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Unread 09-28-2020, 12:39 PM
Martin Elster Martin Elster is offline
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Default "The Woolly Bear" at Autumn Sky

https://autumnskypoetrydaily.com/202...rtin-j-elster/
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Unread 09-28-2020, 03:08 PM
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What a lovely poem.

Congratulations, Martin, on yet another fine placement of your work!

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It’s a marvelous poem, and its chiastic structure in the first stanza is amazing, with the central pair of lines foreshadowing the stunning final line. I’ve been studying chiastic forms of late, coincidentally, so it’s particularly meaningful to me.
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Thanks, Jayne and Siham. I appreciate it!

Siham - I hope you are feeling all right and keeping your spirits up.
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