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Poetic Thoughts - To Denise and Kyle - by C.W. Pruitt II
posted: Oct. 27, 2022

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Here is a one of CW's columns from 2011.

I composed the poem below for Kyle Andrews' wedding last summer. In assembling it, I started and re-started it about 20 times.
Then I read it to Kyle and Denise (his fiancée). I was not feeling great about it as a final version. Kyle thought that it could do (Kyle a better poet than me). Denise just loved it! This was great for me, so I wouldn't torture myself with a revision. And after all, the bride is the most important element of a wedding. Contemplating this made me happy.
The poem speaks of re-union because the couple dated twenty some years ago before re-uniting. The poem also references James Whitcomb Riley because the wedding was held in Greenfield.

To Denise and Kyle

A break in love
leading to re-union in
heart and mind
may make the value
of such a find
discovery of old spark,
re-kindled to a blaze
we witness in amaze
meant as a small miracle
life's twists and turns
brought forth thru
God's sweet grace
evinced from bride's
beauty-filled face
the groom a great
friend to this here
awe struck mid age boy
sharing in the
warm celestial joy
this small crowd
in J. Riley's birth town
the bard of great renown
would struggle with
the words - i am sure
describing love's sweet
and strong return
AMEN

C.W. Pruitt II
July 21, 2010



cw@broadripplegazette.com
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