Les Deux Magots ‘Friendship’
Famous poets across different eras have consistently emphasized the profound importance of friendship, often portraying it as a source of joy, strength and solace. They highlight its unique qualities compared to romantic love, its ability to foster deep understanding and shared experiences, and its role in personal growth.
On July 9, poets and writers met at the Les Deux Magots (LDM), also known as Hill Family Tasting Room, shared their verses that spoke of the expansive meanings of acquaintanceship.
Cathy Carsel offered:
I know someday I’m going to lose you
Then who will I tell my secrets to
Who’ll ever understand me like you do
Robin Gabbert compares friendship that has died to fallen leaves:
Fallen leaves we try
to put back onto trees sadly
flutter their own way
Patricia Reis reminisces:
This is a tribute to those who entered my life for fleeting moments to give a lifeline
and I was unable to properly thank
I now thank you
L. Rae Hyland wrote:
I see it in your eyes
the knowing
the knowing that our love is
has always been unspoken
John Petraglia authored a poem about his next door neighbor:
We’re friends five years now
Neighbors over of the fence
paisanos from New York
we find ourselves in California
weekly golf partners in retirement years
MaryKate Fitzpatrick shared a delicious poem:
Isn’t it a kind of friendship to cut a lemon in the kitchen?
The way it offers all of itsel f- zest, juice, oil, seed?
Kathryn Santana Goldman likens friendship to the Japanese artform, kintsugi. It involves repairing broken pottery:
In the last third of our lives
we are Kintsugi masters
skilled at cleaning every shard of pain
Once again we will find the pieces
fill the cracks with forgiveness
find strength in the imperfections
Michael Waterson wrote a very creative verse titled Poetry Obituary, which tells stories of poets like Shakespeare in a costume as Hamlet, John Milton led by a guide dog, Dante appearing with Virgil and Langston Huges hoping to deliver an elegy. But try as they might the words would not come.
What did the famous ones say about friendship?
Kahlil Gibran describes friendship as a reciprocal relationship where friends meet each other’s needs, sharing joys and sorrows. He emphasizes the unspoken understanding and the shared experiences that define true friendship. Gibran also notes that true friendship is not about filling emptiness but about enriching each other’s lives.
Helen Keller wrote, “True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.”
“The only way to have a friend is to be one,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson.
I leave you with Geoff Leigh and my owndedication poem to the wonderful friends and fine wines at Hill Family Estates. Both Geoff and I gave Hill’s Albariño and Cabernet Franc voices.
Hill Family Estate Albariño:
Sometimes in a glass
my golden hue becomes a liquid ballet
a magical view
Hill Family Estate Cabernet Franc:
It’s a thrill when patrons immerse themselves
and into bouquets of fragrances delve
Dear readers of the Sun, as you walk through your day consider:
A warm, smiling face,
Shared laughter, stories told,
Best friends forevermore.
Send your thoughts about friendship to Marianne Lyon at [email protected]
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