Friday, January 3, 2020

Shards Comments

Rating: 4.8

There is more than a rippled pane of tinted glass
between air I exhale
and the world I used to live in
under the tree of my childhood on tire swing
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Jenny Kalahar
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Hannington Mumo 05 August 2020

A genuinely nostalgic depiction of your/our uncannily self-revealing childhood days. I loved perusing this titillating piece.

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Mahtab Bangalee 25 January 2020

a swoop relaxing my soul soaring me into the future second by second where I would grow inch by inch./// fantastic and superbly written on the growing up childhood; love this expression

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Jenny Kalahar 26 January 2020

Thank you very kindly, Mahtab! - Jenny

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Lyn Paul 25 January 2020

Yesterdays childhood still stays strong in our minds You took me back with the tire swing. Where nothing else mattered.

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Jenny Kalahar 26 January 2020

Thank you, Lyn! I feel sorry for any child who never knew the pleasures of a rope-suspended tire swing. - Jenny

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Rich Tassinari 25 January 2020

Very effective images juxtaposing childhood dreams with reality. Disappointment has a way of imposing obstacles and creating the challenge to overcome them.

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Jenny Kalahar 26 January 2020

Thank you for your insights, Rich! - Jenny

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Edward Kofi Louis 25 January 2020

Inch by inch! Growing up! ! ! ! Hustle and bustle. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Jenny Kalahar 25 January 2020

Glad you like it, Edward! - Jenny

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Anil Kumar Panda 25 January 2020

A beautiful poem indeed on childhood. Thought provoking write. Loved it. Congrats on being selected as poem of the day.

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Jenny Kalahar 25 January 2020

Thank you, Anil! - - Jenny

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Harley White 25 January 2020

Excellent, intriguing poem, with fresh imagery...

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Jenny Kalahar 25 January 2020

Thanks much, Harley - - Jenny

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Bernard F. Asuncion 25 January 2020

A well crafted poem of the day. Congrats on your featured piece....10+++❤️👌

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Jenny Kalahar 25 January 2020

Appreciate this, Bernard! - Jenny

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Jenny Kalahar

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