Friday, September 2, 2016

A Belly Of Candles Of Mahogany Wax Comments

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For I have come to just put this candle,
here down here in this hole, where bats fly,
where birds sing during the day on these trees,
and as I walk away, the light shines on,
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Sarah Mkhonza 24 December 2017

If you've been to a grotto and lit your candle and then left it there this symbolism will make a lot of sense. Light up a candle and leave it among the others in streets of Barcelona and hang on to your thoughts as you walk away.

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Bri Edwards 22 December 2017

a Poet's Note might be useful to readers, though i DO like poems more if i don't need the help. bri :)

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Bri Edwards 22 December 2017

2nd to last line: till day break greets us too, ..............i would use daybreak aka dawn, but i saw, on Google, that there IS a TV show called Day Break. i've read the poem once and don't follow the story well. perhaps you are using symbolism or just writing of things of which i'm ignorant? i AM ignorant of lots of things! ! the poem went from 'bronze wax' to 'mahogany was'. is it so? i've now read it twice and still have questions. bri :)

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