Sentimentality

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Sentimentality Most curious duality ... this Sentimentality Excessive tenderness, sadness, nostalgia corrupting modality, distorting reality's social edifice Brain-cramping contortion, fierce pressure building, Sentimentality wielding an assault on humanity! Liars lie with impunity Childhood lessons lost Darkness perverting civility Root of irrational passions, misplaced idealism— This insidious, ever-swelling tsunami of Sentimentality Written: June 1, 2022 Sentimentality Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Julia Ward

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Valsa George

Date: 8/4/2022 4:55:00 AM

'Brain cramping contortion', 'tsunami of sentimentality' ..... very powerful usages! Level headed people never fall a prey to such excesses of emotion ! Powerful poem, dear Mark

Mark Toney
Date: 8/4/2022 4:33:00 PM

Valsa, thank you for your kind expressions of encouragement!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/18/2022 2:24:00 PM

Oh I love this , Mark. I thought my entry was pretty good too, but it's like winning a lottery ticket to place with this sponsor. haha. This deserves more look-see's, that's for sure. one of my favorites I saw done for her contest on this theme.

Mark Toney
Date: 6/18/2022 3:58:00 PM

Thank you, kind Andrea. I liked your entry too. It was a very visceral, visually vivifying poem :)