BlueIris
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Sat Feb-14-09 09:47 AM
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The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 2/14/09 |
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"Heart Lesson"
Icicles drip in the sun, then drop and silently pierce the snow. Indoors the children bend over scissors, red paper—their constructions—fresh-cut heart-shapes personalized with their ragged edges— lopsided presentations on white lace, confections with designs on a friend, affection to sweeten the day. This year again the carpet's spilled with red, evidence of the heart's excess discarded in trying to get it right. Now the oldest child shows how to form a heart more perfectly with half the cutting, as if at a certain age one knows what will pass for love needs balance. It's all in the fold, she says, and watching where you start, remembering edges, not forgetting the center. Her small hands hold the stiff paper just so, knowing that a heart given such attention will open to you doubled and whole.
—Nancy Dahlberg
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:01 AM
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Wonderful.
Happy Valentine-Schmalentine's Day, BlueIris!
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:40 AM
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:51 AM
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4. Thanks! And welcome new (?) reader. |
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:59 AM
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7. I am a daily reader of both poetry threads - just and infrequent poster. |
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Sat Feb-14-09 11:00 AM
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8. I am a daily reader of both poetry threads - just and infrequent poster. |
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:50 AM
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:52 AM
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5. That's what I say. And WOW! Look at all those hearts you have. |
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:59 AM
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6. I bought them all myself |
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Sat Feb-14-09 11:51 AM
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The first and last sentences are just perfect.
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Sat Feb-14-09 12:37 PM
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