Our Friend Michael Cahill
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Comment from Pearl Edwards
This is a beautiful tribute to Mike and I love what you've done with the artwork. He certainly is missed by so many because of his generosity of spirit. Well said Dean
cheers,
valda
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This is a beautiful tribute to Mike and I love what you've done with the artwork. He certainly is missed by so many because of his generosity of spirit. Well said Dean
cheers,
valda
Comment Written 14-Feb-2019
Comment from Poetic Friend
Oh, Dean, forgive me for crying, but this poem is bittersweet. So lovely in sentiments, but yet such a painful reminder of FanStory's loss.
From Heaven, Michael is smiling because you devoted so much thought, love and gentleness to this well-crafted poem.
Thank you for sharing.
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Oh, Dean, forgive me for crying, but this poem is bittersweet. So lovely in sentiments, but yet such a painful reminder of FanStory's loss.
From Heaven, Michael is smiling because you devoted so much thought, love and gentleness to this well-crafted poem.
Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 12-Feb-2019
Comment from Susanjohn
Just a lovely and heart-felt tribute to our friend. Yes, he will certainly be missed around here. Sure he's loving that lofty perch on high! Well done Dean.
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Just a lovely and heart-felt tribute to our friend. Yes, he will certainly be missed around here. Sure he's loving that lofty perch on high! Well done Dean.
Comment Written 11-Feb-2019
Comment from tempeste
A very touching tribute.
I have read a lot of positive things about Michael in the last week : kind hearted, generous with his time and thoughtful in this action, helping other with their writing.
Yes Michael has gone to take his place in heaven but his art will be a great reminder to us all of his talent and his amiable persona.
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A very touching tribute.
I have read a lot of positive things about Michael in the last week : kind hearted, generous with his time and thoughtful in this action, helping other with their writing.
Yes Michael has gone to take his place in heaven but his art will be a great reminder to us all of his talent and his amiable persona.
Comment Written 09-Feb-2019
Comment from Janet Foor
A beautiful and heartfelt tribute to Michael. I've been away for a few days and did not know of his passing until I read your poem.
Amazing music to add to the lovely message.
Thank you for sharing.
Blessings
Janet
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A beautiful and heartfelt tribute to Michael. I've been away for a few days and did not know of his passing until I read your poem.
Amazing music to add to the lovely message.
Thank you for sharing.
Blessings
Janet
Comment Written 09-Feb-2019
Comment from Treischel
A well composed tribute to Michael Cahill, a fellow Fanstorian, who touches us all in many ways, as you so eloquently describe here in this touching American Sonnet. The somber notes, underline the tribute.
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A well composed tribute to Michael Cahill, a fellow Fanstorian, who touches us all in many ways, as you so eloquently describe here in this touching American Sonnet. The somber notes, underline the tribute.
Comment Written 07-Feb-2019
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written heartfelt tribute to our friend Michael Cahill. A very talented writer that we all learned from over the years, he will leaving a big hole with his absence.
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A very well-written heartfelt tribute to our friend Michael Cahill. A very talented writer that we all learned from over the years, he will leaving a big hole with his absence.
Comment Written 07-Feb-2019
Comment from LisaMay
I did not know Michael or his work, but i have got the sense through FS members' comments that he was very caring and a skilful writer himself. You have done justice to his memory with your poem Dean.
Please tell me what that gorgeous music is that you have used in the post.
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I did not know Michael or his work, but i have got the sense through FS members' comments that he was very caring and a skilful writer himself. You have done justice to his memory with your poem Dean.
Please tell me what that gorgeous music is that you have used in the post.
Comment Written 06-Feb-2019
Comment from krys123
Cheers, Dean;
> At first glance I really enjoy the color in the presentation which is always been your professional and exceptional calling card.
> The sonnet is writtten very well and so must follows the Shakespearean sonnet format and English sonnet format but read more like an American format.
> The Octave explains, describes and expresses the difficulties struggling through life. "stranded to a murky haze" and "we scratch and claw our way to the top" I some of the examples using the octave.
>In the normal Volta there should be a rebuttal to the previous octave but the seems that this Volta isn't a non sequitur. As it doesn't really show a rebuttal against the struggles of one's life just goes on to tell about a life of another and almost seems like an epitaph.
>If it were somewhat connected to the octave in such a manner to show that fruits of all of his labor of clawing and scratching subseqquently Rewards him in heaven.
>The final couplet also explains what Michael Cahill and that forgive us that we should cry is somewhat suspect and relevancy to the Octave. And I don't feel it addresses the whole sonnet as a summary to the sonnet.
>I do feel the warmth indefinitely wholehearted tenderness of the word that are expressed in this beautiful poem
> Thanks for sharing and take care and have a good one.
Alx
>PS: I wasn't a sonnet then I stand corrected.
reply by the author on 06-Feb-2019
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Cheers, Dean;
> At first glance I really enjoy the color in the presentation which is always been your professional and exceptional calling card.
> The sonnet is writtten very well and so must follows the Shakespearean sonnet format and English sonnet format but read more like an American format.
> The Octave explains, describes and expresses the difficulties struggling through life. "stranded to a murky haze" and "we scratch and claw our way to the top" I some of the examples using the octave.
>In the normal Volta there should be a rebuttal to the previous octave but the seems that this Volta isn't a non sequitur. As it doesn't really show a rebuttal against the struggles of one's life just goes on to tell about a life of another and almost seems like an epitaph.
>If it were somewhat connected to the octave in such a manner to show that fruits of all of his labor of clawing and scratching subseqquently Rewards him in heaven.
>The final couplet also explains what Michael Cahill and that forgive us that we should cry is somewhat suspect and relevancy to the Octave. And I don't feel it addresses the whole sonnet as a summary to the sonnet.
>I do feel the warmth indefinitely wholehearted tenderness of the word that are expressed in this beautiful poem
> Thanks for sharing and take care and have a good one.
Alx
>PS: I wasn't a sonnet then I stand corrected.
Comment Written 06-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 06-Feb-2019
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Thanks for reading, Alex.
All my best to you & yours,
~Dean
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It was a welcome, Dean.
Alx
Comment from Bill Schott
This was a very nice eulogy for Michael Cahill, who was a popular and important member of the Fanstory site. Your poem places more emphasis on what a great loss Michael's passing represents to us all.
reply by the author on 06-Feb-2019
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This was a very nice eulogy for Michael Cahill, who was a popular and important member of the Fanstory site. Your poem places more emphasis on what a great loss Michael's passing represents to us all.
Comment Written 06-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 06-Feb-2019
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Thanks for reading!
