<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419902" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>(It Was) A Very Good Year.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My minds image of my Ellen<br>Is like a rose preserved from time.<br>Or like a treasured bottle<br>from a vintage year for wine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am haunted by her memory-<br>How our fingers intertwined.<br>The fragrance of her body <br>as I held it close to mine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was Mars and you were Venus<br>your head rested on my chest.<br>A summer rain began to fall<br>persuading us to dress.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now just the shadow of your smile<br>Brings tears to a dry place.<br>Funny how my heart can race<br>Within the ghost of your embrace.<br>.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are unchanging, therefore perfect<br>Your aspect is divine.<br>I believe our year was vintage-<br>for love, if not for wine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Fifth poem in the Ellen cycle, A summer picnic at Planting Fields, Arboretum in 1979. It was a picnic, marked by a brief rain, where we shared a bottle of Mouton Rothschild) <br>.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419902" data-title="(It Was) A Very Good Year. de John F. McCullagh" data-description="My minds image of my Ellen Is like a rose preserved from time. Or like a treasured bottle from a vintage year for wine. I am haunted by her memory- How our fingers intertwined. The fragrance of her body as I held it close to mine. I was Mars an..."></div> </div> </div>

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