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G Forms - Grook Contest - Constance La France 8/10/24

'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

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

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...........

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! :)

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!

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!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.