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John Geddes is a gifted author and poet whose writing captures the quiet beauty of introspection and the emotional depth of the human spirit. Best known for his novel A Familiar Rain, Geddes weaves powerful imagery with evocative language to explore themes of solitude, reflection, and love. His work has inspired readers to embrace the subtle moments of life and find meaning in everyday experiences. Through his literary voice, Geddes reminds us that the most profound truths often lie in the quiet spaces between words.
"Everything is gone except traces of you inside me - and the years like the wind are sweeping those away ..."
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"Everything is gone except traces of you inside me - and the years like the wind are sweeping those away ..."

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"The only difference between you and a dream is I haven't woken up with you."
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"The only difference between you and a dream is I haven't woken up with you."

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"From the moment I saw you, I wanted you in my dreams."
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"From the moment I saw you, I wanted you in my dreams."

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"I can't grasp the stars, but I love them " in the same way, I love you..."
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"I can't grasp the stars, but I love them " in the same way, I love you..."

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"Strands of your hair and tendrils of the wind spin into nothingness the memories of that day..."
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"Strands of your hair and tendrils of the wind spin into nothingness the memories of that day..."

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"Only a seer or a lover would know that I'm making a jewelry of words for you -drawn from your essence -to flash and burn with your fire -so you can bedazzle with your own light ..."
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"Only a seer or a lover would know that I'm making a jewelry of words for you -drawn from your essence -to flash and burn with your fire -so you can bedazzle with your own light ..."

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"I don't want what other men see in you- you the you I want is invisible but it is the part of you I really love..."
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"I don't want what other men see in you- you the you I want is invisible but it is the part of you I really love..."

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"Yes I understand your spells-your sex magic-at least, I know this: all lights dim when you walk in..."
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"Yes I understand your spells-your sex magic-at least, I know this: all lights dim when you walk in..."

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"The feelings that pass between us are deeper than fleshly touches..."
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"The feelings that pass between us are deeper than fleshly touches..."

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"Here's what I believe - sometimes God has a Plan B..."
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"Here's what I believe - sometimes God has a Plan B..."

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"In the baby's roomThe city lights areMilkyIn the curtains. Breath Gentle as rain, Sleep Quiet as snowflakes."
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"In the baby's roomThe city lights areMilkyIn the curtains. Breath Gentle as rain, Sleep Quiet as snowflakes."

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"I learn about the sacred in the everyday - I look in your face..."
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"I learn about the sacred in the everyday - I look in your face..."

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"The magic of love runs at cross purposes with the rhythm of living..."
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"The magic of love runs at cross purposes with the rhythm of living..."

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"There is a myth called objective reality - we think an impersonal world exists apart from us - it doesn't - it needs us to be ..."
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"There is a myth called objective reality - we think an impersonal world exists apart from us - it doesn't - it needs us to be ..."

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"If you always move in certainty, your writing will be flat - creativity is a rugged terrain..."
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"If you always move in certainty, your writing will be flat - creativity is a rugged terrain..."

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"I think there are lovely sunsets in hell-and that's where my desire for you is sending me."
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"I think there are lovely sunsets in hell-and that's where my desire for you is sending me."

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"I committed a sin the day I refused you - I discovered metal inside me where my heart should be - forgive me, Love, for acting on principles..."
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"I committed a sin the day I refused you - I discovered metal inside me where my heart should be - forgive me, Love, for acting on principles..."

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"If you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone..."
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"If you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone..."

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"At morning, I'm unruffled - I'll sit with my tea and Muse Cat beside me and listen to the soft chime of the grandfather clock..."
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"At morning, I'm unruffled - I'll sit with my tea and Muse Cat beside me and listen to the soft chime of the grandfather clock..."

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"Your memory is a warm stone hidden in my hand I'm always turning over..."
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"Your memory is a warm stone hidden in my hand I'm always turning over..."

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"There's the suffering from love and the suffering from grief - either pain permanently scars the soul..."
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"There's the suffering from love and the suffering from grief - either pain permanently scars the soul..."

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"All these epic battles and monsters lately - but love is a tiny world and I prefer a more personal style..."
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"All these epic battles and monsters lately - but love is a tiny world and I prefer a more personal style..."

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"You can have a dark heart and be a writer, but you can't have a black one.."
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"You can have a dark heart and be a writer, but you can't have a black one.."

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"You must never partly love or stop half way - because then, you become superficial and cannot be deeply hurt or loved..."
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"You must never partly love or stop half way - because then, you become superficial and cannot be deeply hurt or loved..."

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"Perhaps in actions I'm less of a man - but, oh the words - such lovely words..."
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"Perhaps in actions I'm less of a man - but, oh the words - such lovely words..."

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"Paint in blue and black...sometimes gray - the colors of night - occasionally I surprise you with a mustard yellow, but then, I am a poet ..."
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"Paint in blue and black...sometimes gray - the colors of night - occasionally I surprise you with a mustard yellow, but then, I am a poet ..."

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"I retreat into my fictional world where everything makes sense - but even there I can't even control what people do..."
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"I retreat into my fictional world where everything makes sense - but even there I can't even control what people do..."

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"You mean you don't fit characters into a plot? excatly..."
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"You mean you don't fit characters into a plot? excatly..."

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"I don't just wish you rain, Beloved - I wish you the beauty of storms..."
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"I don't just wish you rain, Beloved - I wish you the beauty of storms..."

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"Goodness is not the absence of evil - it's the light that pushes back the darkness..."
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"Goodness is not the absence of evil - it's the light that pushes back the darkness..."

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"Only darkened trails of rain could paint your face upon a pane..."
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"Only darkened trails of rain could paint your face upon a pane..."

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"You don't need a calling to minister love..."
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"You don't need a calling to minister love..."

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"It was inevitable I loved you - we were soul mates - for the same reason, we were fated to suffer..."
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"It was inevitable I loved you - we were soul mates - for the same reason, we were fated to suffer..."

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"I've marked our sacred place not with stones - I've put it my art to keep it safe..."
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"I've marked our sacred place not with stones - I've put it my art to keep it safe..."

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"You are a ring tone on the phone I didn't answer."
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"You are a ring tone on the phone I didn't answer."

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"I see you as series of gestures, a palette of colors -all these tiny tiles pixelate, and then coalesce... into the idea of you..."
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"I see you as series of gestures, a palette of colors -all these tiny tiles pixelate, and then coalesce... into the idea of you..."

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"Everything I treasure is broken - it's of no use to anybody but me..."
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"Everything I treasure is broken - it's of no use to anybody but me..."

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"I gave you painted air - tears I couldn't weep - truths I couldn't speak - all the words that caught in my throat..."
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"I gave you painted air - tears I couldn't weep - truths I couldn't speak - all the words that caught in my throat..."

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"God and your heart both whisper - incline your ear - don't just learn from your head..."
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"God and your heart both whisper - incline your ear - don't just learn from your head..."

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"You want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you're wounded by your own feelings & resentful others don't seem to care..."
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"You want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you're wounded by your own feelings & resentful others don't seem to care..."

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"I always thought youth were idealists - now, I'm not so sure - I'm more idealistic now then at 17..."
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"I always thought youth were idealists - now, I'm not so sure - I'm more idealistic now then at 17..."

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"Some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns..."
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"Some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns..."

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"I live in Ireland every day in a drizzly dream of a Dublin walk..."
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"I live in Ireland every day in a drizzly dream of a Dublin walk..."

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"I live with regrets - the bittersweet loss of innocence - the red track of the moon upon the lake - the inability to return and do it again..."
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"I live with regrets - the bittersweet loss of innocence - the red track of the moon upon the lake - the inability to return and do it again..."

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"Spiritual or emotional pain doesn't become a memory so much as a bruise ..."
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"Spiritual or emotional pain doesn't become a memory so much as a bruise ..."

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"I hear the sounds of melting snow outside my window every night and with the first faint scent of spring, I remember life exists..."
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"I hear the sounds of melting snow outside my window every night and with the first faint scent of spring, I remember life exists..."

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"Some writers closet themselves - I write wherever I am because that's where life is happening ..."
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"Some writers closet themselves - I write wherever I am because that's where life is happening ..."

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"Last night, lost in spaces between star-bays and lakes of clouds, I tossed and turned looking for you."
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"Last night, lost in spaces between star-bays and lakes of clouds, I tossed and turned looking for you."

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"Your moods and colors are my climate, not the changing face of the sky."
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"Your moods and colors are my climate, not the changing face of the sky."

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"I keep coming back to certain books, and you-to try to find myself again."
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"I keep coming back to certain books, and you-to try to find myself again."

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