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Magpie Lady
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Magpie Lady |
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junemac Senior Member
since 2003-04-24
Posts 1005uk 
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Magpie lady In cornflaked coloured cardigan Hair matted and iron grey Shuffling along aimlessly She haunts the streets by day Dragging a battered trolley Its shade is long forgotten Shiny from all the layers of grime threadbare along the bottom She seems intent to study her path Sifting through tangles of litter Stooping to rescue tiny scraps Of anything that seems to glitter They laugh at her and call her names Cruel to this wizzened old lady No one seems to care at all Or question why she is crazy Long ago when things looked bleak Life had nothing left to give her She heard someone say if she looked hard enough every cloud was lined with silver So every dawn her quest begins For as long as the sun remains shining Her crooked old body just trundles along In search of her silver lining. |
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QjQ Member Elite
since 2003-04-18
Posts 3756U.S.A. |
nicely written,,,, Poetry is a vision that portrays ones impressions.QjQ |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
This was beautifully written Cold hands means a warm heart |
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Edder Senior Member
since 2003-04-02
Posts 671 |
for as long as hope remains..... enjoyed this. |
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junemac Senior Member
since 2003-04-24
Posts 1005uk |
thank you all for your positive comments and for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed it. it makes my day when i know someone liked my work. hugs from june xxxxxxxxx |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
kinda sad but beautiful too |
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idleeyes86 Member
since 2003-06-09
Posts 64Somewhere over the rainbow |
I seem to be developing a real taste for your poetry and I will certainly be keeping an eye out for your name from now on. As a subject I think everyone has probably seen this person in the street and either crossed to the other side of the road or made sure they avoided eye contact. You've made them sound beautiful and oddly heroic in a way. |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Very nice. Susan C. |
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