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For Nette Onclaud's "What Happened After" Poetry contest/ July 19, 2025

Psychology and woman mental health and weather dependent concept. Multiple exposure clouds and sun on female head silhouette.

She spent so much of her time in her mind wildly churning fantasy with deep yearning which she spun like useless twine, then grew old, never learning that her dreams, like clouds, had dimmed joy with which life might have brimmed.

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Date: 7/19/2025 1:40:00 PM
Enjoyed your fine words!
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Date: 7/19/2025 12:22:00 PM
Magnificent work, Andrea I love the depth, flow, and imagery Best of luck to you Howard
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Date: 7/19/2025 9:43:00 AM
I think, with age, it happens to everything we do, say, feel -- very difficult to keep enthusiasm when sensing the body declining, getting read for spirit to transition. Old age sucks.
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Date: 7/19/2025 5:31:00 AM
A fab narrative of a life lived in wild dreams and fantasies not realised aw. Kudos for you narrated it in superb rhyming wow! Kudos! Plz also read and comment on my newest poem too.
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Date: 7/19/2025 3:57:00 AM
Nice one, Andrea. If for a contest, it reads like a good contender to me. I think I have seen some like this one on other's page so it must be a contest. Some people do exactly that, stay involved with self and their life is wasted never reaching its full potential. Sara K
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Date: 7/19/2025 1:10:00 AM
This is hauntingly beautiful, Andrea. The imagery is delicate yet powerful—dreams spun like “useless twine” carries such quiet tragedy. A poignant reflection on lost time and unrealized joy. Stunningly crafted.
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