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In a Heartbeat

My first love Was born One hundred and one years before me He never made it to thirty He was ahead of his time and my time too What's a poor girl to do? I resurrect him in my own poetry In how his words have shaped me Back when I was a romantic tween I used to dream of a time machine So I could go back and embrace him But knowing me in a heartbeat I would swift him away to the present day Where he could see his poetry thriving Where modern medicine could cure his body And I his broken heart My muse my first love Stephen Crane In poetry we shall never part October 15th 2018 For Caren Krutsinger's Who Would You Bring Back In A Heartbeat Poetry Contest

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Jesse Rowe

Date: 10/19/2018 6:35:00 PM

This is just soo good. I love everything about this (especially the paradoxical love intro).

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/20/2018 7:57:00 AM

Thank you Jesse ;) xomo!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 10/17/2018 8:26:00 PM

It's just wonderful! Marvelous! (a la Ella Fitzgerald's jazz rendition...). Gosh! I am just taken---drooling, truth be told---over the revelatory nature and the imaginative expression in this terrific entry for the contest. Look forward to seeing you at the top of the podium, although perhaps a red badge of courage would be more apropos! :) gw

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/19/2018 9:08:00 AM

Mo, girl of the streets, I couldn't get through it, but love love love his little potent stuff. And some of his love poems, swoon ;) thank you Wolfman! xomo <3

Silent One

Date: 10/17/2018 3:21:00 PM

OMG!!!!!! 19 lines? I'm so proud of you... I have never heard of Stephen Crane, will have to look him up...

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/19/2018 8:59:00 AM

Lol! "I saw a man" my favourite. Ooh, and "Man said to the universe". Yes I almost made it to twenty. <3

Charlie Smith

Date: 10/17/2018 9:33:00 AM

What a great entry, Maureen, good luck...

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/19/2018 8:53:00 AM

Thank you Charlie :)) xomo

Anil Deo

Date: 10/16/2018 3:55:00 PM

LORD bless you ... my Mom went to heaven in 2005, & Jesus says to my heart, "U shall see her again." THis is the kind of love & worship i got from my Mom's hinduism. It helps me see the depth of Jesus' words. Matthew 11:11 eg. of men born of women, none is greater than John the Baptist. But the least in the KINGDOM is greater than John the Bptist, said Jesus. Maureen, you have see life & its bitter-sweetness, yet your poetry speaks empowerment. Flex THY muscles Sis.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 10/19/2018 8:52:00 AM

Anil, thank you! You make my smile a mile wide :) Bless you! xomo