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09/29/23

Third place on Contest 'Get into the conversation '

By Eve Roper

Lone Lady

LONE  LADY


           At corner of room sitting on a stool,
           Lone lady leisurely knitting wool.
           Has society left her as old fool ?

            May be her hobby or just time to pass.
            Nothing to do in senior status.
            Last phase running idle, oblivious.

            Enjoyed life, completed her duties.
            Too tough just to drag dull life in eighties.
            Now her life runs without activities.

             Received appreciation at random
             Always engaged to work in broad spectrum.
             Once no scope left to feel little boredom.

              Now all achievements turned obsolete.
              In new era seemed herself most unfit.
              Depression continuing ! How to defeat ?

              Feeling sick being without family.
              Failing to overcome melancholy.
              Kids far away! No way, staying lonely.
              
 Pic 2. Old woman knitting.
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Kelii Kekaula Avatar
October 22, 2023 at 9:07 AM
Namaste, Anisha! Ah, the ills and cures beyond the prescribed interventions by any doctor's enabling can resolve. I like the path you've described in Eve's portrait and your winning placement, my friend! Aloha, William.
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October 21, 2023 at 8:45 AM
Congratulations on your win..
Roper Avatar
October 21, 2023 at 7:52 AM
Dear Anisha, thank you for taking part in the contest. Congratulations on your win, great description and mood of the painting. God bless
Situation Avatar
September 30, 2023 at 6:35 AM
Instead of kniting I see poetry being writen. I see excuses. I see a few things this poem makes me think.
Empress Avatar
September 29, 2023 at 11:31 AM
Very poignant and heartfelt write this is. Absolutely loved this! The flow and rhymes and the melancholic imagery too. Brilliant word weaving. Your rhymes are so good
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