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Re: Re: Re: kasperhoe
Thank you, kasper. Profound effect, those words had upon you. Words have a way of doing that... You own them now! 
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Sea_Gypsy
on November 21, 2016 at 9:04 PM
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Re: Re: kasperhoe
I don't remember exactly who it was, RPresta. But I'd guess it was my sister one night we were watching "The Shining" starring Jack Nicholson.
But as time passed by, I guess I took those words as a thought of mine.
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kasperhoe
on November 20, 2016 at 12:26 PM
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Re: kasperhoe
Thanks, kasper, glad you liked it! But even more so, how interesting that it evoked a memory from your childhood that stays with you still. It was such a strong comment to you then, that even how, your 'Darkened Corner' remains, albeit in a positive fashion. May I ask, who is the person who said that to you about not knowing what's in the dark? Really fascinating. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 18, 2016 at 11:14 AM
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I don't know if I'm soulless
but I really liked this poem. No, sorry... I LIKE it. 
Actually, after reading your poem, I just thought of something that I was told as a child. "You never know what's in the dark". And since then I've been fascinated by the dark fiction.
posted by
kasperhoe
on November 17, 2016 at 12:49 PM
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Re: BC-A
Oh, yes! Hah, I have most certainly been accused of that! It runs in my family to be melodramtic at times... You should have seen an entire group of us together at once!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 16, 2016 at 6:07 PM
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A beautiful and maybe melodramatic poetic scene of your personal Back To The Future or The Time Machine by H.G. Wells love.
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BC-A
on November 16, 2016 at 4:56 PM
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Very interesting poem 
posted by
Chuck_E_Ibrahim
on November 16, 2016 at 4:17 PM
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Re: C_C_T
Thank you for the kind words, CC. I appreciate them. You are too nice...
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 16, 2016 at 1:02 PM
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No it is fine RP , it is not long ago that folk believed these things, anything told to a child does remain somewhere in the mind. You just saw warmth, your Mother tried to protect you from things she was probably told as a child. My Mother told me once that she was always afraid as a child it was only what the old ladies had told her. No need to fear this poem. It is OK.
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C_C_T
on November 16, 2016 at 10:19 AM
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Re: shobana
Thank you, shobana. This is about humans who are not nice. Soulless. I shall pull it in a bit because it is troubling for readers.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 16, 2016 at 10:11 AM
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I suppose they equate hell with fire but the poem is very intriguing. The fire does consume and I wonder at the title being "soulless".
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shobana
on November 16, 2016 at 5:13 AM
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Re: Nautikos
Thank you, Naut. Yep, I can do that also, and enjoy it very much! No Devils pop out or appear to me, either! LOL! This was not about one's fireplace. There are a very few people, very few, who are evil, but it's a rare time that I will use that term. Perhaps I should unpublish this one...
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Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 9:37 PM
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RP
An interesting poem! I cansit and stare into the fire for a long time, sometimes lost in thought, sometimes just mesmerized by the play of the flames - that is until I have to get up to add some wood, LOL..To me fire is simply an interesting phenomenon, but the Devil doesn't appear to me - he only visits those who believe in him...
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Nautikos
on November 15, 2016 at 8:29 PM
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Re: Lanetay
You are so right, Lanetay! And I had never even considered that. Of course, I didn't ever think of it much, either. It was out of character for my mother. I would never have said that...
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 7:26 PM
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Re: UKUSA
Thank you, UKUSA. You read it right. Shalom, shalom. Peace.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 7:24 PM
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Re: FSI
They do, it seems they really do. They try so hard.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 7:23 PM
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Re: Aba
Thanks, Aba, very much. xo
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 7:22 PM
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Re: WileyJohn
It is indeed, Wiley, and one I rarely use.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 7:20 PM
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RPresta
That Devil is a cautious word indeed.
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 15, 2016 at 5:22 PM
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Re: Kabu
What an interesting question! I think it was a little of all of that. I may have appeared a bit too fixated; I had been terribly burned by a neighbor boy with a sparkler the year before that (it all healed) so she would think to warn me, though it wasn't necessary. My mom most likely, without thinking, was repeating susperstitions from her childhood.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 4:08 PM
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like a siren calling to the small child and I wonder, was it a Mother's warning to remember or did something hideous happen.
posted by
Kabu
on November 15, 2016 at 3:28 PM
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To Aba, UKUSA, FSI, Lanetay
I had deleted this to edit, but wanted to save your comments, so I reposted them.Thank you all very much.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 12:58 PM
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scary words for a child to hear
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 12:54 PM
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A baptism in fire, - of sorts! But u live to tell the tale
What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger. Of course, we are wonderfully, irreplaceably valuable & perfect in our Savior's eyes & heart. shalom, shalom & amen Thanks for a worthy teaching about fire/s
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 12:53 PM
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Our parents truly do know what is best. The advice has remained with you for years.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 12:53 PM
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Wow, Presta! I loved the 'hungry' image of the fire with its t's lapping tongue. So picturesque ...xoxoxo
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 15, 2016 at 12:52 PM
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