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Death, Be Not So Hurried

'The boundaries dividing Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?’
                                                                              – Edgar Allan Poe

not yet have I said farewell
so, I turned Death away
ignoring his knock on my door
but his cold hand persisted
"you've come too soon," I cried ~
"Death, be not so hurried"
my plea was made in vain 
daylight wanes in darkness
a requiem hymn 
sung by weeping mourners

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Constance La France Date: 10/1/2024 10:10:00 AM Lin, congratulations on your win in my Grook contest with this beautifully penned poem, I love your quote but cannot see your image, sure it was a beauty, Constance Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 10/1/2024 10:49:00 AM Merci for the honor, Constance.

Sara Kendrick Date: 9/13/2024 1:11:00 PM Congratulations on your winning work in Constance's contest. Way to go. Thank you for sharing your gift with us. Sara K Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 9/13/2024 2:32:00 PM Thanks a lot for your congratulations and comments, Sara.

Paula Goldsmith Date: 8/23/2024 1:12:00 PM Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful write/quote from Poe. Hope you have many, many, many more years so we can read your writes.... Have a blessed day writing away........... Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 9/13/2024 2:32:00 PM Thank you so very much for your kind thoughts, Paula.

Linda Alice Fowler Date: 8/22/2024 12:10:00 PM Very Poesque Lin. Congratulations! :) Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/22/2024 6:02:00 PM Thanks so much, Linda.

Sam Kauffman Date: 8/22/2024 10:23:00 AM Lin, congratulations. Was delighted to see your name on the winners list! The plea to survive is so strongly stated yet there is no negotiating with death. Wonderfully written, my friend. Sending you blessings! Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/22/2024 6:02:00 PM Thanks for such a wonderful review, Sam. I appreciate it.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 8/22/2024 8:35:00 AM I can likewise hear Poe in your poetry endeavor! Congrats, Lin! Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/22/2024 9:58:00 AM Ahh, loving that compliment. Thanks so much, Kim.

thriveni c mysore Date: 8/22/2024 4:29:00 AM frightening thoughts. congratulations on your win dear poet. Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/22/2024 9:58:00 AM Thank you for the kind comments.

Terry Flood Date: 8/13/2024 4:32:00 PM Lin, had your poem been the quote, I’d have accepted that as a fact. Marvellous phraseology… akin to great poets of old and yet new… and yet… you. You must have been chuffed with this and I suspect a podium place awaits you. Terry Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/13/2024 6:01:00 PM Hi Terry, Can you tell I'm a Poe poet? Your accolades, along with the others who've commented are enough of a prize for me if this one doesn't place in a contest. I'd rather have the thumbs up from several poets I respect than from one. Constance is a fair judge and if she honors my lines with a placement... it'll be the crown to this Rondeau. It was a challenge... hope I was up for it and thanks for thinking so highly of my writes. Hugs.

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/10/2024 6:49:00 PM Yikes, one day he'll kick the door in and takes us, not too soon I hope. Even without the quote it's very Poe like. Tom Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/11/2024 5:15:00 PM Thanks ever so much for always being supportive, Tom.

David Kavanagh Date: 8/10/2024 3:42:00 PM A dark piece Lin, with the spectre of death hanging in the background, not overpowering but stubborn and always there just the same, powerful penning, cheers David Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/10/2024 3:57:00 PM Thanks so much, David. I’m always delighted to read your thoughts on my poetry. It was a choice between life or death for the contest. Why I always choose the dark road baffles me.

John Lawless Date: 8/10/2024 12:40:00 PM AN IMMEDIATE...FAVE...FAVE...BRAVO. like counting coup on Edgar's headstone. Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/10/2024 12:54:00 PM A double fave from you is a win to me whether it places in a contest or not. When I write in Poe mood and then read it aloud, I fear I might hear his heartbeat beneath my feet as he counts coup on me.