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A Flower Blossoms

A FLOWER BLOSSOMS Even in the dreary wastelands Of the modern industrial age In the dirty, shattered window panes Of long-abandoned factories In the stench of refineries, the smog Even in all that A dandelion stretches its lonely neck Through a concrete crack And blossoms.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 11/26/2015 2:58:00 PM
Doing its duty. Being what it is. A thing of beauty. Like this poem you wrote.
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Albert Powers
Date: 11/26/2015 3:16:00 PM
Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. I just submitted the poem a few hours ago and was surprised to hear back so soon. Al

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