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It's weird. They have category "cool" but nothing for a "cold" ??

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(edited for spelling typo) I feel you burrowed down so deeply deep I can't define that place where you reside. You nag at me and keep me from my sleep. I turn to left; then to the other side. Oh, why have you returned? I thought you'd gone. And yet . . . I think I'd vaguely felt you there - a dark, plumed entity that lingers on to taunt and tickle me from hidden lair. Sensation I can't quell and I can't see - sometimes I hack so hard I have the fear I'll never flee what lives inside of me, nor will you leave; too well you like it here. Unwittingly you've been my muse tonight. You kept me up and gave me cause to write! Aug. 20, 2020 for Brian's Contest

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Ravindra K Kapoor

Date: 8/22/2020 5:16:00 AM

What a beautiful picture you have sketch df Andrea. Flying like a bird and viewing everything from space. For a moment I though I was flying with you.....Excellent sketch....With best wishes....Ravindra It is the beauty of your poem they always amaze the reader df Andrea with some new thoughts and ideas. With best wishes always...Ravindra

Jan Allison

Date: 8/21/2020 4:58:00 PM

you made me smile .. i sleep with a note pad by my bed lol, excellent sonnet, many congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx

John Watt

Date: 8/21/2020 1:18:00 PM

Happy for your #1 with this fabulous writing. Sincere congratulations, my sonneteer friend!

John Watt

Date: 8/21/2020 10:13:00 AM

I don't know that I've ever read a sonnet about the common cold! You continually amaze me with the subjects you come up with, Andrea. "a dark, plumed entity that lingers on - to taunt and tickle me from hidden lair". Something every human can certainly relate to. Best wishes with Brian! Hugs ~ John

Vijay Pandit

Date: 8/21/2020 4:47:00 AM

Moments of inspiration that alert..and allude..well expressed Andrea:..sensation I can't quell and I can't see...

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 8/20/2020 9:53:00 PM

Hello Andrea ... how often does a quote; a line; even a word offer a new verse in bed, only to be forgotten in the morning. Another fine sonnet Andrea - Lindsay

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/20/2020 9:32:00 PM

Woken me many times in the night, you have to act straight away or its gone. Good luck Tom Soupmail.

Michael Tor

Date: 8/20/2020 8:54:00 PM

Enjoyed reading Andrea...