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To Erase Or Not To Erase?

Perchance, if I could parts of life erase, by careful choice select the times to keep, I’d treasure love’s long walks on sunny days, and cast aside the shade where I did weep upon the morn you closed your eyes to mine, forsaking me to chase a wanton breeze; negate the lapse between my heart and thine, to hold the nights we lay entwined with ease. If this eraser I should choose to wield, to moor thy heart and gently clip thy wing, I ask, in time, would wretched fate be sealed, as I, unmeant, forbade thy soul to sing? Speak fondly to me from thy heart’s refrain, that I may know my love was ne’er in vain. *** for 'Rub it Out' contest

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Date: 6/22/2010 8:51:00 AM
Verily thy words are moving indeed.
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Date: 6/7/2010 6:09:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved win in Paula's contest Sharon. Love, Carol
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Date: 6/5/2010 11:58:00 AM
VERY very nice sonnet. Love to see sonnets scoring high in contests! I want a sonnet revival in this world!! Congratulations. YOu sure came up with an unique way to speak of earsers! Luv, Andrea
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Date: 6/5/2010 5:26:00 AM
Blissful, delightful, wantful and simply beautiful Sharon. I so enjoy reading your poetry >> James
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Date: 6/5/2010 4:22:00 AM
Congratulations !! Thank you for sharing your winning poetry with us Sharon. I enjoyed reading it this morning. Hope you have a wonderful weekend running over with inspiration. Love, Carol
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Date: 6/4/2010 8:17:00 PM
Hi Sharon! Reading this, I can't help but smile, thinking of just how really talented you are, writing about an eraser in a sonnet in such an eloquent manner is just so you! Bravo for this one & congrats on the win :)--nikko :)
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Date: 6/4/2010 6:45:00 PM
Beautiful, congrats on your win!
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Date: 6/4/2010 5:18:00 PM
Congrats on your 2nd place win
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Date: 6/4/2010 4:13:00 PM
This beautiful You have true talent. Congratulations on your win. Well deserved. Love, Joyce
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Date: 6/4/2010 4:06:00 PM
This is beautiful, Sharon. Your talent shines, the more I read your poems. Congratulations! ~ Carrie
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Date: 6/4/2010 3:07:00 PM
Big congrats Sharon on your 2nd place win in Paula's Eraser contest with this outstanding poem.. enjoy a victory dance please.. luv.. from the "Sweetheart" of P.S.. Linda-Marie..
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Date: 6/4/2010 12:21:00 PM
Beautiful sonnet, Sharon. If only we could erase the painful times and live only with happy memories. The line about forbidding a soul to sing was especially powerful. Love should never inhibit our expressions of joy, but sometimes it does. Great entry for "rub it out." Love, Carolyn
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