In Monterey
- The Pacific
Beach at Monterey
In Monterey
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
We can try to escape. Sooner or later the memory will catch up with us.
In Monterey
I called you to tell you I was all right.
I don’t remember losing you so much here. The winter days of Michigan made me sad.
I don’t remember losing you so much here. The winter days of Michigan made me sad.
Here in Monterey I never get cold and the sun appears everyday.
I go to the ocean.
Listen to the sea lions cry.
I don’t feel so lonely.
I will stay in California.
The pain is less.
I can’t promise to forget you.
But I’m OK.
I’m safe from the hunger to hold and touch you.
The cold of Michigan winter brings me back to your memory.
The 3000 miles will protect me.
I wonder do you miss me?
The man who tried to make you laugh.
The man who tried to love you.
Here in Monterey.
The pain is less.
Someday we will talk face to face.
Maybe on a summer day.
Coyote
1993
© 2010 Coyote Poetry
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Monterey –very fitting place for dealing with the unrequited love of this poem. Enjoying your work.
ow some place….!!!!1
Monterey is paradise. Only problem. A house cost $500,000 or more. Thank you for the comment. I was station at Fort Ord. Which is gone now.
beautiful!
Thank you for the comment.
Your poetry brings tears to my eyes. In a very good, profound way.
What is it about the coasts’ of a countries that find an ocean on their western shores’. why are they different to eastern shores? We have to travel east to get to them by sea, and west to venture to them overland, but they are all like dreams when nestled amongst their sands and water.
I lived on four corners of the USA. All the oceans are beautiful. The problem with the USA. A lot of population from Florida to New York. Little land that is not private. West coast is mainly free of ownership and people can roam with freedom still. I lived with the great lakes near, Water is peace and calm for the most of us. Thank you for the comment.
Australia is similar, most of its population live along the east coast, with the north, west, and south being a lot of open country, dotted with small populations in scattered places.
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Thank you Alex for the nomination. I do appreciate.
You are more than welcome and very deserving!
Alex
So touching and beautiful…there is a nice rhythm throughout the poem that captures memories that won’t fade away.
well said
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you’re welcome
Thank you for visiting my blog and following. Have a great day. Renee
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Thank you for reading and stopping by. I enjoyed your work also. I appreciate the comment.
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I nominate you for the Blog of the Year Award. You got so many awards ..congrats
Are you Awarded out lol hope not here is ANOTHER
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this is fabulous John. you have captured the emotion so beautifully!
the pictures are fantastic. i so love sea and every thing about it.
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Hi, nice to meet you and your writing, my heart ached while reading your poem.
thanks for the follow, glad to return the favour..
have a nice day, till then..
franza
Love your blog! I nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. A link to the award rules and information is provided below:
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Thank you for the nomination. I do appreciate.
I love Monterey. I lived there once. It’s a beautiful poem.
I love Monterey and the coastline. Next year I will return and roam again. Thank you for the comment.
those fucking sea lions……lol monterey
but no this is beautiful
I miss hearing the sea lions. Drinking at the pier and watching the sea. Monterey was paradise. Thank you for the comment.
Hello, John….. I am joining you here.
Great to read you !
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You are a mystery. Thank you for stopping by and reading.
It’s a lovely poem which matches beautifully with the photos
Monterey is one the most beautiful places in the USA. Good for poetry and allowing the mind to break free. Thank you for the comment.
John time to collect your STAR! I have awarded you the Blog of 2012 Award over here
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Eunice
Thank you for reading.
Thank you for always coming by
Eunice
I love how you used space between sentences to give a sense of talking, time or pondering, John. In my last pieces of work I have been experiencing with using both space and capitol letters to create a sense of emphasis and add to the atmosphere. Was this in the back of your mind as well, but in a different way maybe?
I was told I write poetry in epic form. I would be famous if I lived 2,000 years ago. I like to tell story and have conversation. Thank you for the comment.
Heey! I just nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award
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To love from afar is painful, the images you have given leave my heart sore-but this is good. Not many poems have left me with such feeling.
A old poem. A true story. It did work. 3000 miles can allow the pain to go away. Thank you for the comment.
I have been there too, my friend. All to recently. Over
15, 000 and yes-the distance does allow for a different kind of healing.
Beautiful and melancholic. I enjoyed reading this Johh. You should enter it in this week’s dVerse Poets Pub Missing You prompt http://dversepoets.com/2012/12/01/poetics-missing-you/
Thank you for the comment.
your words tug at the head and the heart
A old poem. Distance allowed the pain to be less. Thank you for the comment.
I love this kind of poetry, just plain simplicity, yet very beautiful.
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Thank you for the comment. I like your site. You look like you have a fun life.
I do actually! I’m happy that it also seems like it. I wouldn’t like to have a blog that would make people think that “oh, that poor baby.
” Haha. Thank you so much for all the likes and the support you gave to my little blog. It’s all greatly appreciated. 
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Beautiful mixture of hope and memory.
http://warriorpoetwisdom.com/2011/11/27/lost-love/
I love this melancholy love story. I love Monterrey. Wonderful writing.