Thursday, January 5, 2023

Tessy And The Angel Trails Comments

Rating: 5.0

When she was young
she loved to lay in wide open spaces,
intently gazing far away into the sky.
With a divinely silent patience
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Smoky Hoss
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Jayne Louise Davies 25 February 2023

Congratulations for POD! Well deserved x

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Richard Wlodarski 24 February 2023

POD brought a revisit from me to this ever so beautiful poem. Heartiest of Congrats on POD, Smoky! BTW, Gerard Kerouac actually experienced heavenly visions while looking up at the sky. The nuns recorded them!

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Kim Barney 24 February 2023

Smoky, heartiest congratulations! This poem well deserves the recognition of Member Poem of the Day!

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Rob Lamberton 24 February 2023

Congratulations on the recognition today!

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Rob Lamberton 24 February 2023

Time and experiences together are the best!

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Congratulations, Poet Smoky Hoss, on POD. And POD gave directed me to this poem, which had somehow escaped my attention. All the best dear poet

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Sylvia Frances Chan 21 January 2023

Congratulations being on the Best Member Poems, truly a great poem by a great heart. This is such a brilliant poem and still very touching, very heart-touching and heartwarming. TOP Score 5 Stars and the whole galaxy for you and your darling daughter, dear Smoky!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 21 January 2023

This is most beautifully said and so heart-touching, my eyes get warm and tears are flowing along my cheeks, not on purpose, but just try to read this Beauty of a poem, then you will experience like me

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Susan Williams 21 January 2023

Yes! ! ! ! ! you are a lovely Father! ! ! You shall get a lifetime out of that gentle moment in time! ! ! and now I won't see the contrails in the sky without saying 'Look, Angel Trails' this is absolutely heart warming, my friend--top marks and favorited!

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Belle Wassermeister 17 January 2023

Smoky, congratulations! This poem is #14 today on the 'best member poems' list!

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Cowboy Ron Williams 15 January 2023

Partner, this is wonderful! To my favorites!

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Richard Wlodarski 11 January 2023

This is what poetry is all about! Smoky, May You See So Many Angel Trails In The New Year!

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Bri Edwards 10 January 2023

As TV's Jackie Gleason used to say (in my youth) : 'How sweet it is! ' five stars. bri : )

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Bri Edwards 10 January 2023

vapor trail = 'contrail noun con·​trail ˈkän-ˌtrāl : streaks of condensed water vapor created in the air by an airplane or rocket at high altitudes

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Bri Edwards 10 January 2023

& line 10: 'lying', not 'laying'

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Bri Edwards 10 January 2023

line 2: I say use 'lie', not 'lay', though LOTS and LOTS of others would use 'lay' as well. Some verb conjugations [WHATEVER 'conjugation' means! ! ] are especially easy to 'misuse', even for ME! bri ;)

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Smoky Hoss 14 January 2023

Thanks Bri!

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Kim Barney 10 January 2023

I remember seeing a low-budget western movie years ago. A lonely scene, out in the desert, with cowboys and covered wagons... and a contrail up in the sky.

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Smoky Hoss 14 January 2023

Way back then, they must have been angel trails!

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Kim Barney 10 January 2023

Anything that links father and daughter is a good thing. Reading this poem gives one a deeply satisfying feeling. Thanks for posting this.

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Sandra Feldman 10 January 2023

What a magical poem! Written with such clarity, innocence and love. Beautifully written and blessed by the angels from above.

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LeeAnn Azzopardi 10 January 2023

Smoky this is brilliantly wonderful

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