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Shattered

Nonet poem

By Marilyn GloverPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Shattered
Photo by ilya on Unsplash

Glass dwellings could never sustain us

My cool presence tempered your heat

Until crack repairs broke me

Fragile walls mirrored truth

This home is not love

A sharper me

Duly cast

The first

Stone

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Marilyn Glover

Poet, writer, & editor, writing to uplift humanity. A Spiritual person who practices Reiki and finds inspiration in nature.

Mother of four, grandmother of two, British American dual citizen living in the States

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Nice work

Very well written. Keep up the good work!

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  • Joe Pattersonabout a year ago

    Well done.

  • Kendall Defoe about a year ago

    Very effective, especially with the photo.

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