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Rich Moore's avatar

Awesome!!! Reminiscent of what John Prine said: "You don't need to make up stuff or characters. Just sit and watch and listen to what's going on around you."

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BmG's avatar

John 😊

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Debra O's avatar

Every morning.

Sometimes scribbling in my car, ocean -side, sipping coffee hot from my green travel mug, especially when snow falls.

Windows cracked

Waves mumble and roar keeping me company.

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Tesstamona's avatar

Wow. This is so beautiful. "Where others court eternity, they're in love with the moment." Thank you.

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Minor Fossil's avatar

Yes that line stuck out to me too.

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Dian Parker's avatar

You sure do know how to pick just the best missives! Thank you, yet again.

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Patris's avatar

Cafes in Athens in the 1960s: cigarette smoke coffee laborers and poets starting their day.

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BmG's avatar

What a dream 😊

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Todd Towers AKA Cody Robinson's avatar

Your want a little noise to make the silence count. But it is also nice to have people around

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Patris's avatar

Perfectly said.

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BmG's avatar

🎯 In the 70s, I was fortunate enough to go to college in San Francisco, land of a 100+ coffee houses. I loved hanging out and studying and writing. The ambience, the people, THE COFFEE! 🥰

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Oh, wow, I believe that Huffstickler was publishing in the little magazines when I started out 36 years ago!

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Dhruv Seth's avatar

Thank You for Posting this Beautiful Piece Erik

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Shannon McCloud Johnson's avatar

This so reminds me of my times at North Beach San Francisco. It's still there!

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Rose Clark's avatar

Agree! now at 75 I recall another phase of my past thanks

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Stanley Wotring's avatar

The poetry life is written through living.

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Eugene Terekhin's avatar

they're in love with the moment. Love it.

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Nishal Sharon's avatar

A smooth flow of words......Refreshing read!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

This is exactly right

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Jonathan Foster's avatar

That was a pleasure. Thanks

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Charles Taylor's avatar

Thanks!

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