summer fête

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summer fete

 

 

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patriciajj's picture

Those first two stanzas,

Those first two stanzas, blossoming with lush metaphors within a superlative simile, were the perfect launching place into a highly evocative reverie.

 

You realize that small details have explosive power and that zooming in on the right ones ignite the imagination and take us places far beyond what unnecessary disclosure could take us. Brilliantly subtle with intense emotion crackling throughout.

 

Still lost in its perfection! 

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Thanks kindly, patriciajj.

Thanks kindly, patriciajj. It's always a good thing to hear how the poems read. Your welcome words are much appreciated.


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I love the summering imagery

I love the summering imagery of this poem, but that final line is soooooo poignant, so powerfully and yet delicately poignant, and speaks to much to my own memories of a particularly exquisite and significant summer.  Thank you, a thousand times over, for posting this magnificent poem.


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This makes me so glad that a

This makes me so glad that a poem would intertwine with thoughts and memories and feelings, gathering to itself within its Reader what brings meaning and validates our existence, perhaps poetry then could be our soul within another soul's "shoes," walking that extra mile. Thank you kindly for sharing that most appreciated thought.


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