“Old Hammer”
Painting by Atle Berner Andersen
From flickr.com
(For Charlie)
eighty-five still too young
for a summertime grave
ceremonial sorrow too trite
for a gold-handed man
handsome luxuries fashioned by
swinging the dutiful heft of his
ancestral hammers a builder of
permanent heirlooms of heart
fountains weep ruined glory
scent of eglantine wilting
cloys the Italian rain sealing
interment of beautiful bones
Writer Lynne Sargent
Poetry Puttering by Pax & Company
Sometimes everything has to be enscribed across the heavens so you can find the one line already written inside you. Sometimes it takes a great sky to find that small, bright, and indescribable wedge of freedom in your own heart. David Whyte
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no dust here
Looking ahead, without looking back (too often)
flights of fancy from New Zealand
You're never alone, if you've something to share
All you touch and all you see / is all your life will ever be
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Poesy plus Polemics 
Wonderful.
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thanks, mike
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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Just, wow.
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thanks kindly
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He must have been a great man! Sorry for your loss my friend.
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thanks kindly, Leroy
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What an elegant tribute–my condolences on your loss.
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thanks, Caddo – he was a beloved cousin
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Oh dear, I’m so sorry.
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It’s a lovely tribute, Paul. Charlie must be well pleased.
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thanks – I hope so
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You have been a difficult man for me to find- I’m not yet understanding how to use gravatar and that, until I accidentally stumbled upon this, has been a thorn. I am not digitally gifted.
Anyway, I’ve wanted to say, not a few times, thank you for your interest in one or two of my scribblings, now I am especially awed that I seemed to have attracted the attention of a master.
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glad that you found me – welcome to my world
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So sorry for your loss, Paul! A beautiful tribute to him.
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thank you dearly, ellen
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Hey, Paul, I recently reinstated a WP blog of mine called the Family Memory Keeper. It’s a place for me to hold onto, and share with others, the past. You might like this photo: http://familymemorykeeper.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/italian-men-and-money/ Feel free to use any photos/clippings that might work for you.
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what a wonderful way to use a blog site
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Thanks, Peter. I inherited all the family photos, and this makes it easy to share them with my siblings and cousins, who all live miles and miles away. It also motivates me to scan, organize (in some crazy fashion), just generally deal with these thousands of pieces of paper.
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My dad had a hammer that he loved. He passed away a bit under a year ago, just shy of his 85th birthday. I will share this with my siblings. God bless.
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thank you, keith – please accept my condolences
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An amazing tribute!
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thank you very much, lorrie
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