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The Blue Angel

"I heard an angel speak last night and he said 'write'" Elizabeth Barrett Browning T here was a cemetery across from the street where I lived when I was young. H ot summer days could find us there strolling down its winding shady pathways, E ven racing bikes or playing Hide ’n Seek among trees and ornate granite stones. B eyond the wide middle part of that graveyard, way in the very back, L ay a secluded area set apart for the deceased of a prestigious family. U ltimately my siblings and I ended up at the mausoleum in the center of that spot. E ager to view its main attraction, we would stand on tiptoes before its window. . . . A ll kinds of angels were scattered throughout that cemetery's sprawling lawn, but N ot one outdid the angel appearing violet blue through that stained glass window. G uarding the tomb of a small child, she knelt gracefully, her true hue pure white. E ventually after years of showing her to friends, I left home forever; on my mind L ingers this memory; on tiptoes, I'm marveling, face pressed against blue glass.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 2/7/2015 7:25:00 PM
Excellent!
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Date: 5/15/2014 9:12:00 PM
Andrea This is such a wonderfully written and creative write. I like the story and how the first letters spell out the poems title. Thank you for the nice comment on my Ran My Heart Over poem. Hugs
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Date: 9/21/2012 2:56:00 PM
these grave yards as we call them, use to fascinate us kids, when young, this brings back a lot of memories, love the poem, so well written...
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Date: 7/6/2011 12:16:00 AM
Very beautiful. I find cemeteries to be both haunting and beautiful at the same time.
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Date: 6/23/2011 4:02:00 PM
Congratulations on your win! I knew it would be a winner!
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Date: 6/22/2011 2:08:00 PM
Very, very nice write. Perfect line for each letter.
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Date: 6/22/2011 6:45:00 AM
Very nice. Congratulations.
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Date: 6/21/2011 12:50:00 PM
Crikey, I didn't realise how many contest results I'd missed while co judging with Carolyn - please forgive hasty message - many congrats to you for all your recent wins : )
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Date: 6/21/2011 12:39:00 PM
Congrats Andrea on your win with this beautiful Acrostic.Liked it:)
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Date: 6/21/2011 5:06:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Constance's "Angels" contest Andrea. Love, Carol P.S. So wonderful to see you at the top of the list.
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Date: 6/20/2011 6:22:00 PM
My congratulations on this win in the contest of constance, Andrea
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Date: 6/20/2011 1:20:00 PM
Oh such a terrific read wonderful memory of childhood Andrea I really enjoyed it.Congrats on your well deserved 3rd.place and thanks for mine.~LOTS OF LUV~Teresa
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Date: 6/20/2011 11:03:00 AM
Super yay for you for this beauty, Andrea :) Really enjoyed this one :) hugs to you :) and continue enjoying Monday :D
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Date: 6/20/2011 5:22:00 AM
whoooot, another feather on your cap, andie... congrats with huggs on your divine win! :) huggs
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Date: 6/19/2011 7:41:00 PM
This touched me. I was there with you. thank you.
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Date: 6/19/2011 6:45:00 PM
Congrats Andrea on your fantastic win in the contest with this stunning entry my friend.. enjoy another top ten sweet success with luv..
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Date: 6/19/2011 6:30:00 PM
Congratulations on your win in my contest.
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Date: 6/19/2011 11:10:00 AM
Modern cemetaries just don't have the mystery and interest as to the old graveyards with their statues and mausoleums. Good luck in the contest. Mike
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Date: 6/18/2011 12:48:00 PM
What a beautiful sketch of a scene from a cemetery my friend. You have made the scene and colors so beautiful that it would be difficult leave such a place without taking it's beauties in your memories. Outstandingly beautiful. Hope you are keeping fine. Sorry I am not regular on PS still, but hope to be more on PS soon. My good wishes for this beautiful entry. Love and best wishes always...Ravindra..A.Dietrich
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Date: 6/18/2011 12:27:00 PM
I like the structure of this poem, The Blue Angel. Well done Andrea.
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Date: 6/18/2011 9:39:00 AM
Oh a place I do not like to go. What a fantastic job you did on this write Andrea. love phyl
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Date: 6/18/2011 2:02:00 AM
Oops, Sorry, Andrea. This is the one you rewrote. It was the use of the acrostic form that threw me off. Well done! Wishing you success in the contest. Love, Carolyn (You posted a poem with no name so we can't view it.)
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Date: 6/17/2011 11:09:00 AM
I like the acrostic form and admire what you have done with it. I hope you win the contest! My poetry teacher - Anna Rabinowitz wrote an acrostic which takes up a full book. It is called "Darkling". Your poem reminds me of Edgar Allan Poe's work. Love and Peace Matthew Anish
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Date: 6/17/2011 8:26:00 AM
o wow goosebumps reading this lovely entry Andrea.. good luck my friend.. so sweet as Yasmin says below.. an awesome write just liek the writer who penned it..luv..
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Date: 6/16/2011 11:33:00 PM
oh my stars, andie... a real sense of the "beauty" of a moment... great art words ... you blue (blew) me away! winning's best with huggs! :) nette
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