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Brief Romance

BRIEF ROMANCE Fell for a Scottish girl long ago. Pretty as a picture, but Heart as cold as an empty Edinburgh street on a wet January Monday morning, when the chiseled Craigleith sandstone blackened by smoke Repels the rain from the Forth, And the steep roofs pour Water into the runnels Down the cobbled Streets.

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Carrie Richards

Date: 8/17/2013 11:52:00 AM

The mood of this, is as somber as the format........like losing hold of something that could have been good........but has washed away...down the street. Nicely done, Syd.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 8/8/2013 7:51:00 AM

i like this poem very much and think it works brilliantly with this format...