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Rosewood Apothecary
Rosewood Apothecary
May 12, 2023 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Frenchie

In life we may touch others
Set beautiful things in motion
Sway and bolster the hearts
Of our family and friendships

All our kind actions and loving words
Moving like ripples on the surface
Outward projections of love
Rocking sleepy boats with reverberant lullabies

Echos in time whose source has expired
Don’t ever cease to exist
So long as there are ears to hear
The notes of a loving life can never decay

Let us live forever in this refrain
And not despair for physical loss
Rather, sing authentic songs of self
Composed of love and memory

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - draft

About the Author

Region, Country: U.S.A., USA

Favorite Poets: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman. I’m enamored by the work of lyricists such as Robert Hunter, John Barlow, John Dyer Baizley, and Tom Marshall just to name a handful.

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Comments

RoseBlack

RoseBlack

2 years 2 months ago

Beautiful

This a heartfelt, honest write. The memory of an incredible life is not one that is ever forgotten. Well done.

Geezer

Geezer

2 years 2 months ago

I love the poem...

and the theme. I agree that a well-done life, worth remembering, will not easily be forgotten. I've always said; that "If at least one person remembers you, you still live". This is a fine example of a free-form poem that gives much to think about. Your
language use is great, and the smoothness and pace make this a piece to be read over and over. ~ Geez.
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Lavender

Lavender

2 years 2 months ago

Frenchie

Hello, Tim,
Beautiful poetry, inspiring final stanza. I can't help but wonder about the title, but I sense it is pretty personal.
Thanks,
L

Seren

Seren

2 years 2 months ago

Dear Tim

The ripples of love wash over all that live and commit deeply to life. This is an extraordinarily beautiful write.

Echos in time whose source has expired
Don’t ever cease to exist
So long as there are ears to hear
The notes of a loving life can never decay

This is my favourite stanza

Thank you for sharing your amazing gift

Regards

Jayne

Rosewood Apothecary

Rosewood Apothecary

2 years 1 month ago

You are all so amazing

I lost a very close childhood friend recently to cancer. Frenchie was a nickname he picked up when he moved out to Colorado about 20 years ago. His family is French Canadian descent like so many in the textile belt so it’s fitting. He was the freest of spirits and lived every minute of his life under his own terms. He was a talented artist and musician as well as a lover of nature and an avid fly fisherman. He was loved by many and he touched the lives of literally thousands of people as his favorite band Phish has publicly immortalized him on stage twice already.

It’s nice to have support here. I fear my grief has only just begun and he is just so deeply imbedded into core of my very existence it a type of grief I think I’ll endure eternally and if that’s the cost of his immortality I willingly carry the burden.

Lavender

Lavender

2 years 1 month ago

Condolences, Tim,

It sounds like he was an amazing person. You have written a beautiful tribute.
L

Geezer

Geezer

2 years 1 month ago

Absolutely...

you have written a great tribute and I know that he will be with you for all the rest of your days. When you lose a friend/brother
of that length of time, it is very hard. Sometimes, I think that I will send my departed brother from another mother, a meme, or a holiday greeting, before I realize that he isn't going to answer. True friendship brings those moments. Nicely done, ~ Geez.
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