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Donna McArthur's avatar

I love reading poetry that is about my own experience as these pieces are. I've been in that hut, although ours was made of boards hammered together by old nails and we had to go up a rickety old ladder into the tree if we wanted to go to the fancy second level. It's interesting that back then none of the adults every checked out our second story of the child-made structure to see if we would survive, they just let us roll!

My favorite line today is 'politely, scarcely missed'. Linking those words together evokes so much, well done!

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

I adore these, Elizabeth. I can picture the girl in these poems so clearly. They remind me of myself. These lines are stunning:

… you are the pied piper,

the enchantress, you with your round belly and too-loud voice

and one friend at a time, you are the bestower of delight, …

I always look forward to Wednesday!

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