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The Distance of a Worm Hole 6 2016 Premiere Contest Winner

The distance between us is like a pencil line drawn on a page like steam in air like the drop of water that captures in its soul the light It is like water in the wash cloth but also like that one ice cream drip that gets away and falls Sometimes it is like the cool breeze that flutters the shears in the middle of the night elusive ...beloved...treasured like a kiss from the universe itself it is like the suspended moment...the feeling of our foreheads touching just before we give in ...to the kiss You held my hand...listened to my every word waited years to dance with me...to read to me...to tell me of your injuries in the rear view mirror we are always surrounded by tiny glittering lights fairy dust or is it mysticism twilight our voices are strung up like streamers across any room we have ever been in together our foot steps glow and pulse wherever we have passed the air respectfully swirls around our ghosts but the distance you ask? It is 70.1 miles from me to you...a graphite pencil line on a mapquest but if you reach out you can grasp my hair in your hand and hold my head to yours through the worm hole in the head of a pen

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Date: 4/14/2017 4:55:00 AM
Very deep and clearly full of love. Congratulations on your well-deserved win! Regards, John.
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Date: 4/14/2017 6:03:00 AM
Thank you John!
Date: 7/11/2016 11:25:00 AM
Very good, Ingrid. I like your style, rhythm and rhyme -- and, love the last stanza. :-)
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 7/11/2016 3:18:00 PM
Having just read some of your latest -which I loved! I can see how the worm hole in head of pen might hold some magic for you ;) I have lived in many older houses and am always relieved to find some are not haunted LOL...note I said "some"
Date: 7/4/2016 12:36:00 PM
I'm glad I found this poem. Gifted for sure. I know I'm home .
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 7/5/2016 11:57:00 AM
I am so glad you liked it!
Date: 6/20/2016 4:41:00 AM
Congrats well written good words x
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 6/20/2016 7:34:00 AM
Thank you Wendy!
Date: 6/14/2016 9:54:00 AM
Ingrid, I am facing yourpoem. Congrats on a terrific and well ddeserved top spot. ~karam~
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 6/14/2016 2:52:00 PM
Thank you!
Date: 6/13/2016 2:54:00 PM
A lovely succession of metaphors describing it beautifully. Great write.
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 6/14/2016 8:33:00 AM
Thank you Tom :)
Date: 6/13/2016 1:20:00 PM
So pretty, Ingrid! Congratulations!
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 6/14/2016 8:32:00 AM
Thank you Kim!
Date: 6/13/2016 10:01:00 AM
TRULY AMAZING POEM. Free verse at its finest. Let the worm hold, the spirit in its quest whether hot, or cold hope tis always the best. Added to my fav list.. Thanks.. I see that this also took first place in a contest--congrats..
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 6/14/2016 8:32:00 AM
Robert thank you so much! Nothing thrills a poet more (as you no doubt know) than someone "getting" or liking their work! You made my morning!
Date: 6/13/2016 8:36:00 AM
Great, awesome imagery!!! Congrats Ingrid, for your well-deserved first placement in the contest!! ;-)
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 6/13/2016 9:29:00 AM
Aww thank you Teddy!
Date: 6/12/2016 7:10:00 PM
Well done Ingrid, a most deserving win...
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 6/13/2016 9:29:00 AM
Thank you Charlie!
Date: 6/12/2016 7:09:00 PM
Well deserved first place,congrats Ingrid!
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 6/13/2016 9:30:00 AM
Thank you Sara! I am so excited!
Date: 6/12/2016 5:12:00 PM
this is utterly FANTASTIC. I can see why it got first place. I LOVE it.
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 6/13/2016 9:30:00 AM
Oh Thank you Andrea!!!
Date: 6/12/2016 4:49:00 PM
Ingrid, someone finally put words to that "lusting, gazing, dreaming, infatuated state of love's larceny". Loved this entry into the contest. Thank you for participating.
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Ingrid Showalter Swift
Date: 6/13/2016 9:28:00 AM
John Thank you so much . I am just thrilled! Completely made my day!!!

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