campfire memories

Soft white pine needles
Have a way
Of smoking:

Crackling first
Then plumes of white wispy
Faces form,
Smoke so dense and peering
From soft pine logs you
Hope to light,
 
Faces of smoke
That drift long and thin,
Long after pine needles
Have extinguished,
Long after you have gone to bed.

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  1. Eric (Bubba) Alder Avatar
    Eric (Bubba) Alder

    Very nice!

  2. Eric (Bubba) Alder Avatar
    Eric (Bubba) Alder

    Very nice!

  3. Jody Costa Avatar
    Jody Costa

    thanks Bubba!

  4. Jody Costa Avatar
    Jody Costa

    thanks Bubba!

  5. Brian Miller Avatar
    Brian Miller

    nice…love that bit of magic in the faces forming in the smoke…great natural touches in this as well….

  6. Brian Miller Avatar
    Brian Miller

    nice…love that bit of magic in the faces forming in the smoke…great natural touches in this as well….

  7. insanebloom Avatar
    insanebloom

    enchanting the mood you create with your words!

  8. insanebloom Avatar
    insanebloom

    enchanting the mood you create with your words!

  9. Anders Woje Ellingsen Avatar
    Anders Woje Ellingsen

    I agree; it is better to have a soul which lasts! (✿◠‿◠)

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  10. Anders Woje Ellingsen Avatar
    Anders Woje Ellingsen

    I agree; it is better to have a soul which lasts! (✿◠‿◠)

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  11. Victoria Avatar
    Victoria

    You took me back a few years and I enjoyed the sensory experience–could almost smell those pine needles burning.

  12. Victoria Avatar
    Victoria

    You took me back a few years and I enjoyed the sensory experience–could almost smell those pine needles burning.

  13. Jody Costa Avatar
    Jody Costa

    lovely comments you guys, thank you!! this was written after camping and finding out about a friend's death and staring into the fire and seeing how all our lives are intertwined and how memories will continue to gaze through the smoke and haze of life…….

  14. Jody Costa Avatar
    Jody Costa

    lovely comments you guys, thank you!! this was written after camping and finding out about a friend's death and staring into the fire and seeing how all our lives are intertwined and how memories will continue to gaze through the smoke and haze of life…….

  15. Claudia Avatar
    Claudia

    oh nice…i could actually smell this…and now i wanna go and make a campfire…smiles

  16. Claudia Avatar
    Claudia

    oh nice…i could actually smell this…and now i wanna go and make a campfire…smiles

  17. Beachanny Avatar
    Beachanny

    This is a wonderful poem – in its observations, using all the textures and sensuous information to pull one into the scene with taste, smell, touch, dreaminess, and wonder! Well done.

  18. Beachanny Avatar
    Beachanny

    This is a wonderful poem – in its observations, using all the textures and sensuous information to pull one into the scene with taste, smell, touch, dreaminess, and wonder! Well done.

  19. Jody Costa Avatar
    Jody Costa

    thank you Claudia and Beachanny~ you guys are always such an inspiration to keep writing!

  20. Jody Costa Avatar
    Jody Costa

    thank you Claudia and Beachanny~ you guys are always such an inspiration to keep writing!

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