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Eliana Wickland's avatar

I loved the lines:

"Brief marker between

Everywhere and somewhere."

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Anna A. Friedrich's avatar

Love this poem, and I love Sarah’s poetic voice!

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Jody L. Collins's avatar

This is beautiful, especially these lines:

"Mere tent flap, bare threshold,

Brief marker between

Everywhere and somewhere:"

Remarkable images....

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Tracey Taylor's avatar

Wonderful. So much to ponder in the image of “door.”

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Seth Tummins's avatar

So beautiful.

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Tracey Taylor's avatar

Your choice of the word “dust” stayed with me, and then I saw it again just now in George Herbert’s “Love (III)”—a poem so rich in the promise of the open door, the hospitable and welcoming Christ.

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Cindy Marette's avatar

Thank you for this beautiful poem that warmed my heart and brought tears to my eyes. The comments expressed it perfectly...

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Duski Van Fleet's avatar

This is really beautiful. The imagery connected me with the longing I have to belong and feel safe and known. Thank you for sharing!

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Miriam Wei Wei Lo's avatar

Brief, but gets to the heart of it: dust/breath, life/death

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Florence Gonsalves's avatar

"Mouth of a rabbit's hole" conjures so many images/associations, like a bizarre yawning complexity. A joy to read :)

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Lee Kiblinger's avatar

I really love this. Simple beauty.

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Fiona's avatar

This puts into words something I’ve been wrestling with for a year. Beautiful in its simplicity & yearning.

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Chaya Rico's avatar

This reminds me of lots of things. It took me to many places. Good job!

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Luke's avatar

The rhyme, the line spacing, and the invocation of “you”---works together so well to make this short poem punch!

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Eva Pankratz's avatar

Love this one. That last stanza!

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