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From Pillar To Post Here We Go Comments

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The call has been sounded,
yet we swing from pillar to post.

The sounding of the call astounds
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Sarah Mkhonza
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Bri Edwards 24 July 2018

(cont.) I THINK many people's (symbolic, but all-too-troubling-at-times, or primed-to-anticipate-trouble) movements from pillar to post cause them to beware of immigrants, especially during times of economic downturns or fears of people who are 'different'. a poem to ponder. well-written. bri :)

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Bri Edwards 24 July 2018

(cont.) pellets? are you really talking of guns, and really about immigrants? normally i would think of 'bullets' coming from guns, but there are shotgun 'pellets' (MANY) which are thrown out by shotguns. [OUCH! ! ] (cont.)

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Bri Edwards 24 July 2018

(cont.) NOW i can read poem! stanza 4: its, not it's...ha ha. i think not an uncommon typo. traverse..(noun) traveling, wandering, roaming i especially like wanderers, wondering, but later, places of wondering? do you mean to type wandering? if not, i wonder what you mean. the story, not read in full yet, seems a bit mysterious. i think it is too symbolic for me! (cont.)

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Bri Edwards 24 July 2018

(cont.) something shaped like a pillar. a pillar of smoke a person or thing regarded as reliably providing essential support for something. he was a pillar of his local community synonyms: stalwart, mainstay, bastion, rock; More.......thanks Google (cont.)

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Bri Edwards 24 July 2018

from pillar to post phrase of pillar** 1. from one place to another in an unceremonious or fruitless manner. the refugees have been pushed from pillar to post in that area - - - - - ** PILLAR: synonyms: column, post, support, upright, baluster, pier, pile, pilaster, stanchion, prop, newel; obelisk, monolith stone pillars (CONT.)

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