Writers Cafe - Once in a while, they still come back.

Once in a while,

as though pulled in by some desire
or force,
some decide to take a ride back
to Writers Cafe.

It's not always a long visit, yet
they still come back
as though returning to their old home.

"I remember Robbie,
or Marie, or Frieda P," they might say.

They may recall this place in a way one might remember
flags that lined porches
or trees on each side of the street where they lived.
But still, they remember this place.
Their names are still on the mailbox.

For better or worse, this is a community.

Some have moved on, as they should.
And some are still here, pruning nouns
or mowing verbs.

Some have even died.

The street may look different.
Trees may be bigger.
And old friends may be gone for good.

But on this block,
you're never turned away
no matter how long you've been gone
or how many times you move on.

There will always be opportunities to write about
the sun, the rain, a train...

Writers Cafe
on this block, once in a while,
they still come back.

Reviews

[Dennis Wolf]

Well, one of the new ones here. So far it doesn't look like the other sites I've been on.. Wattpad and writing.com.. Grrrrrr everything is about paying for getting advertised and the a*s kissing..

Don't care for that stuff, sooo after some exploration I decided on this site

We'll see how it goes.
Cheers

[Relic]

I wish you luck, Dennis. Thanks for the comment.

[Dennis Wolf]

Thank you, and.. No problem
This was an enjoyable read.
Cheers

[Tumi]

This poem is now making me emotional, honestly
this cafe is a Brilliant place, still am yet to find solace anywhere else
well written, its now a part of my life i will forever remember

[Relic]

Thanks for your comment, tumi. I've been here a while and always find myself coming back.

[Fia Naturie]

This is a Brilliant and heart-felt spill. Continue writing my friend

[Relic]

I appreciate your thoughts on this, Fia. Thanks.

[Abhilash Hegde]

You captured the sense of community and writers beautifully here. Couldn't agree more with it about the Writers cafe. I still come back here after I have long gone. Happened many times, for good or worse. It's like been a seesaw, come back, gone away, come back again, gone away, sometime a downtime, sometime lack of inspiration to write, sometime no desire to read anymore. But then, Writers cafe has always been a place that welcomes back. I'm glad I still share and read here. Thank you Relic.

[Relic]

Thanks very much for your comment, Abhilash. I find myself disappearing and returning myself quite often.

[Abhilash Hegde]

Good to know, thank you for the company. I don't feel alone on this now :)

[Marie]

Hello R. I love this poem about Writer's Cafe. You have captured the essence of 'the café' superbly. It is indeed like a family run Café where we all meet to chat and write and comment. As in life, many have many have swapped writing poetry on earth to writing poetry in Spirit, but those of us left love to meet up with our friends in this really lovely, warm and welcoming group. Everybody is so kind and we give our very best to entertain each other. I so agree that there are always opportunities to write and share. I can't imagine a day without a daily visit! A very sweet, appealing, charming and excellently penned poem, dear R. I so enjoyed reading and I, thank you for sharing. Wishing you a very nice, relaxed and pleasant evening. I hope it's filled with inspiration for you to write more of your delightful poetic gems. I look forward to reading and commenting...

[Relic]

You're such a great addition to this site, Marie. Thank you so much, your words are much appreciated. :)

[Marie]

Thank you for your kindness, dear R. Most welcome always, dear friend... 🙂

[Thomas W Case]

I'm glad you are here. Cheers.

[Relic]

Thanks so much, Thomas. Likewise.

[Robert Trakofler]

LOL I always pop back... this place is still like home to me:) my absence is more due to absence of brain power more than moving on LOL I have still been on medium too just not as much:/ I have pages upon pages of unfinished poems its funny had you asked me just how long it was going to take me to heal I would have never guessed it would be this long but as it turns out my psychical healing took much less time then my mental healing of which is still very much a work in progress:/ Enough about the bunny I love how you made the comparison to the café with a neighborhood street:) what a perfect analogy! Its so funny how I still feel a connection to all of you and I don't think that will ever go away in so many ways you guys have helped me in my own evolutions of write its as if you are all ghost writers when I scribble a poem

[Relic]

Robert! It's a pleasure to see you here again. I wondered what happened to you. ha

Thanks so much for the comment. This site is very much like a family indeed.

Much appreciated my friend. :)

[Lonely Bunny]

Thank you for this poem, Relic
From the bottom of my heart
-A new visitor of the Writer’s Cafe

[Relic]

Thanks for the comment and welcome. :)

[Tom]

Yep same with me too, been away a while, back then away again but as this personalbe poem of the attraction/magnatism of wrierscafe, once again I'm bacl and happy to be so!!


" It's not always a long visit, yet,
they still come back
as though returning to their old home.

"I remember Robbie,
or Marie, or Frieda P," they might say. " Yes I remember these wrters too, were friends of mine here and others too wgo as again the alluded, sadly others have departed to a higher calling!

Quality, endearing, homely penmanship poet Relic!

[Relic]

I appreciate your comment, Tom. Thank you and I'm glad to see you're happy to be here again. :)

[Poetic Beauty]

Robbie was a hoot. I loved her and Frieda was an amazing writer. There is Jack Frost, E.H. Monroe, Roy McCarthy, The Perfectionist, whom I friends with off site and the list goes on.

[Relic]

I used to talk to Robbie everyday. I remember seeing the others as well.

[Poetic Beauty]

There was amazing writer from South Africa but I can’t remember her name.

[Relic]

Hmm? I think I remember who you mean but her name escapes me to.

[Poetic Beauty]

I shall have to look back and I also loved Millionths Muses writing. She helped me a lot in the early days. I have one of her poems saved to my favorites

[Relic]

I don't recall that name. Actually, I should look in my favorites and see if I recognize any names

[Tom]

The South African writer, was it Zoe per chance?

[Relic]

Was that it??? It might have been!

[Poetic Beauty]

Maybe I was thinking it was Jenny Nelson

[Relic]

Hmm? don't remember that name. Sometimes someone from way back drops in. (like today). When I go through their friend's list there are so many before I got here.

[Poetic Beauty]

I’ve been here for 14 or 15 years now. Since I was 31

[Relic]

I was here in 2009 but had another account called Palewriter. Someone tried to add a video to the comments and I lost a hundred reviews and had to changed accounts.

[Poetic Beauty]

Lady Sue pops in occasionally and I have Poppy on my fb along with just rose and the analog kid, Rock in roll cowboy, Crowley and I use to have EH Monroe as well but I had to start a new account and lost a few people. I use to have Robin as well and for a bit Sam OT

[Relic]

I remember Poppy, didn't she sing in a band? Robin was great to. Wow, the names you're bringing back. lol

[Poetic Beauty]

Ahh I had you as Palewriter. I have been fortunate that I didn’t loose my account like many others did in the past. Things on here are preserved like a time capsule for me

[Poetic Beauty]

Yes Poppy was in a band. She now is married and lives in India

[Poetic Beauty]

Do you remember the twin sisters that each had their own account?

[Relic]

India? wow. She had some really good stuff to. There was another woman but I can't remember her name. She had a long face.

[Relic]

I'm not sure about the sisters.

[Poetic Beauty]

I will look up the sisters. They were a hoot and they were in my creative poetry group.

[Relic]

David Paget was great.

[Poetic Beauty]

I will look up the sister but it will take time. I had over 700 members in creative poetry. I just took a look. Never realized tha many people were involved in that group

[Relic]

Wow, that is a lot. Marie (the elderly woman) was really good, and so was Barleygirl.

[Poetic Beauty]

Jeremy Baker I believe was his name. He was an English professor or teacher. Actually many don’t know but EH Moroe is an English teacher

[Relic]

I never knew that. So is Jacob. He's written poetry books, I have 2.

[Poetic Beauty]

I have not tried to get published or self publish. Maybe one day. I’m happy that my friends on here enjoy my poetry.

[Relic]

I have no aspirations to write any books. I'm too much of a hit and miss poet. ha

[Poetic Beauty]

You are right about the hit and miss for books in general

[Relic]

I don't believe they accept anything that's already been published anywhere. So anything posted here would be out.

[Poetic Beauty]

Depends on the publisher

[Poetic Beauty]

And all you have to do is close the account. Then nothing is there anymore

[Relic]

I wouldn't know. Someone said it to me years ago here. Have to run. Thanks for the conversation. It's here forever now. lol

[Poetic Beauty]

Have a good day

[Kate AKS]

New here, but the idea of returning is interesting. In the same way, we return to old drafts to check if they are still alive and if the words we wrote years ago make sense.

[Relic]

Yes, we do Kate. I often look at older poems to see if my views or style of writing has changed. Thanks for the comment. Much appreciated. :)

[QuillandInkWhispers]

This is very true. I'm not here often because most of the friends I made here are not online anymore. I miss this place very much. It was a very active community and I loved the Contests.

[Relic]

Yes, some things change and some stay the same. I do miss some of the people that used to come here as well being I've been here for so long. Thank you for the great comments, Quill. :)