Sunday, October 18, 2020

October Daffodils Comments

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Eight months since the virus shut the door on the world.
It's October and it's like we're hiding from the law.
You called me yesterday - but it quickly wore off.
Sometimes crushing hungers, for our old normal blossom
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anais vionet
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Daniel Brick 22 October 2020

Anais, this is a sincere poem of grief. The tone is not desperate or even angry; the ancient word " eligiac" describes it well. Your poem comes from heart-depths with consolation, not fear. It's another surprise to me, and a moral lesson. Your poem says to me: Don't be paralyzed by covid in your soul. Your body is vulnerable but your soul is free. In this poem you speak for all of us. and I feel strengthened by your voice.

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