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Tremble ! (1 reply)

Candice
3 years ago
Candice 3 years ago

Fear in me trembles like the trees in the breeze

Don't let go of me as I hold tight to the branch

Let the trace of fright go by

Clouds that darken the sky

Deepen the desire to be alive

Rooted in the hope I lie...

Candice M

Susan Katz
3 years ago
Susan Katz 3 years ago

Thank you Candice for this very lovely rewrite. While it is a little long to fit this week's request for a two-line poem, using imagery, describing a feeling, I do feel it is worth featuring and will figure out a way to do so.  You have a very light hand, using simple wording to create some lovely word pictures.  I like the parallel of the tree holding on to the leaves - and someone holding on to you.  I am still a little perplexed by your last line - but again, that's OK.  Poetry must be felt, it is not always, understood.  Your friend in poetry, Susan

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