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Re: Candace Cadenhead (1956-2010) / a poem by Will Dockery

#699526
From: will.dockery@gma
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:50
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Zod wrote:

> W.Dockery wrote:

>> Paul V Winston wrote:

>>> On Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 7:02:16 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>>> > Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > > > Candace Cadenhead (1956-2010)
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > I'm noticing
>>>> > > > > smiling with a few tears
>>>> > > > > tonight
>>>> > > > > how little
>>>> > > > > Candace Cadenhead
>>>> > > > > changed over the years.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > Same smile
>>>> > > > > same bright
>>>> > > > > sly intelligence
>>>> > > > > in her eyes
>>>> > > > > no doubt the same
>>>> > > > > laugh and humor.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > How I would have liked
>>>> > > > > to sit with her
>>>> > > > > one more time
>>>> > > > > and discuss
>>>> > > > > the 50 years we both saw
>>>> > > > > in different
>>>> > > > > vantage points.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > She loved The Beatles
>>>> > > > > from the start
>>>> > > > > as did I
>>>> > > > > and we saw their
>>>> > > > > live show on TV
>>>> > > > > in 1966.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > I can still remember
>>>> > > > > how Candace
>>>> > > > > didn't miss a beat
>>>> > > > > she screamed
>>>> > > > > and pretended to faint.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > I knew from
>>>> > > > > that moment on
>>>> > > > > Rock and Roll
>>>> > > > > was the life for me.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > "Remember me William?"
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > "Yes, Candace
>>>> > > > > and you'll never be gone
>>>> > > > > as long as we...
>>>> > > > > remember."
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > I blink my eyes
>>>> > > > > through bitter tears
>>>> > > > > a smile for what
>>>> > > > > we've lost.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > -Will Dockery
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > Candace Cadenhead in 1966:
>>>> > > > > https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/7e/3c/51/7e3c51ca3a961681fe6b672e68257c2c.jpg
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > Note from Candace:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/53/a3/ab/53a3ab51f7d6ce85f8968d26b75029f2.jpg
>>>> > >
>>>> > > > Such a sad story of your little princess...
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > I shed a year for her beautiful soul...
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > 😢
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Thanks, GJ, and I think the Tina you remember is the one with the fire red hair I compared to a sensimilla bud in my "Green Ringlets" poem.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > https://www.facebook.com/will.dockery.7/videos/10155514665419363/
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Someone please click that link and let me know if it can be viewed by the general public?
>>>> > >
>>>> >
>>>> > It cuts off after about 1 minute.
>>>>
>>>> I'll put together a longer version, eventually.

>

> Right on man, right on.....

When time permits.

:)

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