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Parker Owens

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  1. You say it so very well. I very much like the second and fifth stanzas; they hit home to me especially. This poem is itself a blessing.
  2. This makes me terribly sad, and sadder still to know someone caused you pain so that you had to write this.
  3. Thank you tim. Like yourself, this poem is a gift to all of us. And I will remember and be glad.
  4. Parker Owens

    Invitation

    Thank you, tim, for reading these, and for your encouragement.
  5. Parker Owens

    Invitation

    Dear jp, I am so glad there is much that is tangible in this; I did hope for that kind of earthy approach. Your kind words are very encouraging. Thank you.
  6. Parker Owens

    Invitation

    Thank you, Gary. You are enormously kind. I hope Santa approves, as you do. I shall keep an ear out for reindeer.
  7. Parker Owens

    Invitation

    Thr solstice heartens me. Days will lengthen, even as the winter day go on. The cold will not be forever. But in the meantime, let there be fires, and warmth, and every good thing we celebrate. Thank you for reading!
  8. Parker Owens

    Invitation

    Yes, I think your hearing is excellent. Thank you for reading!
  9. Parker Owens

    Invitation

    Thank you. All that soaring metaphor needs to come to a more concrete resting place. A blanket and a fire seem pretty good to me. I am glad you liked these.
  10. Parker Owens

    Invitation

    Thank you, Val. Autumn is done, and the warm fire seems an appropriate place to be right now. I’m grateful you have read these.
  11. Parker Owens

    Invitation

    Invitation Come, sweet dying, blest disorder, overwhelm and give no quarter, climbing up the mountain higher, crest the peak, and cross the border. Come, descendant of desire, sweep the hearth and stoke the fire, visit with your fleet delighting, joy our very souls inspire. Come, the blanket's so inviting, deeper knowledge there inciting, kiss begun in languid leisure, every muscle now uniting; Come, fruition of our pleasure, let us join in fu
  12. "I don't just read a book. I have a conversation with the author." - Elbert Hubbard
  13. Parker Owens

    Chapter 10

    This is a great story of rediscovery. I love it. Thank you.
  14. Number 32...you knew what I like to hear! Wonderful!
  15. Parker Owens

    The Way of Life

    Such a vivid description of a morning after...a morning when the waking poet needed hope, perhaps. Beautifully told and painted.
  16. Parker Owens

    Surviving

    Oh, sweet mercy, what a mess. And now you want me to just walk away? No, no, brother, I’d love to see more. So much of this hits very close and hard. It’s already stuck in my head. Thanks for sharing this much.
  17. Parker Owens

    Masquerade

    How silly of me; your question never occurred to me - but of course one would want to know. I can see another poem getting itself ready. Thank you for your idea and for reading this series.
  18. Parker Owens

    Masquerade

    Thank you, Dugh. And I quite agree about Seduction’s dance.
  19. Parker Owens

    Masquerade

    I can recall a partners like that, those whose masks we recognized, but whose nature could not dance wholly with our own. And yet we still watch, and hope to dance with the right partner. Thank you so much for reading!
  20. Parker Owens

    Masquerade

    You see things very clearly. That one we admit into our hearts can be our undoing, can’t it? Glad you liked the charactizations in stanza two. Thank you so much for reading this one!
  21. Parker Owens

    Masquerade

    I’m glad you enjoyed that second stanza as much as I did writing it. This was a fun one to write.
  22. Parker Owens

    Masquerade

    Thank you, jp. I really appreciate your reading this series, and your comments.
  23. Parker Owens

    Masquerade

    Masquerade Who are these figures in the dance of Autumn's heady, sweet romance? I know I ought to recognize their faces as they sport and prance. I know Attraction by his eyes, and Mystery goes in disguise, see how Seduction rocks and sways to bring his partner up to size. But there are others in my gaze on whom my wishful thinking plays, broad shouldered, blond, with smile serene, and tinted orbs in blues and greys. Love's retinue I
  24. I am still reeling from Election Day, 2016. CJ’s reaction was understated, compared to my own. He did amazingly well, did all that he could do - and you entertained us with it all along the way. Thank you for the ride, my friend.
  25. A marvelous recording unknown to me until now...how unexpectedly the melismatic chant connects to the jazz... wonderful!
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