the hour passed
the flowers –
some we dried
hung upside down
life evaporated
taking
scent
and
hue
leaving crinkled paper petals
fragile shell reminders
of the bloom the hour spent
some we pressed
trapped between the pages
smothered
removed
stiff
and
dry
coated in artificial fragrance
sprayed from a non-aerosol can
added to the bowl of potpourri
but
whether
dried
or
pressed
the flowers
remind us
of the
hour
before
it
passed
~
for my friend, Terry, whose light lives on in the words he left behind on his blog: https://spearfruit.com/
~
Words and Photography ©2017 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me
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There is always more to your posts than words … have read these a few times and not leaving yet …
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Thank you. That means a lot to me. I have felt Terry’s loss profoundly. He was a joy to interact with. It is in the words…
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Beautiful but so very sad.
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Thank you so much. Gary has kept the website up. I’m grateful. I went on the other day just to see Terry’s smiling face…
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Thank you for the share!
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I’ve heard of the loss of him via another writer. Never had the pleasure to connect with him, but what I learned about this Beautiful Soul via others: he would have appreciated your marvelous poem. Sending you a big hug. XxX
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Thank you, Patty! I am glad I got to know him and very much appreciate your thoughts. HUGS.😊
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Well done, Tanya. Sorry for the community’s loss.
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Thank you, Keith! Terry was a joy to interact with. We grow attached to our blogging friends, don’t we? 😊
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Beautifully painful
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Thank you, Manuel. He is missed and remembered.
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My pleasure, indeed he will
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😊
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Read twice. Wonderful!
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Thank you, Jennie!😊
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My pleasure!
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😊
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Love to see you! Beautiful Goddess! Muah xx
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Awwww….Thank you!😘
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Thank you for sharing.
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Please come and read Tanya’s heartfelt tribute for her friend, Terry, whose light lives on in the words he left behind on his blog:
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Thank you for sharing this, Chuck.
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Beautifully sad Tanya
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Thank you. I miss Terry and his smiling face. I am grateful that his voice lives on.
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I am so sorry for your loss. I didn’t know Terry, I will visit his site.
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I never met him in person, but we followed each other’s blogs and interacted for a long time. He had some honest posts about his struggle with cancer in recent times, but he also had a positive outlook and was a joy to interact with. I’m glad his posts are being left up. Thank you again. 😊
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Yes, I definitely must go there. We have lost a number of very fine writers and human beings it seems. It is hard!
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Very.
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Thank you Tanya for your most loving and inspirational share. AOC shared lots with Terry/Spearfruit. All that he shared was honesty, warmness and kind. He will be missed!
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You are welcome! He shared all of that, didn’t he? I do miss him.
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Indeed! What a loving, humble soul we experienced. Yes Tanya, he is dearly missed and remembered!
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Yeah.truth is laying in every words.
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He was a wonderful person to interact with.
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Yeah.it is amazing thing of his writings the poetry.
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