Metaphors ablaze, Sharon.
Doug
> On Jun 27, 2017, at 9:20 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Good poem, Sharon! Liked it.
>
> Andrew
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> On 28 June 2017 at 07:38, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Yes the match. Like the image of heart as split kindling, still ready for
>> spark.
>>
>> Bil
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>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 at 4:25 AM, Patrick McManus <
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>>> ah that match too close!!
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>>>
>>> On 27/06/2017 18:49, sharon brogan wrote:
>>>> Falling in Love at 70
>>>>
>>>> What once would bend, now
>>>>
>>>> refuses. Knees complain
>>>>
>>>> of damp weather.
>>>>
>>>> My fingers mark the crows’
>>>>
>>>> feet at the corners
>>>>
>>>> of your eyes.
>>>>
>>>> It’s only endorphins,
>>>>
>>>> synapses sparking
>>>>
>>>> in the brain.
>>>>
>>>> This heart, cracked by time
>>>>
>>>> and grieving, has split
>>>>
>>>> thin & dry as kindling.
>>>>
>>>> That match
>>>>
>>>> too close.
>>>>
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