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Rhyme. Over-appreciated and taught in middle school… Mind giving me some more lessons in usage?
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I’m not so sure that I utilise rhyme all that well either, Alekos. Thank you for the kind words though! They’re much appreciated. 🙂
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Tony, I don’t have the appropriate words at this moment to give you the credit you so rightly deserve. This did clothe me in a blanket of hope and wonder and leave me feeling as though the world would soon be wakening to new possibilities and unspoken beauty. Bravo. x
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Annie, that means a lot coming from you. I’m beyond pleased that these words were able to wrap you in such hope! 😀
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You’re making me blush.
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I hope so! 😛
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these are really pretty words, love it!!
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Aw, thanks, Surrendipiteous!
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Ah Tony…so many good lines here. I read it a few times to get warm and then the tinder took and burned as I listened to the words out loud. Epic!
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Thank you, J.H. Did you roast some marshmallows too? I hope so! 😛
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“put your burning in my bones” — this just ends so powerfully raw. So many poems just peter out and ‘end’… yours punches its way off the page. LOVE this one.
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Wow! Thank you, Astrid! You just made my day! 😀
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They were sincere words!
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I’m just checking out The Star Scrolls right now. I love what I’m seeing so far. 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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Tremendously beautiful! Very moving in the depths of soul; thank you for sharing this creative gift of blessed and heart-piercing poetry!
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Oh, Jonathan. You are quite simply one of our biggest fans, and for that we are grateful! 😀
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Believe me when I say I AM grateful! Thank you, and all the best w/blessings!
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You’re an officer and a gentleman! 🙂
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Great imagery! This poem seems full of symbolism surrounding a sense of isolation and a lack of ‘belonging’. Thought-provoking writing.
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What you say is true, Chris. There is certainly a sense of alienation here, as well as a hope for something better. 🙂
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Awesome! Very brave work! 🙂
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Brave? I honestly never thought about it that way until now, so thank you, Radhika. Thank you very much! 🙂
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Beautiful. Love the poem and especially the line “put your burning in my bones.” Like your speaker is seeking warmth because of the “cold death” and “winter shroud.”
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You are so on point with this! Yes, that’s exactly what this is, Mandi. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment. I appreciate it! 🙂
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Thanks Toni.
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“sense the unquenched fire in snow” — excellent. Love this line.
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Thank you, good sir. This is one of my favourite lines too, truth be told.
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I’ve now come back to this poem because of this line three times, and the line might be perfect. Its meaning isn’t so immediately clear, though it only takes a moment to get the meaning (for anyone who has had frostburn); it still requires just enough suspension of our usual categories before the strong sense of the metaphor of fire can be properly grasped that it manages to casually and gently throw the reader into a poetic mindset. Very nice, indeed.
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Wow! I’m beyond pleased that this speaks to you with such resonance, Gregory. I’m going to have a very good Christmas this year, I think. 🙂
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