Mirror Image

Lines carved on ageing face

Skin starved of youthful grace

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 7/26/2010 10:03:00 PM
Sharon , very well expressed ! The mirror never lies , like a true sage it upholds , reveals and passes by ! -Raj
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Date: 7/17/2010 7:15:00 AM
sad yes...I see the same in my mirror...fret! Light & Love
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Date: 7/11/2010 5:02:00 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
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Date: 7/6/2010 4:39:00 AM
Congratulations Sharon on your win in Brian Strand's contest "A Couple Of Lines". Love, Carol
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Date: 7/5/2010 1:30:00 PM
How true. congratulations on your win. Love,Joyce
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Date: 7/5/2010 1:15:00 PM
INteresting way of saying it, Sharon. Congratulations on your FINE win!! Luv, Andrea
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Date: 7/5/2010 12:48:00 PM
...and do not go to a drugstore and...accidentally look into those 10X magnifying mirrors !!! I had a shock! :) Congrats, love, iolanda
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Date: 7/5/2010 8:27:00 AM
Yes! I see it when I look in the mirror. Great couplet, Sharon. Congratulations on your win in Brian's contest. Love, Lainie
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Date: 7/5/2010 5:22:00 AM
nice entry for the competition, feels like there a bigger poem here which remains unwritten. Nicely done
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Date: 7/4/2010 5:33:00 PM
Sad, but inner beauty is apparent. Congratulations on your place. Agape, Moses
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Date: 7/4/2010 11:27:00 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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Date: 7/4/2010 10:43:00 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..
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Date: 7/3/2010 8:45:00 PM
sad to age but at least it is living!!
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Date: 7/3/2010 1:46:00 PM
Clever Couplet Sharon, and so true. Good luck in the contest >> James
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