At dVerse Mish is hosting the Quadrille (44 words) with an invitation to write about ice, or one of its word forms.
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“Dread is a sympathetic antipathy and an antipathetic sympathy.” Soren Kierkegaard
Those Moments There are moments forever in my throat where my heart resides, moments touched by conversations eavesdropped from my past, a knife, felt a fist, the phone call, that crash, he'll be alright the ambulance is here, chills run and my spine turns to ice. Copyright 2023 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®️
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Moments and events come from all types. We have to be strong by mind and body!
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moments touched by conversations
eavesdropped from my past,
This is such a good line, Paul!
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Well described moments of dread
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Which tells me you know the feeling – thank you very much VJ.
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My pleasure always.
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Tough moments.
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Yes, just awful, they linger, thank you for seeing it.
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Wow, Paul, that is so – REAL. I feel this.
❤
David
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David ❤️🙏
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Some moments cannot be changed I think… they will always be there in that frozen spine.
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I know so Bjorn, true enough for me.
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Quite a engaging poem Paul.
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Thank you very much Cindy 🙂
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So been there.
You know, I never pause to preview before I click through to your poems. I already know I’ll love them.
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Well that has made my day, week ….. thank you so much Ana ❤️
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It’s wonderful to me that even though my own work must be in abeyance now, something I can offer creates uplift ~ and if I could choose a person to whom to be able to give that gift, it would be your outrageously poetic self, sir.
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Well it sure helps, thank you 🙂 ❤️
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👌🙋💖
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My breath caught in my throat as I read this.
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And as I wrote it, still these moments are raw. Thank you for sharing that Liz.
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You’re welcome, Paul. That rawness came through.
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Wow, those first two lines set the tone right away. The way you listed terse details was effective. Memories of traumatic events can feel like that…. sharp, vivid images.
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Yes, very much so Mish, still so raw, all of them, thank you so much.
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such a beautiful poem this line is especially poignant
‘in my throat where my heart resides’ ❤
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Even as I wrote that was true too, so hard. Thank you very much for that.
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Nice
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Many thanks Grace
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You are welcome
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How are you doing
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Wow great poem worded so powerfully
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Thank you very much
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