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The Silent Pump Organ

THE SILENT PUMP ORGAN This wooden brown spinet… it waits in a back room in this Clovis museum till someone can fix it. Played at a home or church? Its last song? How long must it stay voiceless, its last song played in a home or church, till someone can fix it? In this Clovis museum, it waits in a back room, this wooden brown spinet. This is a palindrome poem (Last line is the same as the first line, penultimate same as the second, etc.), first published in Medusa's Kitchen.

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Date: 12/16/2020 10:39:00 PM
Hi Jennifer. This is a well-crafted, mirror poem as well as a Palindrome. I really like the theme here. God bless you.
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Jennifer Fenn
Date: 12/16/2020 11:29:00 PM
Thank you Carol Louise! First this poem was is our anthology last year, then Medusa’s Kitchen, now here. It’s sure gotten around, hasn’t it? God bless you too!
Date: 11/15/2020 5:40:00 PM
Hi Jennifer, I would love to see that old organ. It seems somewhat neglected. Your poem brings it to life, like it has a story to tell. Thank you for sharing.
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Jennifer Fenn
Date: 11/15/2020 7:38:00 PM
Hi Thomas! Glad you like my poem. Thank you for the visit!
Date: 11/15/2020 5:02:00 AM
This is great..
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Jennifer Fenn
Date: 11/15/2020 9:45:00 AM
Oh thank you Silent One! Always great to hear from you! You write great stuff yourself!
Date: 11/14/2020 3:10:00 PM
First one I read of this style/form, and it’s awesome :)
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Jennifer Fenn
Date: 11/14/2020 5:53:00 PM
Thank you Akkina! I hope you try it. It’s fun!

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