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Dying Alone In Public

Like the lonely winter tree
Outstretched branches with never any leaves
Lonely skeletons, with lonely smiles
Looking away while trying to hide
Their outstretched lonely eyes

Submitted: Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Edited: Sunday, June 28, 2009


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  • Alison Cassidy (8/9/2007 6:28:00 PM)

    This is superb titled Cin - no wonder it has found so many readers - and the poem itself is eloquent and starkly sad. Excellent poem. love, Allie xxxx

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  • Rebecca Park (4/13/2007 3:30:00 PM)

    Excellent poem. Suble yet very moving with a timeless quality.

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  • Eugene Cruz (4/11/2007 9:37:00 AM)

    A powerful, wonderfully written poem.

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  • Robert Harrington (4/9/2007 5:21:00 PM)

    Really captures the mood of loneliness.

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  • Greta Holstrum (4/8/2007 1:43:00 AM)

    Very sad, very beautiful.

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  • Ellen Smith (3/31/2007 5:06:00 PM)

    So much emotion and imagery for so few words. A beautiful poem.

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  • Randall Anderson (11/6/2006 10:14:00 AM)

    few words that say so much.

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  • Suchoon Mo (6/11/2006 6:13:00 PM)

    my salute to this eloquent poem.

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