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Loneliness 




Inside this Gothic womb, now but only a cold cavernous hollow
the votive flames steal away in puffs of smoke
as I kneel, atom-like, lost in loneliness.
Alabaster angels hungrily swallow empty space till they break - 
bleeding prayers seeking life’s meaning
darkly staining the stained glass windows with nothingness.



Susan Ashley
2/18/2019


~ Tenth Place ~
Reflect That Emotion Poetry Contest
Nina Parmenter

Copyright © Susan Ashley | Year Posted 2019

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    Darlene De Beaulieu
    Date: 3/20/2019 1:49:00 PM
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    Hello Susan,yes that is loneliness for sure. Have a nice day my friend.
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    Gershon Wolf
    Date: 3/14/2019 1:23:00 PM
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    Back with congrats on your win, (and a message for you in soup mail). Best wishes, Gershon
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    Connie Marcum Wong
    Date: 3/13/2019 9:52:00 AM
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    This dark piece is brilliantly written Susan. Congratulations on your win! : ) xxoo
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    Brenda Chiri
    Date: 3/4/2019 3:50:00 AM
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    As always Susan a pleasure reading your amazing work! And yes a fav! Hope your week is as wonderful as your poetry!
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    Vladislav Raven
    Date: 3/2/2019 11:38:00 AM
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    Hi Susan, loneliness is something I seem to have always felt. I know this feeling well. You have captured its essence in this exceptional write. Congratulations on your placement in the contest. It is nice to read a few poems from you again. This is a true poetic gem. A fave. Have a wonderful Saturday. Hugs....Mike. XX
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    Wren Rushing
    Date: 3/1/2019 11:10:00 AM
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    You have captured the feeling of loneliness in your wonderfully written poem. Have a blessed weekend Susan my dear friend!
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    Robert Lindley
    Date: 2/28/2019 9:06:00 AM
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    I previously replied and now it does not show. This my dear friend your usual exceptional high standard of great poetry. A fav a true gem.. .
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    Gershon Wolf
    Date: 2/27/2019 10:33:00 AM
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    I really like this, Susan. Really, really. It's a FAVE for me. I especially like the blending of the religious imagery with the atomization/alienation motif. Very, very effectively executed! (soupmail). Best wishes always, Gershon
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    Chuck Melugin
    Date: 2/27/2019 5:21:00 AM
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    My Dear Susan, Excellence emits from your heart to your pen because you are poetry!
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    Line Gauthier
    Date: 2/25/2019 6:30:00 PM
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    Loveluy, Susan. Congrats on your win.
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    Andrew Fairchild
    Date: 2/24/2019 1:29:00 AM
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    OH! WOW! I like yours better than mine! So powerful, such a strong sense of place, such excellent use of objects around you. Beautiful! Loneliness is just an empty ache, isn't it.
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    Andrea Dietrich
    Date: 2/23/2019 11:49:00 AM
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    Vivid in its darkness!! Congrats on your intense depiction of this emotion.
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    Laura Leiser
    Date: 2/23/2019 11:03:00 AM
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    You captured loneliness in all its dark, gothic complexities, Susan. Your imaginative descriptions are brilliant! Congrats on your win :)
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    P.S. AWTRY
    Date: 2/23/2019 10:30:00 AM
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    this is an intense and painful loneliness—and Oh the last two lines are so powerful! Art in every word. Poetry. Congratulations.
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    Alexis Y.
    Date: 2/23/2019 9:27:00 AM
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    WoW! Susan, I could feel an intense lonelines within this write! Congratulations on a well deserved win:-) Alexis
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    Janice Canerdy
    Date: 2/23/2019 9:26:00 AM
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    CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved win, Susan! Janice
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    Tom Cunningham
    Date: 2/18/2019 9:17:00 PM
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    Loneliness captured in a few lines, well written Susan . Tom.
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    nette onclaud
    Date: 2/18/2019 3:36:00 PM
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    love the metaphors which deliver the pang of loneliness, susan... lovely write!... huggs
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    Paul Callus
    Date: 2/18/2019 2:50:00 PM
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    What a creative way to describe loneliness, Susan! Painting an abstract word is hard, but you managed to do that with six lines of pure poetry. ~ Best wishes for a win, my friend. ~ Warm regards // paul
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    Caren Krutsinger
    Date: 2/18/2019 2:43:00 PM
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    The last line embellished a beautiful poem that needed no additional embellishment.
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    Steven Delauder
    Date: 2/18/2019 2:11:00 PM
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    Awesome feeling. I really like that last line woah.

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