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Salu Salu
(9/30/2009 9:06:00 AM) |
greatness is simplicity! ! ! mild flow but heavy prangs... it hits underneath heart..
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Salu Salu
(9/30/2009 9:06:00 AM) |
greatness is simplicity! ! ! mild flow but heavy prangs... it hits underneath heart..
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Will Moore
(7/31/2009 4:15:00 PM) |
Am I the only reader who is just a little bit uncomfortable that this poem was written (in 1961) by a woman of TWENTY-NINE who was already feeling so trapped by convention that she dreamed of a day - worryingly far off, too - when she might break the shackles? What was she waiting for? Why was she contemplating thirty or more wasted years before she could - apparently - 'act naturally'? And after decades of habit and keeping up appearances, might it not be a great deal more difficult to abruptly change one's spots?
It's very entertaining in its way, but as a parent of children of just that age, I feel sorry for them if they are in the same boat as the writer, and cannot see that they should enjoy every sandwich NOW, and not from some far-distant point in their lives when political incorrectness or whimsical behaviour might be acceptable 'just because you're old'.
Betty Collins (11/27/2006) with her riposte (see an earlier post) is much more to my liking. It saddens me that in nearly three years nobody has taken time out to see her point...
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Debby Rodrig
(6/13/2009 12:49:00 AM) |
I first read this poem in Bernie Siegel's book Peace, Love & Healing in 1994 since then it has been a great inspiration to me and I pass it on to friends and family.
It can not be said more beautifuly, thank you
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nothing over
(4/27/2009 11:08:00 PM) |
Great poem, check out my poems too
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Sherrie Tappenden
(4/2/2009 3:55:00 AM) |
This is the poem that has the most impact on my life on a day to day basis and I solemnly swear to buy an unbecoming red hat at the next sales, (I've already got swearing and spitting down to a fine art!)
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R James Sterzinger
(2/11/2009 9:01:00 AM) |
i think this is one heck of a poem. extraordinary. now that is why we write. when i am old, i want to fall in love with a woman who thinks like that. great job!
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Yoonoos Peerbocus
(1/26/2009 4:57:00 AM) |
you have a knack for ideas /words all finely framed ..well done
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Mandy Bullman
(1/21/2009 1:21:00 PM) |
i love it, its funny my friends would love this.it belongs on the wall witha nice frame on it.
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Rita Shay
(1/20/2009 10:09:00 PM) |
I knew from the first line, that I was going to like this poem very much. I wish I knew Jenny Joseph
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