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Written by: Black Eyed Susan

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scars left behind

cigarette burns
up and down her left arm
morse code s.o.s

1/20/13
Black Eyed Susan

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Bernard Colasurdo Date: 4/20/2013 8:34:00 PM Hi Susan, Wow! said it so perfectly succinct. Congratulations!!! Sent you a soup mail
Dinda Minardi Date: 3/17/2013 10:18:00 AM so many deliver with only so little words. greatly penned, Susan.
Cynthia Alvez Date: 2/8/2013 7:27:00 PM Now is the time for all good friends to do something! Nice Senryu Cynthia
Andrea Dietrich Date: 2/8/2013 5:57:00 PM Yayyy, I see you got a win. Big congrats, Susan.
Poet Destroyer A Date: 2/7/2013 11:01:00 AM congrats..PD
Mandy Tams The Golden Girl Date: 2/7/2013 10:26:00 AM Belated Conrats on your top spot Susan xx
Debbie Guzzi Date: 2/6/2013 7:00:00 PM Wowser! You sure addressed the issue head on and with so few words! Congrad's on your win. Light & Love
Gail Angel Doyle Date: 2/6/2013 9:31:00 AM Susan, Congratulations on your first place with in my Scars Left Behind contest. You penned a very powerful poem on this topic with just three lines. Wow!! Hugs and luv, Gail
Mystic Rose Date: 2/5/2013 9:20:00 PM Congrats Susan on your win, three lines is all you needed here, three lines and a lifetime of healing to take place, sending my love and healing prayer, xxxx
Richard Lamoureux Date: 2/5/2013 6:52:00 PM Very well written and very real problem. Congrats
Connie Gildersleeve Date: 2/5/2013 6:42:00 PM Powerful words. Congrats on your win. Warm Smiles, Connie
Nathan A. Date: 1/31/2013 10:03:00 AM very cool write very true also
Anne Lise Andresen Date: 1/31/2013 6:55:00 AM DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS ....... HELP! - STOP SMOKING! - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/30/2013 11:43:00 PM soupmail
jack horne Date: 1/26/2013 2:20:00 PM love this powerful and scary write, Susan. Thanks very much - great contest : )
Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/24/2013 6:49:00 AM Hi, Susan, just stopping by your newest poem again. Hope to see you over here more often!
Leonora Galinta Date: 1/22/2013 9:37:00 AM This is an excellent and beautifully sad Senryu my dearest friend, Susan! Thank you so much for sharing! I hope you're doing well. I'm missing one of my fav. poets, also one of my reasons of stopping by. Have a great day always! love and big hugs, Leonora
Carrie Richards Date: 1/20/2013 5:30:00 PM Wow......this is dark, dramatic, and somber. well done. ps.....and many thanks, Susan, for my placement in "Taken". An honor it was !!
Gail Angel Doyle Date: 1/20/2013 3:43:00 PM An outstanding senryu you penned here Susan and thank you very much for having my poem be in your winner's circle. Have a wonderful day. Hugs and luv, Gail
Kim Merryman Date: 1/20/2013 1:27:00 PM Great senryu, Susan. Dramatic! Love, Kim
Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/20/2013 11:46:00 AM I LIKES it, Susan!!! I know you can give us even more than that though. Surely you have written others recently. Post them up!!! and try some of the contest themes. It's great to see you here today.
Russell Sivey Date: 1/20/2013 11:04:00 AM This is so very true Susan, and if I saw that I would think that same thing! This is an incredible write, what a significant poem, Great Work!!
Mandy Tams The Golden Girl Date: 1/20/2013 10:42:00 AM oooh yes answer it xx