by Terry Collett

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November 1, 2006

THE LETTER.

April 06, 2007 02:58 PM EDT (Updated: August 18, 2008 03:34 PM EDT)

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She took the letter
To the window

For better light
Not expecting

Grief to be
Patterned there

In the spidery web
Of black on white

Reading between
The lines

Holding breath
The numbness

Hits her
Of another’s death.

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Comments: 13

zale orcid Apr 6, 2007, 7:55pm EDT

yeah you should def consider continuing this on for a good amount of pages..

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Terry Collett Aug 18, 2008, 3:35pm EDT

Painting by Pino. Poem by me and my Muse.

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amy s. Aug 18, 2008, 3:37pm EDT

interesting poem I like this one that speaks about death

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Elmo A. Aug 18, 2008, 3:58pm EDT

looks nice on the page

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Angela A. Aug 18, 2008, 4:42pm EDT

So sad. But, beautiful!

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K D Lovett Aug 18, 2008, 5:55pm EDT

nice poem

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Sharon B. Aug 18, 2008, 8:48pm EDT

beautiful poem

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Kimber F. Aug 19, 2008, 2:50am EDT

What a touching but sad poem. Well done and thanks for sharing. Peace

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Shelbia C. Aug 19, 2008, 12:06pm EDT

Very sad, but quite well written.

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Maria Gilman-Nairne Aug 20, 2008, 9:35am EDT

Well written and moving poem. So much emotion in so little a space... well done!!

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Maria Gilman-Nairne Aug 20, 2008, 9:36am EDT

The painting is quite fitting

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