Sunday, March 20, 2016

The Raw Gritty Depths Of Grief Comments

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The raw gritty depths of grief.

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Norah Tunney
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Seamus O Brian 21 February 2017

Perfect encapsulation of a deep truth; tragically wounded souls do not fit neatly into outlines or chapter divisions or tidy little demarcated paradigms of grieving process punctuated by numerals followed by full stops. There is no full stop to a broken and wounded heart. Often just a cliff falling that seams endless with cries from the heart that seem to be swallowed by the void. This is hauntingly, honestly, bluntly executed art that arises from where all true art arises. The honesty of a profoundly moved heart. Blessings, my good poet. Your art makes even the pain of great loss something upon which we may look, and wonder. Thank you.

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Norah Tunney 05 March 2017

Your right Seamus nothing falls into neat categories in the dark lonely valleys of grief. But by going to it's depths one discovers - in the end all that matters is the sheer simple kindness of loving and being loved. What a mystery we live and and move in.

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Elisabeth Wingle 04 April 2016

I really like your last two lines. just look into the eyes of every one you meet and feel the gritty depths of theIr grief. The last few years I have learned the the truth of that beautifull, yet simple idea.

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Norah Tunney 04 April 2016

Yes Elizabeth its two years this month since my husband died

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Norah Tunney 23 March 2016

Thanks you fellow poets I tied to make comments individually but they did not come up on the replys

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Margaret O Driscoll 20 March 2016

I love coming across special poems and this is certainly one Norah

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Norah Tunney 05 March 2017

Thank you Margaret.

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Edward Kofi Louis 20 March 2016

In the raw wounded places! With the wickedness of mankind on earth. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Barry Middleton 20 March 2016

This is very true and very powerful. Honesty is one of my primary laws of poetry. You have it. Thanks for sharing.

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Norah Tunney 23 March 2016

poems that come from grief tend to come from the most honest place The wound is so deep

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