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a poem about sunsets chez Daniel Posted by Linda Crosfield on November 2, 2023, 1:12 pm Just remembered this. I wrote it in 2016, around the time Ted and I started joining the tequila sunset brigade at Daniel's. Loose Ends Just before the sun dips its toes in the bay we make the pilgrimage to Daniel's-by-the-Sea where tall blue bottles of tequila spill their contents into shot glasses. Don't bother asking for mix, or anything else, unless you bring it, which we don't. Instead, we carry stories wrapped in guises of fact, fiction, or something in-between while pelicans dive and fly, skimming so close to breaking surf you'd swear they'll fall in, but no; only when they choose to. Dogs rush other dogs rush other dogs, large, small, doesn't matter--they just want to play. A fisherman casts his net. Eventually the sun sets. Glasses empty. The world goes away. ~~~~~~ And it's even online so he's out there in perpetuity! https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=2488

Re: a poem about sunsets chez Daniel Posted by Judy B on November 2, 2023, 2:34 pm, in reply to "a poem about sunsets chez Daniel" This was really beautiful Linda. Thank you for sharing it. We spent 20 years living just two doors down from Daniel on the beach. He was special and will be missed. You captured what happened at sunset so well.

Re: a poem about sunsets chez Daniel Posted by Jo Anna H on November 2, 2023, 3:32 pm, in reply to "Re: a poem about sunsets chez Daniel" Oh,yes, thank you, Linda.

Re: a poem about sunsets chez Daniel Posted by Tanny on November 2, 2023, 3:46 pm, in reply to "Re: a poem about sunsets chez Daniel" Beautiful--so well said. You made the words speak what we have all been feeling within....

Re: a poem about sunsets chez Daniel Posted by Cheryl on November 2, 2023, 7:31 pm, in reply to "Re: a poem about sunsets chez Daniel" Oh, Linda! You captured the experience of sunset at Daniel's so brilliantly, as is your want to do. Thank you again, for writing and sharing.

Re: a poem about sunsets chez Daniel Posted by Wendy Joscelyn on November 2, 2023, 9:54 pm, in reply to "a poem about sunsets chez Daniel" evocative words, thank you Linda

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