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Article #699526Re: Candace Cadenhead (1956-2010) / a poem by Will Dockery
From: will.dockery@gma
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:50
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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