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Kait Quinn's avatar

Oof definitely a new favorite poem 🙌🏻

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Svetlana Litvinchuk's avatar

Us too!

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Ann Maioroff's avatar

Love this poem!

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Svetlana Litvinchuk's avatar

This one definitely swept us off our feet right away.

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Vicki Wilke's avatar

I love this poem - I keep going back to reread it. Yes, a little bee falling asleep in a flower is a gentle beautiful image. I was going to name my other favorite parts but it’s how the whole piece blends together. Thank you for sharing this loveliness.

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Svetlana Litvinchuk's avatar

Yes, It's really not an easy task to separate all the pieces working together to make this poem so wonderful.

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Jessica Cohn's avatar

love this

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Svetlana Litvinchuk's avatar

So glad to hear this!

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T R Poulson's avatar

The implications in that last line—wow!

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Svetlana Litvinchuk's avatar

So many layers there.

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Anne Wilson's avatar

This is so beautiful, thank you for sharing.

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Svetlana Litvinchuk's avatar

Thank you for reading.

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Kate Howlett's avatar

'A billion years since that day with my mother / or seems like it / Her middle name was Marie'

oof, this hit hard. So simple and so powerful. Thank you for sharing this poem.

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Karan Kapoor's avatar

You’re welcome, Kate. Thank you for your readership🌻

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