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Jed Moffitt's avatar

The world is a better world with you two in it and in love. Is it any wonder that the ocean supports you as do we all. Blessings to you both.

David Kirkby's avatar

Dear Jed

You are a beautiful human being, my friend.

Thankyou!!!!

Love from us

Dave & Meg :)

Rebecca Cook's avatar

Marvelous! Seeing as how I love you the dickens to the moon and back and so so much much more, I must now declare my undying love to Meg. I love you, Meg. I figure you must be an extraordinarily special person to be with Dave. Congrats and carry on, my comrades in love. I wish you as much happiness as Dale and I have been enjoying these long, but oh so brief, 37 years of marriage. We were only together 5 months before we married, so you guys have the jump on the unwedded bliss!

David Kirkby's avatar

Aha!! Dear Rebecca! We love you back!

Yep. No-one can accuse of rushing into this… lolololol

xxx

D and M :)

Tracy's avatar

Congratulations! Such a great poem 🥰

David Kirkby's avatar

Hi Tracy. Thankyou!!

Best wishes from us both

Dave & Meg :)

School of Blue's avatar

Congrats, Dave and Meg. Wonderful wonderfulness.

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Hey friend Richard!

Thankyou! (This event is part of why I’m behind in my reading)

Best Wishes - Dave:)

Kiki's avatar

CONGRATS!!!!! 🎊🎉🍾 What the world needs now – beautiful, loving people expressing their love. 💕 All the best to you and Meg on this momentous occasion!! Wish we could all be there to celebrate, but know we’re all sending love and good vibes and shedding a few (happy) tears. 🩷

David Kirkby's avatar

Oh Kiki!

That is truly beautiful!

Thankyou my friend.

Sending love back to you and to all

Dave and Meg :)

💕

Geraldine A. V. Hughes's avatar

Awww, so tender!

David Kirkby's avatar

Hi dear Geraldine. Thankyou!

I am indeed a profoundly fortunate man...

Best wishes from us both!

Dave and Meg :)

Nikki Moore's avatar

Congratulations and thank you for sharing such an intimate poetic glimpse!

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Ah! I am just catching up on your comments. :)

Thankyou! I asked M's permission - of course - before publishing this. Our love is personal, but the experience of love is universal, and my hope is that the aspects we post here are meaningful to a wide range of people.

Until August last year, when at Meg's suggestion I started my Substack site, I had not published any of my poetry for the previous 22 years. So... it is incredibly lovely to discover that other people do indeed find beauty in this...

Best Wishes - Dave :)

Kate Bown's avatar

Congratulations Dave and Meg! A gorgeous poem for a gorgeous couple. I hope you had a beautiful celebration and thank you for sharing this news with us.

David Kirkby's avatar

Hey Kate! Thankyou!

We had a lovely day with friends - the equivalent of two years worth of socialising for us. We are now recovering IN NZ, currently sitting by the shore at Whitianga as the sun rises....

Best Wishes - Dave :)

Dave Mead's avatar

A beautiful poem Dave, you are obviously made from each other and I’m sure that if the party lived up to the love you clearly have for Meg, it must have been fabulous. Congratulations again. 👏🥳

P.S. It worked perfectly on my iPad.

David Kirkby's avatar

Hey Dave. Thankyou!

It was a very happy day…. After 24 extremely happy years. Now in NZ together for 2 weeks. Sheep country!!!

Cheers

Dave :)

Jodi Proctor's avatar

This is beautiful. Congratulations to the two of you! March 28th happens to also be the anniversary of my partner and I's first date. :)

David Kirkby's avatar

Thankyou Jodi! We had a wonderful day...

And happy anniversary to you!

Best Wishes - Dave

jennae's avatar

so beautiful!! congratulations!

David Kirkby's avatar

Thankyou, dear Jennae! We had a wonderful day....

Best Wishes - Dave and Meg :)

Leslie Quigless's avatar

i love how you use Substack, Dave.

this is lovely.

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Hi dear Leslie

Thankyou!

May your day/night (entire life, in fact) be wonderful!!

Best Wishes - Dave :)

Nikos Anagnostou's avatar

So glad for you, my friend! Make love resound!

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Thankyou friend Nikos!

Yes - we will make this a happy day!

Best Wishes - Dave and Meg :)

Rostislava Pankova-Karadjova's avatar

Dear Dave and Meg, the world is a better place because of you two and the love that inspires the most deeply felt and sincere poems and stories. Congratulations 🥂!

David Kirkby's avatar

Hi dear Ronnie. Thankyou! Apologies for not saying anything earlier. What we say about our private life here on Substack is always agreed between us, and we just had not had that conversation about this particular news because I've been too busy to write anything about it. Yesterday I thought - "Oh! We really should say something" - so I wrote the Post and Meg agreed to it.

Love from us!

Dave :)

Sam Aureli's avatar

congratulations!

David Kirkby's avatar

Thankyou Sam! It's a very happy day for us, but also a continuation of many others. We have been together for 25 years ... so we both feel very fortunate.

Best Wishes - Dave and Meg :)

Mahdi Meshkatee's avatar

WoW look at that! Congratulations, Dave! Wish you a blissful and miraculous time!!

David Kirkby's avatar

Thankyou dear Mahdi.

In one sense - it's just another day. We have been together almost 25 years. But in another sense, it is a wonderful celebration, and we are deeply happy. We had not thought of saying anything on Substack - but we have a growing group of good people here - and my poetry is often about our life together, so yesterday I wrote the Post that appears here, and then I thought - half the meaning of it is in the event, and no-one knows about the event. So I added the little announcement.

Thankyou for your very kind thoughts.

Best Wishes - Dave :)