Monday, May 9, 2011

Echoing Light Comments

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When I was beginning to read I imagined
that bridges had something to do with birds
and with what seemed to be cages but I knew
that they were not cages it must have been autumn
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William Stanley Merwin
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flocking together echoing close to the shore the longest bridges have opened their slender wings

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Mahtab Bangalee 09 April 2019

far downriver flocking together echoing close to the shore........./// beautiful poetic expression

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Run by greedy Indians who do f..u..ck all.

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Susan Williams 09 April 2018

a small wind nosing / over dry grass that yesterday was green / the empty corn standing trembling and a down of ghost flowers veiling the ignored fields- - ] beautiful imaginative descriptives and very evocative emotionally

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Marieta Maglas 09 April 2018

''ghost flowers veiling the ignored fields''-I like this poem in which the words are used to paint the colors. In autumn, nature becomes red, orange, or yellow. It is a season of leaving or dying. The earth turns from east to west, from green to white, and some life bridges are cut temporary or permanently.

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Anil Kumar Panda 09 April 2018

This is beautiful writing. Enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.

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This sh..it site allows trolls to prosper.

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Sylvaonyema Uba 09 April 2018

...bridges had something to do with birds Nicely written and communicated. Sylva-Onyema Uba

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Bernard F. Asuncion 09 April 2018

Such a superb write by William Stanley Merwin👍👍👍

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You God botherer

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Kumarmani Mahakul 09 April 2018

A fantastic depiction has been made on autumn and on nature with nice penmanship. Beautiful poem. Thanks and congratulations for being selected this poem as the poem of the day.

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You Indian PRI.. ck 09 April 2018

A stupid comment as usual.

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Edward Kofi Louis 09 April 2018

Indeed it is Autumn! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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You are not a poet just a gatherer of marks you tu..rd

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William Stanley Merwin

William Stanley Merwin

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