Mirror Image

Lines carved on ageing face

Skin starved of youthful grace
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Nandy Avatar
July 26, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Sharon , very well expressed ! The mirror never lies , like a true sage it upholds , reveals and passes by ! -Raj
Guzzi Avatar
July 17, 2010 at 7:15 AM
sad yes...I see the same in my mirror...fret! Light & Love
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July 11, 2010 at 5:02 AM
Congratulations on placing in Brian’s “A couple of Lines” contest. I enjoyed your lines. By the way, aging with grace is a possibility! Even with wrinkles...my grandmother taught me that one...by example! Smiles, Dane Ann
Brown Avatar
July 6, 2010 at 4:39 AM
Congratulations Sharon on your win in Brian Strand's contest "A Couple Of Lines". Love, Carol
Johnson Avatar
July 5, 2010 at 1:30 PM
How true. congratulations on your win. Love,Joyce
Dietrich Avatar
July 5, 2010 at 1:15 PM
INteresting way of saying it, Sharon. Congratulations on your FINE win!! Luv, Andrea
Scripca Avatar
July 5, 2010 at 12:48 PM
...and do not go to a drugstore and...accidentally look into those 10X magnifying mirrors !!! I had a shock! :) Congrats, love, iolanda
George   Avatar
July 5, 2010 at 8:27 AM
Yes! I see it when I look in the mirror. Great couplet, Sharon. Congratulations on your win in Brian's contest. Love, Lainie
Bagnall Avatar
July 5, 2010 at 5:22 AM
nice entry for the competition, feels like there a bigger poem here which remains unwritten. Nicely done
Freeman Avatar
July 4, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Sad, but inner beauty is apparent. Congratulations on your place. Agape, Moses
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July 4, 2010 at 11:27 AM
Got those lines coming. Guess one just has to wear them proudly. Nice use of rhyme to share your thoughts. Congratulations on being one of the winners in Brian's contest. Enjoy your honor. Wishing you many more. Karen
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July 4, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Congrats Sharon on your winning poem in Brian's contest with this remarkable write and win ..so enjoy as u celebrate your holiday weekend.. with luv from the "Sweetheart" in Hawaii ..AlohA..
Culverhouse Avatar
July 3, 2010 at 8:45 PM
sad to age but at least it is living!!
Fraser Avatar
July 3, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Clever Couplet Sharon, and so true. Good luck in the contest >> James
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