Friday, January 3, 2003

A Dream Lies Dead Comments

Rating: 3.8

A dream lies dead here. May you softly go
Before this place, and turn away your eyes,
Nor seek to know the look of that which dies
Importuning Life for life. Walk not in woe,
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Dorothy Parker
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Castledark Campbell 01 November 2023

Feels like my miscarriage 😭

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Heather Winfield Marsh 06 November 2021

Im scared to offer an opinion about the poem.

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Dr Dillip K Swain 24 August 2021

Walk not in woe....sound advice!

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Whatever soulmate 13 April 2021

Has the dream died?

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Konab Ghazanfar 13 April 2021

just stunning

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Fawaz Argof 25 February 2021

when somebody is completely had enough from disappoint of people and failure in some point of life, he just feels like this is it, but as long as we breath we mustn't give up.

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MAHTAB BANGALEE 14 February 2021

dream in imperfect head becomes dead before the perfect world!

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Ask Whatever 13 February 2021

Dream is not dead

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Kesav Venkat Easwaran 26 December 2020

Nicely written sonnet. I endorse Mr Cronick's excellent comment

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Shaun Cronick 29 June 2020

A brilliant poem about a thing of beauty that helps bring balance to the world. Then the tragic death of this dream reflects the imperfectness as well as reducing the beauty that exists in this world.

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Davis gloff 09 December 2019

A lovely petrarchan sonnet... It started me getting teary eyed...

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Ruta Mohapatra 30 June 2018

A powerful poem! Thanks for sharing!

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Billy 21 June 2018

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Nelson 22 November 2017

I love this

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Bisy Untan 10 November 2017

I bow before your poetic craft.

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Bisy Untan 10 November 2017

The personification of dream! ! I liked it very much. Congratulations poet.

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M Asim Nehal 16 January 2017

I really liked it it seems to me the extention of Dream by L. Huges.

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Warren Jones 14 November 2014

I assume that this is being read by a robot. Is that right?

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Sokal Roy 09 November 2011

my choice so nice so inspirational poem..

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Cynthia Buhain-baello 29 December 2009

Lovely, excellent choice of words and effective use of punctuation.

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