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redbrick commented on: tears you could have cried by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
That is a splendid movem and: That is a splendid movement and image! Poetry is to be reveled in and elevated with! Thanks ever s kindly.
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J-9thxciv commented on: tears you could have cried by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
As I read this, I imagined: As I read this, I imagined late Spring clouds dividing to reveal shafts of sunlight!  That is how evocatice your writing is.
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redbrick commented on: here and there by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
May you continue to be: May you continue to be blessed.
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redbrick commented on: A seamstress’s courage by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
And there the sadness: And there the sadness continues through the ages and generations... whodda known evil had its own 'DNA,' in a manner of speaking?
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redbrick commented on: well by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
Thank you most kindly : Thank you most kindly
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redbrick commented on: bereave me by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
Indeed it never breaks or: Indeed it never breaks or snaps! That is the mettle of love.
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J-9thxciv commented on: A seamstress’s courage by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
The Terror that Robespierre: The Terror that Robespierre imposed on the French people is believed, by some historians, to have provided Lenin with a complete instructions manual for the period of the Red Terror of 1918-1922.  The brutality of the murder of the Czar and his family (the thugs even killed Alexei Romanov's dog, Joy) was a harbinger of the bloodthirsty vengeance Lenin wreakced upon the very people he claimed to be helping---including many fellow Christians of the Orthodox Church.
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J-9thxciv commented on: well by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
This advice about connecting: This advice about connecting well is one of the BEST statements on all of this site.
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J-9thxciv commented on: bereave me by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
And that tether never, ever: And that tether never, ever breaks or snaps apart.  
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J-9thxciv commented on: here and there by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
Thank you for that reply . .: Thank you for that reply . . . it is so very well composed that it actually ministers to my soul, and I have done a screenshot of it to keep in my most precious file.  On this day that celebrates the Epiphany and the Theopany at the Jordan River, your words are especially validatory to me.
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redbrick commented on: here and there by redbrick 1 year 6 weeks ago
Breaking free from the: Breaking free from the oppressive shadow of your parents and embarking on a path of self-realization is a remarkable achievement. The comparison to the country's gradual process of organizing itself resonates deeply, highlighting that personal growth and finding one's identity can be a gradual, yet immensely rewarding journey. It's heartening to hear that, despite the challenges and the time it took, you have become closer to the person you aspired to be back in the summer of 1976. Considering this transformation as answered prayer speaks to the strength of your faith and the perseverance you've shown in navigating your path.
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LutherSeahand commented on: This House by LutherSeahand 1 year 6 weeks ago
Cheers: Cheers
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orishaman commented on: Heron Clan Jan 12, 2025 by djtj 1 year 6 weeks ago
This is a rather complex and: This is a rather complex and maybe confli emotions... the metaphors are interesting again with dual perspectives... since the costers and the plastic they protect what's valuable... but yet it's seems under a negative light which I am sure in your intent... but not clear... is it a poem about liberation or being submissive... Orishaman!
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J-9thxciv commented on: Hello by Abdul 1 year 7 weeks ago
Happy New Year to you.: Happy New Year to you.
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J-9thxciv commented on: here and there by redbrick 1 year 7 weeks ago
I think this is very good: I think this is very good advice.  My sense of identity separated from my parents' oppresive shadow during my senior year, and on July 10th, 1976, the separation was completed; ironically, in the month of our nation's two hundredth anniversary of independence.  And just as the country groped to organize itself over several years, so I have spent decades to do so.  But I am more what I wanted to be, in the summer of 1976, than I was at that time. and I consider this to be answered prayer.
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