Void

Divorce papers
A bereft freedom

Revoking kisses
Erasing vows

Empty contract
Failed love story 
Read between the lines

For Joann’s Shanzi contest

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012



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Date: 6/25/2012 7:24:00 PM
Wow Jack! This poem struck a chord within me! I am in awe of this fine write! You sure do know how to create a spectacular poem! Great Work!!
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Date: 6/25/2012 11:55:00 AM
Great one..Good job writing this one that is sure to be a winner...Very descriptive of what divorce does to a relationship..Thanks for stopping by...Sara
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Date: 6/25/2012 11:47:00 AM
Wow!! Compact but so strong!!
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Date: 6/25/2012 11:37:00 AM
Yes read between the lines my dear a diferent fate comes very clear, a place and time and love & wine which you'd not have had if not for.....Light & Love
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Date: 6/25/2012 11:36:00 AM
ps...u really broadened the expression-"reading between the lines"- in this verse..I would say that is your slam dunk shot with this entry! Very excellent write! gwendoeln
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Date: 6/25/2012 11:33:00 AM
This type of poetry causes my heart to pause and skip beats...as a divorced person once, I cringe at the tho't of others painfully going thru it...(If this is fiction, well, this is darn powerful fiction!) Got your email and the formatting is perfect...I will just follow suit...Thanks for your kindest attention to details and quite possibly a great outcome for a few of us! Yeah. Agreed! Poor choice of candies--chocolate is out! Rock candy is IN! lol,,,Andrea advised me in great depth just as u did, so I feel very prepared to put my best foot forward. Cheers.
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Date: 6/25/2012 11:28:00 AM
Very well written Jack - Luck to you in contest. - oxox love Anne-Lise
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Date: 6/25/2012 10:35:00 AM
I like the implied distance in between the lines, like how you've grown apart, the holes left inside you. so sad :(
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