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Minds To Breach

Oh, old photograph that hangs On the factory cafeteria wall, Everyday enticing me to enter Your era your environment Minds to breach To Reach into your inner feelings. To focus upon you all standing At your work benches and machines, To probe your entrenched way of life, Minds to breach While wearing military expressions Inanimated frozen within your time. Where an image extracted without pain Yet all gathered without a single smile. Slaves to the mystical magical device An invention for in time one does dwell, Minds to breach Waiting for the hooded photographer. © Harry J Horsman 2019

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Date: 10/3/2019 5:38:00 PM
Harry congratulations on your win in my challenge with this terrific write!
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Date: 9/24/2019 7:32:00 AM
This made me think of George Orwell’s 1984. Well done Harry.
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Date: 9/21/2019 12:49:00 AM
Photographs do tell stories and I am sure the older they are the more curious they become to us and the more we want to know about them - being unique, each one of us, I am sure we would all have a different interpretation. I love this poem Harry - so well penned. I enjoy the depth in your writes. Hugs, Jennifer.
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Date: 9/20/2019 10:43:00 AM
Harry..best wishes. This is simply fantastic...beautifully penned. And best wishes to you, Panagiota Romios
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Date: 9/18/2019 6:45:00 PM
Beautifully written... good luck.
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Date: 9/17/2019 1:13:00 PM
I often wonder about people I see in pictures too. Who they are and what they did and thought. How they lived. Interesting. God Bless, JB
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Date: 9/15/2019 8:42:00 AM
Deep poetry Harry.. Hope all is well..
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Date: 9/15/2019 6:59:00 AM
Glad to hear from you again Harry..hope you and the family are enjoying your new place in Australia. You captured the emotions behind the photo--so well written!
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Date: 9/15/2019 5:42:00 AM
- A great description of the picture, Harry - Good luck in the contest :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 9/15/2019 4:31:00 AM
Well written Harry, I can just see that old photo on the wall. Good luck. Tom. PS. Hope you've settled ok in Australia.
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Date: 9/15/2019 4:16:00 AM
A very interesting rendering--one seldom sees, you gave it life--My best to you in your entry ~ Aloha always William
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