Healing Properties?
For Matthew's "Mirror, Mirror" challenge
By Cathy holmesPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
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A soft silken touch,
To soothe and exfoliate.
Yet, the heart still breaks.
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For Matthew Fromm's "Mirror, Mirror" challenge:
"Write a poem about a mundane object in the 5-7-5 format."
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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By LUCCIAN LAYTH7 days ago in Critique
Comments (17)
Fabulous work!
♥️
How'd you get so much pathos into moisturising?
You so so much deeper than skin deep with this one. Powerful writing, as always.
Yep. We could be as pretty as lovely roses...heart is just as frail. Still we lubriderm away. kudos
What a pivot you created with the last line! Nicely done!
Ooo, killer last line!! Well done, Nitty!!
right! Sometimes, it just hurts.
ouch...masterful. So much in so few words...impressive and so much truth to it. Well done, Buddy!
Hmmm... I felt it
Ha love it!! 💌
Of course it does, silly! Lotion doesn't work like that. Try glue 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jokes aside, I loved this so much!
Superbly expressed and loved it!!!♥ ♥ ♥
Nicely done and great entry!
Yes! So good!
Ah ha, I saw yours and did one. Good one, Cathy!!
Ooo I like this, lots going on in so few words. Thank you for joining!