Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Creeping Mortality - A Sonnet Comments

Rating: 5.0

I had a spinal shot today, Oh my:
It passed by quickly, merciful it was
Though not a pleasant thing - it does
Me good, or so they tell me, bye and bye!
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Richard St. Clair
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Prabir Gayen 26 February 2019

pain, 'Twill do naught to complain in might and main, I needs concede to creeping frailty. Birth and death, whence comes this common curse? Who could dream up anything much worse? .....beautiful

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Ratnakar Mandlik 26 February 2019

An inescapable station between birth and death, which is painful too in the form of old age, meaningfully described. Thanks for sharing.10 points.

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Sandra Feldman 26 February 2019

Yes, the useless cry of it all. Sad, realistic but great poem.

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Richard St. Clair

Richard St. Clair

Jamestown, North Dakota
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