Thursday, October 7, 2010

Soliloquy Of A Maiden Aunt Comments

Rating: 4.7

The ladies bow, and partners set,
And turn around and pirouette
And trip the Lancers.
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Dollie Radford
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Susan Williams 03 February 2016

She painted this scene into life- we see the dancers swirling and sweeping around the ballroom while the maiden aunt watches wistfully and perhaps a little bitterly as she wishes someone would ask her to dance. She danced well in her youth and youth is still inside her memories.

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M Asim Nehal 03 February 2016

Superb, nicely written poem...And that old lace, I think, falls down Less softly on Priscella's gown Than when I wore it.

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Dollie Radford

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