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love the romance and: love the romance and heartbreak of it all. well done!

Ah, the courtship carnival,: Ah, the courtship carnival, lines for rides, cockroaches congregating -  chuckling at a jester grandstanding on his steed.  But the thumbs up eludes me.  Is it sarcastic, the texting like?  Or mudra?     The flesh dividing the thumb and forefinger is said to relieve pain if massaged.  Is the carousel jockey assuaging himself by mounting assumptions?  He seems to interpret her silence as negativity - her only dialogue derogatory to his antics.   Yet, he beseeches her to play her calliope for him.  Perhaps she’s waiting for him to make up his mind as much as he’s waiting for her?  Provocative, yet playful piece, though I’d love more dialogue, thumbs up!

most grateful: Thank you Ramona,  it's perhaps adjacent to that adage 'to be cruel to be kind,' and somehow kindness has become strange and elusive in our day. Most grateful for your thoughts on this.

true beauty of a piece!: true beauty of a piece!

  Let us think on endurance:   Let us think on endurance in a barren interior landscape.  Its surface description one of a walk through relentless heat. Beneath that, an exploration of how a person learns to live with difficulty.   How does the poem achieves its effect? 1. External landscape mirrors inner condition The scrub, dry weed, thirst, and heat function as objective correlatives for emotional or spiritual hardship. The speaker never explicitly says, "I am struggling." Instead, the environment embodies that state.   2. Refusal of melodrama The diction stays deliberately plain: "plain heat" "quick fixes" "small bargain" "hold their distance" The language avoids poetic ornament. This restraint strengthens the authenticity of the speaker's experience.   3. Negative definition The poem repeatedly tells us what the experience is not: not triumph not a grand turn By removing expected narratives of redemption, it clears space for a subtler form of resolution.   4. Gradual movement rather than revelation Structurally, the poem advances through tiny adjustments of understanding: harsh landscape endurance rejection of mental shortcuts recognition of companionship acceptance quiet encounter with steadiness There is no sudden epiphany. The poem's form mirrors its message: meaning arrives slowly.  One interesting tension The title suggests emptiness and transience. Tumbleweed is blown wherever the wind takes it. Yet the poem ends with: "something steady meets me" So the poem moves from drift toward steadiness, from being at the mercy of circumstance toward discovering a centre that is not dependent on circumstance. The title and ending subtly pull against each other, creating the poem's deepest tension.    

sometimes loving someone: sometimes loving someone means letting them go. sad but true.

Values shape preferences!: Values shape preferences!