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In Like a Lioness

A shrewish March wind horangs the night like a carousing husband tossing stray sticks down alleys. Dicey bits of street refuse fight with the upward thrust of crocus and daffodil spearing the bosom of frost heaves. The world seems torn with indecision. scratching and clawing at the overcast night. Battalions of crisply dead brown leaves surge toward gutters clogging the escape routes of winter's troops and the rain. Soon, Spring will rip new life from the dripping jaws of Winter

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 3/14/2011 12:18:00 PM
damn it Deb. you just humbled me. all the self delusion I had about being a half decent poet has just been wiped clean. We can't be friends anymore!:P
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Date: 3/10/2011 12:19:00 AM
Deb, this is the kind of poetry I love most from you. It sings with SOUND. You used words that really made me feel it. Great poetry. For any contest? OH, I think next to last line you meant to say "will" instead of "with?"
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Date: 3/9/2011 8:16:00 PM
very intense
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