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River Gazing

A crazy world has lost it’s solitude; the comfort in a crowd is where it’s great, and all those childhood values once pursued, appear to have succumbed to modern trait. Befriend a dog, and you have won a mate, they’ll comfort you through life, and you through there’s, and for you the crowds of comfort have to wait, as you cement a bond that no one shares. But the ravages of time, and death almost due, no turning back the clock, or magic hand can unite us in a world that we both knew; now it’s river walks alone along the sand. What I should see is water flowing by, but it’s images of Tom, that catch my eye.

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Date: 2/9/2019 8:32:00 PM
Good sonnet--very moving. Janice
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 2/16/2019 12:16:00 AM
Hello Janice … thank you Janice. To lose a mate after sixteen years deserves a nice remembrance verse. I think most of us poets like to preserve something or someone we lose - Lindsay
Date: 2/9/2019 2:10:00 PM
Hauntingly sad, Laurie, such a fine inspiration for your first sonnet. Nice job.
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 2/16/2019 12:13:00 AM
G'day Phil … thank you reading and commenting. It's taken me a while to understand the flow and topics that suit a sonnet best - Lindsay
Date: 2/8/2019 7:43:00 PM
What a poignant tribute to Tom. This was your first sonnet?? WEll done!!
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 2/16/2019 12:11:00 AM
Hello Andrea … thank you for your comment, and I will thank you for your sonnet posts. It was reading your proper sonnets that helped me understand the flow pattern - catch you soon Andrea - Lindsay
Date: 2/1/2019 10:38:00 AM
Again Lindsay such a touching poem of how life has become, what we can make it and how a river that flows is the cue for your remembering Tom. So well penned - loved it! Poetry hugs, Jennifer.
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 2/7/2019 9:49:00 PM
G'day Jennifer … when living in Sunraysia, we took Tommy on a weekly basis to spend time along the Murray River. I'm pleased you enjoyed my first attempt at a sonnet - Lindsay
Date: 2/1/2019 7:00:00 AM
This is so moving, Lindsay! Janice
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 2/7/2019 9:46:00 PM
Thank you for reading Janice. It's a hard time when you lose a long time mate (dog) - Lindsay
Date: 1/29/2019 7:03:00 PM
Beautiful tribute to (I assume is) your dog, Tom. Very touching write, old mate! Bob
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 2/1/2019 12:39:00 AM
Yes Robert … after sixteen and a half years. A bit hard to get over for a while - thanks Robert - Lindsay

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