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Re: Adnohr, it's still not quite what I want, but I'm getting there.
It;s an important poem to me and I want to get it right. Stay tuned.
posted by
2902
on September 1, 2013 at 10:21 AM
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It is a good poem - no extra tra-la-la about your situation, very realistic, so it is more striking. Makes one think 'It's happening to me too.'
posted by
adnohr
on August 31, 2013 at 5:37 PM
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Re: Yes, FSI, and I'm still discovering it.
posted by
2902
on August 31, 2013 at 2:19 PM
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Re: Re: A NY tv station once had a 30-second spot about aging.
oops - and all it showed was a picture of an infant and the caption:"Growing old- everybody's doing it."
posted by
2902
on August 31, 2013 at 2:18 PM
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Re: A NY tv station once had a 30-second spot about aging.
posted by
2902
on August 31, 2013 at 2:17 PM
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Re: This is a poem I've tried to write a dozen times these past
5 months. My brush with death was a strangely positive experience for me, and this piece is the closest I've come to putting it in words without sounding preachy, flowery, downbeat, highflown or abstract. It still isn't quite what I want, but it's gettting close. The glove metaphor brought me very close to what I was trying to do.
posted by
2902
on August 31, 2013 at 2:16 PM
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Re: Doc, the poem represents a very happy and positive mood.
posted by
2902
on August 31, 2013 at 2:09 PM
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A whole lot of truth here in this poem.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 31, 2013 at 10:25 AM
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once we are born it's a countdown til death...we just don't know the number of days...enjoy each day that you have dear friend
posted by
Annicita
on August 31, 2013 at 8:19 AM
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Yes, how ture, as we each learn in our own time, that the world ends for someone every day.
posted by
UtahJay
on August 31, 2013 at 7:15 AM
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True and I feel for you. 
posted by
Dr_JPT
on August 31, 2013 at 5:54 AM
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