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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4 #36343 - 07/23/01 08:01 PM Re: For Keven   Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Keven, I cannot pray for & with you as some can - all I can offer is a few words from the heart Common Tongue A promise breaks: Splintering shards of glass That stab and slash us all with Slivers of your pain Worlds fall Words fail There will be times of Flame upon the mountain Blistering agonies of sulphurous flux That coruscate the heart and sear the mind Blinding torrents and Angry shouts that leave no room for hope No pause for breath There will be later times: Whole dreary oceans roll In deep and doleful splendour Across the cold sea floor Crabwise and endless Green and bitter Numb and Empty as a brittle shell Where love’s light Spills in sombre chill Yet from these gasping depths we rise Pressure on our chest Iron in our throat And in the keening bite of bitter wind The living tang of salt: A promise on Our lips A word given flight A glimmer of warmth And the sharing of breath on Our common tongue #36344 - 07/23/01 10:33 PM   Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 #36345 - 07/24/01 12:31 AM Re: For Keven   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Yet from these gasping depths we rise Pressure on our chest Iron in our throat... Maverick, you...I...oh...you do know, don't you? I can feel it, Dear Heart--we all can. Oh, Honey...I am riveted, and yet want to shut my eyes against the terrible beauty of your words, the truth---and I am ashamed, because it is not I who is living it. Bless you, love--bless you both. #36346 - 07/24/01 01:51 AM Re: Being CJ - Terrible news   Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England What a shock this was when Faldage told me about it tonight. Sandra and I were stunned. My heart goes out to Carol's family. She was a very lovely person and she will, I'm sure, be missed by many other people as well as her friends here on the board. Keven, this must have been very hard for you. Thanks for letting us know. The idiot also known as Capfka ... #36347 - 07/24/01 05:00 AM Re: Being CJ - Terrible news   Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand Avy   old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 I'm sorry. #36348 - 07/24/01 08:22 AM Re: Being CJ - Terrible news   Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 rodward addict rodward   addict Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom I did not know BeingCJ except through her posts. Yet I, like many of the board, feel a common sense of loss. I am also moved to express my sorrow for the family and the friends on the board who were close and must feel the loss more keenly. My thoughts are with you all. Rod #36349 - 07/24/01 03:34 PM Re: My friends, words beseech me...   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 juanmaria member juanmaria   member Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. A friend emailed me about BeingCJ tragedy. After the initial shock I thought that the only thing I could do was reading her posts again. It has been an unforgettable experience. Don't have more words. http://wordsmith.org/board/showprofile.pl?Cat=&User=BeingCJ&Number=20444&Board=announcements&what=showthreaded&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=5&vc=1 #36350 - 07/24/01 06:15 PM Re: Being CJ - Terrible news   Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando   Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Like Rod, I knew Being CJ only through her posts, but this loss has brought home to me not only how true Donne's words are in general but htere particular relevance to those of us whose frienship exists through the board. I have never felt like an island, apart from mankind, but this has made me feel even more strongly how "every man's death diminishes me." My deep sympathy to all of her family and close friends. #36351 - 07/25/01 05:21 AM Re: Being CJ - Terrible news   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta It did occur to me while remembering what little I knew of BeingCJ, how possible it is for something to happen to one of our valued friends here and the rest of us would never know anything about it, just notice that someone is missing. Some of us have offboard contacts with other members, others don't. I realise caution is probably desirable but even if it's just an occasional phone call maybe we should keep in touch with each other in other ways too. Bingley Bingley #36352 - 07/25/01 12:08 PM Re: My friends, words beseech me...   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 paulb addict paulb   addict Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia I've just returned from visiting my three boys and their partners in Melbourne to learn of BeingCJ's passing. 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