Author Topic: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament  (Read 180028 times)

Offline Jeff Wrangler

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Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #100 on: October 24, 2007, 11:47:30 am »
He is the shit, ain't he?

 :o I presume that's a compliment in the South?
"It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide."--Charles Dickens.

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Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #101 on: January 22, 2008, 11:58:38 pm »

In Loving Memory

Heath Ledger



...the cast and crew of this film, from the director down, had gotten into my mind and pulled out images.
Especially did I feel this about Heath Ledger, who knew better than I how Ennis felt and thought,
whose intimate depiction of that achingly needy ranch kid builds with frightening power.
It is an eerie sensation to see events you have imagined in the privacy of your mind
...loom up before you in an overwhelming visual experience.

~  Annie Proulx

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Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #102 on: January 23, 2008, 02:47:29 am »


In Loving Memory



HEATH LEDGER

Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself.

   ~ Jean Anouilh
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Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #103 on: January 23, 2008, 02:51:07 am »
Thank you Meryl, both of your 'In Loving Memory' tributes are beautiful indeed, and I couldn't get thru the first one without crying.
Six-word Stories:  ~Jack: Lightning Flat, lightning love, flat denied   ~Ennis: Open space: flat tire, tire iron?

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Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #104 on: January 23, 2008, 05:03:52 pm »
Thanks, Chris.  Neither could I.  :'(
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Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #105 on: January 23, 2008, 05:10:57 pm »
Those of you who have been crying are the lucky ones. I just feel sorta ... hollow.  :-\
"It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide."--Charles Dickens.

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Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #106 on: January 23, 2008, 05:39:35 pm »
Thank you for pointing me here with this, Meryl.  :-*





You Rise Still


you slipped away
unobserved
like a silent whisper.
your spirit rises
like soft strands of smoke
from a quenched candle.
you rise far
from this chaos and loss
you rise still.

there is more
beyond this earthly vale
distant shores
where footprints remain
forever etched in sand.
you are there
where shadows are not
where your sun gleams
you are there
you rise still.

you slipped away
in the light of day
I pray you felt no fear
close to the end
for you rise still.
bits of your soul breathe
in these bereft hearts
you are here
even as you rise far
from this restless haze
you rise still.




Rest In Peace.






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Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #107 on: January 23, 2008, 06:05:42 pm »
What beautiful and fitting tributes to Heath this last page of posts contains! Thank you both. I feel completely drained today, - but nevertheless glad that creativity and sensitivity to post such wonderful "Thank You's" can be found here.  :-*

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Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #108 on: January 23, 2008, 06:14:49 pm »
((((((((((Mika))))))))))
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Re: The Brokeback Cult: The New Testament
« Reply #109 on: January 23, 2008, 08:28:48 pm »
Thank you Meryl, for your loving memories. And Milli and everybody who is able to express what I'm feeling. I can't write any beautiful tribute, words fail me. So I'm thankful four yours.