while rummaging in my
dressing table top drawer
for my mother’s blue-grey
long drop earrings
i found you
framed in gold
at thirty one
looking so damn handsome
one of your father’s better
photographic efforts
he captured that hungry look
in your hazel eyes
that melted mine
on our first meeting
your black hair curled slightly
clinging closely
where your shirt collar caressed
the nape of the neck i kissed
the neck and lips
i couldn’t resist
you were wearing the sweater
i knitted for you
every stitch worked lovingly
on steel needles
in four ply
patterned in complex cable
in shades of Cumbrian forest
fine pine trees
foreboding and dark
and how I pined for you
all those long months and nights
that distance kept us apart
when only the phone
reached home
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Author:
Cassie58 (
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Comments13
Oh Cassie your word pictures are so rich and here I'm very keen to know how it ended.....
Hello Dave, aren’t you nosey?😂 but at the same time you are so complimentary lol. Do you like happy endings?
Thank you so much for gracing my page.
Haunting nostalgia is the best I can do in English it is far better in Portuguese "saudade" conveys the feeling better where a longing feeling goes with the missing and fond memories all wrapped into one word. A lovely write Cassie
Thank you Soren for introducing me to “saudade”. I very much appreciate your lovely review. All the best to you.
You always put your heart and soul into your poetry dearest Cassie, and here is an overwhelming amount of emotion and imagery entwined in such beauty, love your last lines. On the end of the phone was all we had a few years back. 🌹
Yes, the end of a phone. Those were the days dear Teddy. Thank you for your lovely, and encouraging review and all the support you give my poetry efforts. Have a lovely evening. 🌹
So you found a photo of me age 31.
Fido says - Do shut up sometimes Orchi! lol.
Orchi, I assure you, it wasn’t you in my top dressing table drawer along with my frillies 😂 , but I thank you for stopping by.
Heehee.
This is breathtaking, each stanza speaks of such passion. Having been a knitter in younger years I can truly appreciate the love that went into every stitch of that sweater. I hope the lovers were united at last.
Dear Bella thank you so much for appreciating this write. It’s a new poem. My muse came back. You are right about the knitting. Every blooming stitch a labour of love , and a cable design too. Took me about six weeks to finish it and yes eventually we got together.🌹.
I love happy endings!
So beautiful
Thank you so much for stopping by. I appreciate you.
Gave me that long lost feeling that so frequently overcomes me. Excellently penned Cassie. 😊👍
Dear AP, aw, that long lost feeling . That is a little sad young man. Thank you for a very generous review.
Young man? (looks around) nobody young here, I'm vintage 1956. 😁
Ha ha, matured like fine wine or cheese. Take your pick 😀
hmmm, wine might make me tipsy, and cheese whimsy. I may have to resort to my tried and true milk and cookies. 🥛🍪
Hard to find a better description of being in love. Well done.
Many thanks Dan for a thoughtful review. I appreciate you stopping by.
Beautiful loving words Cassie.
Andy
Thank you Andy. Pleased you enjoyed this new poem. All the best.
this, like so many things you mention is so true to life .. you write beautifully C .. and near made this old fella's eyes water involuntarily ..
Aw, Neville. Did I make those eyes water? Thank you so much for your lovely review. My left eye is still watering too:)
beautifully written so much feeling to
you really have such a talent for writing dont ever stop
Hello Jim, thank you so much for your lovely review on my bit of nostalgia. Pleased that you enjoyed this new write of mine. Enjoy the rest of the evening.
Tremendous imagery.
Many thanks Thomas. I appreciate you.
A beautiful and
touching poem,
really pulls on the
heartstrings! 😢
Wonderful
share poetess!!
Best wishes 🤗 🐦 🌹 Thad
Dear Thad thank you for a very generous review. Pleased you enjoyed my efforts. Happy Thursday to you.
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