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Lonely Fiddle Premiere Contest Winner

A lonely fiddle, its strings once taut tense and stretched, waiting to be tuned and played. The limp horsehair bow, longs to be tightened and drawn in sweet reverberations. From the poem "Strings" posted Jan 27, 2018 for Greg's Arbitrium Divisa contest

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Date: 5/21/2020 10:25:00 PM
Enjoyed reading Craig. It would be nice to bring it back to life, bring it out of retirement. Congratulations on your win.
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Date: 5/18/2020 2:11:00 PM
Hello Craig Cornish, The sound of the fiddle is beautiful. Enjoy your day my friend.
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Date: 3/3/2020 9:33:00 PM
Love the innuendo - well done, indeed it is. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
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Date: 3/2/2020 5:00:00 PM
Craig, congratulations on your top placement. In my closet is a lonely fiddle. Perhaps I will get it out and play again.
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Craig Cornish
Date: 3/2/2020 7:12:00 PM
Sam, many of us have lonely instruments we once played, my wife's is a violin, mine is an accordion, others have out of tune pianos, but all have memories/wishes/melodies still left within them or us. many of those about a Mom that encouraged us to learn them------thanks for all of the above.....
Date: 3/2/2020 3:25:00 PM
Love this Craig.. I can't help reading more into this than musical instruments but it might just be me over thinking things :)
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Craig Cornish
Date: 3/2/2020 7:17:00 PM
What it's all about Gary...and those instruments are extensions of us - are personifications of emotions/memories for sure
Date: 3/2/2020 2:44:00 PM
Congrats on your gold medal win, Craig. Well penned.
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Date: 3/2/2020 2:32:00 PM
Lovely description! Congratulations on top win!
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Date: 3/1/2020 2:30:00 PM
Wonderful win! I see it showed up with the trophy. Did they fix the winner list then?? I had checked 10 min ago and it was not fixed!! congratulations, Craig.
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Date: 2/29/2020 8:45:00 PM
Congratulations on top honors, Craig! ...Fran
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Date: 1/30/2020 10:55:00 AM
Nice!
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Date: 1/29/2020 9:55:00 AM
such vivid imagery...i could see the fiddle and faintly hear it being played... good choice i think... best wishes in the contest Craig... hugs
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Craig Cornish
Date: 1/29/2020 12:08:00 PM
Thanks Sandy, more for fun than the competition even though I'm otherwise fiercely competitive.

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