Friday, January 3, 2003

Thanks For Remembering Us Comments

Rating: 3.0

The flowers sent here by mistake,
signed with a name that no one knew,
are turning bad. What shall we do?
Our neighbor says they're not for her,
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Dana Gioia
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Kim Barney 20 December 2014

Nicely done. Triggers the imagination, and it's probably happened more than once!

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Pranab K Chakraborty 20 December 2014

Marvelous. So different is the look to look at the happening of nature and universe. It is perhaps the quality to go beyond time. We all actually searching such new look towards life and object. Unique indeed and obviously universal. Good post by PH.

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Douglas Scotney 20 December 2013

no end to mysteries, Dana

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Anil Kumar Panda 20 December 2013

Cant say who sent the flowers but a beautiful drop.liked it.

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Lyn Paul 20 December 2013

How sweet, these would be a lovely weekly surprise. thank you Dana. May this surprise come again

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Paul Anthony 20 December 2012

Lovely little poem. it seems to sum up those little mysteries in life that leave you wondering..............

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Asim Khan 20 December 2012

Great metaphor. There are times when events occur in our lives and we do not appreciate them then. The flowers represented those. Excellent poem.

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Jasbir Chatterjee 21 December 2011

good poem! Success in life is all about perfect timing, being at the right place and at the right time...the flowers in this poem just went to the wrong place, the way it is like in life most often...

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Walter Durk 26 September 2007

Not bad, but not my favorite poem by a long shot.

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Dana Gioia

Dana Gioia

Hawthorne, California
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