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Mark Armstrong's avatar

"joy sealed in jars I cannot open..."-- man, what a great devastating line!! 🚀

I enjoyed them all-- well done, troika!! 👍👏😊

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Debdutta Pal's avatar

Triple shot of espresso. I'm in heaven.

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Steve Elliott's avatar

Love Perils Of A Woman

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Laney Mills's avatar

Thank you so much Steve! You made my day!

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Steve Elliott's avatar

My pleasure!

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Laney Mills's avatar

🥰

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Ral Joseph's avatar

Sounds like a chemistry mixture. Amazing pieces and the poets are out of this world!!

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Laney Mills's avatar

It does doesn't it! Edward is the head chemist...so talented

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Three special women 💄💄💄🖤

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Laney Mills's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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Laney Mills's avatar

@The Dope Doula - these lines:

I wander these rooms echoing with absence,

joy sealed in jars I cannot open,

inspiration buried beneath old newspapers.

Hours split and drift

***How many times I have felt this. "joy sealed in jars I cannot open"

A brilliant line and so true to the human condition at one time or another. ❤️

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The Dope Doula's avatar

Thank you, Laney.

I felt every line of your poem! I’m also 5”2, have thin and fine hair, pedigree rodent ash blonde, flat chested and big bottomed. Society has made us so critical of ourselves that 94% of women in the global north are dissatisfied with some part of their body.

A friend and I were talking about this just yesterday. Can you imagine what society would be like if nobody ever saw their own reflection? Can you imagine?

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Laney Mills's avatar

I can ONLY imagine! At my age, I still - I still make sure to wash my hair and have my lipstick on when I am sick or before surgery. I have had 10 surgeries in the past year and a half and each time I worry about how I will look. I think "My God! Will this ever go away?!!!! I don't think it will, I am trained too well. But if we had never seen ourselves in a mirror, I wonder if we would fight to? Or feel a need to? Food for thought. Thank you so much for reading and commenting.

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Laney Mills's avatar

Edward, I want to thank you for including my poem, Perils Of A Woman. I am humbled and feel very honored to be included in this group of poets on your page. To @Melanie Cole,

@The Dope Doula, and of course, Edward @BlackCoffeePoetry - honored to be published alongside you all! Incredible poems you all wrote. Incredible.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

A pleasure!

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Laney Mills's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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Victoria Grace's avatar

Those last two. Phew. So powerful.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Experimental writing, confessional poise, and an ode to women.

What's not to love?!

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Vision2Verse's avatar

That part ☝🏾✍🏾✍🏾✍🏾

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