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Karen E Sandberg's avatar

Lovely! I watch for your poems every week. Thanks.

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Anagha Smrithi's avatar

Thank you Karen ☺️

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Gala's avatar

love love love this poem 💗

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Anagha Smrithi's avatar

I really appreciate it 💜

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John Sannaee's avatar

Gorgeous, evocative, disturbing.

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Anagha Smrithi's avatar

Thank you John!

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Mahdi Meshkatee's avatar

"but held by the same silence."

This felt too close to my heart.

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Anagha Smrithi's avatar

I’m so glad 💜

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Thomas Rist's avatar

You’re welcome, Anagha. Incidentally, I saw your note yesterday about the unwanted messages you’ve been receiving. I’m so sorry. It’s absolutely awful that so many women seem to be bombarded with these messages. Again, I am so, so sorry.

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Anagha Smrithi's avatar

Oh thank you for this Thomas! It is really awful and upsetting, but your support and kindness warms my heart.

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Thomas Rist's avatar

Lovely, delicate connections - flowers, sleep, bodies...

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Anagha Smrithi's avatar

Thank you!

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Ash Kilback's avatar

Wow, Anagha. What a gorgeous poem. I loved "if love exists, maybe it is like this; an unfurling

that takes place in silence."

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Anagha Smrithi's avatar

Thank you Ash! Thanks for dropping a comment.

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Elizabeth Grace Martinez's avatar

I clicked in on this as I heard an ambulance rushing by my windows.

The flowers outlive us, we outlive the flowers. It's the circle and the cycle of life.

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Anagha Smrithi's avatar

Exactly 💜 thanks for reading Elizabeth

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Lovely how this poem about flowers captures so much of what we experienced during the pandemic. I think of Emily Dickenson—“tell all the truth but tell it slant.”

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Anagha Smrithi's avatar

I love that quote! Thanks for sharing it with me, LeeAnn

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Richbee's avatar

Depths of night fragrance. Petals open mouth catch the sun. Release of spirit and sleep another day before the clouds of rust settle down to return to the ground.

Enlightenment continues with your journey through life.

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