Forever Summer

Forever Summer

A Poem by Chris Shaw
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(Remembering Jen. First Anniversary. The skies lit up that night, 5th November, in a blaze of fireworks. She did it her way)

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her infectious smile greets me daily
beaming on my mahogany mantle
where she is free from death's dust

amid a flurry of forget me nots
that match her pale blue eyes
whose sparkle is forever summer

the melancholy of autumn days
followed by winter's wicked freeze
will not diminish her radiance

she of that lucent capacity
could lighten a darkened room,
gloom dissipated in her presence

it lifted like mist concealing a lake
taken away by a bold burnished sun
Jen my dearest childhood friend

remembering you always,
life goes on, though the song of you
remains strong and unforgettable

© 2019 Chris Shaw


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dear Chris... a year has passed... and still your poem
resonates in our heart. My Mom passed in December
about forty-two years ago. Her radiant smile still warms me
when I see her photo on our Mantel above a crackling fire.
Your poem dedicated to your friend is a legacy of gentle grace.
tenderly, Pat

Posted 1 Year Ago


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Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Dear Pat, thank you for bringing Jen back to me this morning. So pleased this poem also reminds you .. read more



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I am the last of my peer group. I still walk the streets of my hometown. But today I am alone. How well you evoke memory's ghost. Finely written, poet, finely written.

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1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Thank you so much. I appreciate you stopping by and leaving your thoughts.

Chris
dear Chris... a year has passed... and still your poem
resonates in our heart. My Mom passed in December
about forty-two years ago. Her radiant smile still warms me
when I see her photo on our Mantel above a crackling fire.
Your poem dedicated to your friend is a legacy of gentle grace.
tenderly, Pat

Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Dear Pat, thank you for bringing Jen back to me this morning. So pleased this poem also reminds you .. read more
What a beautiful tribute poem to your dear friend
This was truly beautiful I’m sure she heard it


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1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Thank you so much Julie for your lovely review.

Chris
Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)

1 Year Ago

It’s ok
I haven’t been in much I’ve lost my pojo for a while haven’t written in week.. read more
Good friends are hard to come by.

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1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

You aren't wrong there. Thanks for the read about one of mine.

Chris
Chris, what a beautiful tribute to your dear friend. Your love, her light, shine through, and the portraits you paint are fervently vivid.

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1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Thank you so much PamiAnde. Your thoughts welcome and appreciated.

Chris
I'm listening to one of favourite pieces of music at the moment. Patrick Cassidy's Vide Cor Meum. It fits these line so perfectly. Sad but exqusitly beautiful. A true monument of love.

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Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Many thanks Ken. I will make a point of checking that piece out. Pleased you enjoyed the read. All t.. read more
This a beautiful tribute. Happy and sad at same time. I loved it.

Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Thank you so much. I appreciate the read and the visit.

Chris
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I can feel this poem so much as I recently lost my brother in law to covid. Remembering those days can feel our heart with joy and pain equally.. You are a lovely soul and reading this poem I can feel that emotion through you...

Posted 1 Year Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Thank you Sima, for your kind thoughts. Have a lovely day.

Chris
Writers Cafe won'et let me post a one word review, but I have one word for this.

Beautiful.

Kindly,

Ruby

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Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Thank you dear Ruby. Your thoughts so appreciated.

Chris
very beautiful, very endearing, very heartwarming though we are reading about loss. a precious tribute dear Chris, some of your lines stand alone and hit the heart with the real personal touch leaving no doubts that it was Jane and only Jane... lovely and sad, the heart can't but feels both. amazing gem my friend. May she keep accompany You with her light and smile**

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Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Thank you lightsong for reviewing my tribute to a beautiful soul. A childhood friend. She is greatly.. read more
Aldo kraas

1 Year Ago

I really enjoyed reading
You poem
Keep up the good work
Chris Shaw

1 Year Ago

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I am so busy with family life at the moment, I wish I could.. read more

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Chris Shaw

Berkshire, United Kingdom



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Albert, my paternal grandfather introduced me to Tennyson when I was nine. I have loved poetry ever since but did not attempt writing a single piece until I was 40. It's never too late to try somethin.. more..

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