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Lexie Emery
(no, she's Blake now, of course) ...
Hadn't seen her for years
- fifty to be precise -
It was the reunion of the drama group,
couldn't believe she was still with us.
Recognized the awful voice,
deep,
noisily penetrating.
She used to play piano,
belting out familiar tunes
with more enthusiasm
than accuracy.
Mum used to say
'I wish she'd use a few more chords.'
She also trod the boards of the old hall
with great ebullience,
memorable as the headmistress
in 'The Happiest Days of you Life',
eyebrows drawn on with black pencil,
rough as bags.
Audiences loved her.
Her second child was born at home
Mum told me,
delivered her on the floor by herself -
Such a plain baby...
Re-married after John died
(suddenly of a heart attack) -
a younger man,
much younger,
'So embarrassing,
but he really adores me, ' she said.
Funny, she outlived him as well...
I promised I'd visit,
put her number in my phone.
I must give her a ring -
I suppose she won't be around for much longer...
Alison Cassidy
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Saturday, January 27, 2007 |
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011 |
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Comments about this poem (Lexie
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Esther Leclerc (2/10/2007 8:42:00 AM)
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Nothing like the genuine article: love 'em or hate 'em you MUST respect them... I think I'd both fear and love this person! Wonderful, Allie. Esther : ]
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Jim Foulk (2/7/2007 4:27:00 PM)
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a very beautiful piece of work Alison
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Brian Dorn (2/3/2007 11:06:00 PM)
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Whether real or made up... the characterization is phenominal. Good stuff, Alison! !
Brian
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Chuck Audette (1/31/2007 5:42:00 PM)
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ooh, my ears! I feel like I've been leaning over the fence with a neighbor. -chuck
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gone gone (1/28/2007 11:49:00 PM)
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Allie
another vividly textured painting from your gallery......again, a coming-to-life on the page.....fine details, both interior and exterior.......you've immortalized yet another being........how rich and full your life has been and is.....how could it be otherwise...you see with the eyes of your heart......and hear with the ears of your soul.....lovely........
Love, D.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Ernestine Northover (1/28/2007 11:44:00 AM)
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Great story, loved it. Felt as if I was listening to the other side of a conversation. Nice way of explaining this character, she was quite real.
Love and hugs Ernestine XXX
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Frank James Ryan, Jr. (1/28/2007 1:55:00 AM)
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Vivid Imagework takes you into the life of this individual as if we have had the pleasure ogf knowing them too....Brilliant dipiction & language...FJR
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Uriah Hamilton (1/27/2007 6:56:00 PM)
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But everything is eternal including your heart and your poem.
Uriah
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