Sunday, March 25, 2018

Requiem For Tillie Comments

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The wee dark eyed girl.
Where is this child from?
What changeling act
what soldier on his weary journey back
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Barney Rooney
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Bri Edwards 02 December 2019

2 – i like the poem quite a bit, but am sure(?) i don't follow some of the events, and i don't wish to ponder too much, nor ask for explanations. too busy here! ha ha. bri :)

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Bri Edwards 02 December 2019

1 - " changeling" : " a child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real child in infancy." but..." wean" as a noun? ? an Irish slang for child? stanza 3, line 1: " its" , not " it's" ? ;) & line 7: " in deed" or " indeed" ? So, Tillie's final pleasure is being dead (done quietly) ?

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Naila Rais 01 May 2018

A great write.... Keep it up... I would like you read my poem In the mid of the night depression you are killing me too. Naila

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Darwin Henry Beuning 25 March 2018

0525am,25 March 2018. Barney, today I will light a candle for Tillie, this being Palm Sunday.

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