIC imagery, Tim. Wow!!
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Date: 6/6/2017 4:51:00 PM
Just chillin' :) Enjoying the day. Great poem, Tim!
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Date: 6/6/2017 4:05:00 PM
Oh , this is so nice Tim. I really enjoyed this :)
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Date: 6/6/2017 2:46:00 PM
This is beautiful Tim. makes me wonder...what is the secret message and did they find it. :)
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Date: 6/6/2017 2:05:00 PM
- Who can avoid loving this beautiful poem ... I hear the bird song, Tim - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 6/6/2017 1:51:00 PM
I love secret messages on parchment for feathered friends :) What a beautiful poem, love the image of tangled sunbeams... The second stanze especially speaks to me.
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Tim Smith
Date: 6/6/2017 1:54:00 PM
Thanks for the inspiration my friend.
Date: 6/6/2017 1:49:00 PM
Must have been a lazy day off, because my work-day mornings are never this nice. Well done Tim! - Dean
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Tim Smith
Date: 6/6/2017 1:54:00 PM
Thanks Dean...im off doing rehab so I am enjoying them while I still can.
Date: 6/6/2017 1:48:00 PM
Tim, this is wonderful my friend! Is the word petrichor like after a long drought the first rain?
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Tim Smith
Date: 6/6/2017 1:52:00 PM
It is the smell you get after that soaking rain.

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