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Mike Hind's avatar

This seems to evoke the contrast between the simulated and the real, at least to me. After 3 readings I feel sad for the people there. Been missing these poems, so it’s good to see another. Thank you.

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Lily's avatar

This is beautiful!

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Dalboz's avatar

Geez, Sarah, this is really great !!

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Erin E.'s avatar

Fantastic. Evocative. AND featuring the wild eyed horse!

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Louis Noble's avatar

I'm always in awe of the way you see the natural world. We put so many barriers between it and us, as if we were two things seperate and not one thing the same. This is wonderful, Sarah.

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Mari, the Happy Wanderer's avatar

Wow. Your final stanza and the water imagery are so powerful. And I’m wondering whether “distant glimmer” is a reference to “distant glitter” in Wallace Stevens’s “The Snowman”?

This is a really affecting piece, Sarah.

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Sarah's avatar

Thanks, Mari!

No reference was intended. I had not read that beautiful poem before, so I'm glad you gave me the opportunity to!

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