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A cool crisp spring evening, as I follow the dog out for her final ambulation. Shades of the setting sun linger on the western horizon, with red Mars perched just above and Ursus major arching overhead but they only set the stage. For comet Hale-Bopp is the feature, white head and streaming tail bright against the moonless sky. I haul my wife and kids from bedtime stories to witness the splendor as close to perfect as we can reach. Later that night, she comes to bed warm from her bath we kiss lightly, then deeply suspended in sensation as familiar rhythms resume. Later, satiated, we linger coupled to the moment as close to perfect as we can reach. 1) Dave Rodgers, A Night Sky, March 27, 2013 (revised form earlier jottings) 2) For those who don't remember there is a stunning pic http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Comet-Hale-Bopp-29-03-1997_hires_adj.jpg

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Date: 4/2/2014 5:46:00 PM
Dave, Congratulations on your winning poem.... xox~ Linda
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D.W. Rodgers
Date: 4/3/2014 9:43:00 AM
Thanks Linda
Date: 4/2/2014 12:22:00 AM
DAVE:) Congratulations, ON YOUR WIN ~SKAT~
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D.W. Rodgers
Date: 4/2/2014 7:47:00 AM
SKAT A, Thanks for this and all the encouraging words you bestow so generously throughout the soup. They really do help. Dave
Date: 4/1/2014 2:17:00 PM
i get the feeling that i'm living within your words,dave.. a warm, tender write.. a well deserved win in my contest with huggs!
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D.W. Rodgers
Date: 4/1/2014 3:48:00 PM
Thanks Nette,for both your kind words and a most interesting contest that brought out many of the Soup's brightest stars.
Date: 4/1/2014 3:41:00 AM
- Congratulations on your winning poem in the contest: - A NIGHT SKY - Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud, Dave ! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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D.W. Rodgers
Date: 4/1/2014 7:59:00 AM
Anne-Lise, thanks for vising and leaving a coimment
Date: 4/1/2014 1:07:00 AM
Enjoyed the write creating a nice picture and congrats on the win, dave
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D.W. Rodgers
Date: 4/1/2014 7:57:00 AM
Thanks Dr. M
Date: 3/31/2014 7:20:00 PM
An interesting title and I like that last line very. Congratulations.
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D.W. Rodgers
Date: 3/31/2014 10:11:00 PM
Thanks Michael

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