A Window On My World
Viewing comments for Chapter 26 "The Chasm of Loss"Daily 5-7-5 simplicities for April Na-Po-Wri-Mo
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Comment from poetwatch
I'm sorry to hear about your loss, for there is no one closer than a friend. I know about the restrictions. We have them too. Can't get my stuff from down south so we sleep on cots. Making my furniture, useable but rustic. My sister lives in Houston, she will past away sometime soon.(In last Nov. doc gave her 6 months to live. There's a wall that stops us. People are departing without saying goodbye.
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I'm sorry to hear about your loss, for there is no one closer than a friend. I know about the restrictions. We have them too. Can't get my stuff from down south so we sleep on cots. Making my furniture, useable but rustic. My sister lives in Houston, she will past away sometime soon.(In last Nov. doc gave her 6 months to live. There's a wall that stops us. People are departing without saying goodbye.
Comment Written 28-Apr-2020
Comment from Gail Denham
The lockdown has only begun to show the loss. I feel so badly for those people who could not even say goodbye to their departing relatives - while the virus raged - and now we see all kinds of shenanigans that have taken place. we need to take stock.
reply by the author on 02-May-2020
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The lockdown has only begun to show the loss. I feel so badly for those people who could not even say goodbye to their departing relatives - while the virus raged - and now we see all kinds of shenanigans that have taken place. we need to take stock.
Comment Written 28-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 02-May-2020
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Gosh, you must have saved all your 6s for my poems. I do appreciate all your reviews.
Comment from patcelaw
This time has put a trip I was planning on hold until in the fall. I should have been with my middle daughter today and in a few days I would have been with my youngest daughter as well.
Patricia
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This time has put a trip I was planning on hold until in the fall. I should have been with my middle daughter today and in a few days I would have been with my youngest daughter as well.
Patricia
Comment Written 28-Apr-2020
Comment from Y. M. Roger
The world over resounds with loss of touch and of contact and just being able to 'be there' - so important to many - due to the regulations and restrictions. Your poem is a great illustration of this with its pull on the emotions without having to get 'specific'... great job! ;) Thanx for sharing! ;) Yvette
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The world over resounds with loss of touch and of contact and just being able to 'be there' - so important to many - due to the regulations and restrictions. Your poem is a great illustration of this with its pull on the emotions without having to get 'specific'... great job! ;) Thanx for sharing! ;) Yvette
Comment Written 27-Apr-2020
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written heartfelt 5-7-5 suite. Sometimes during this lockdown period it feels more like a burden than protection against something invisible. The sad thing is criminals running free in the street seeking opportunities to steal.
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A very well-written heartfelt 5-7-5 suite. Sometimes during this lockdown period it feels more like a burden than protection against something invisible. The sad thing is criminals running free in the street seeking opportunities to steal.
Comment Written 27-Apr-2020
Comment from Michele Harber
Lisa May, I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend's father. With so many elderly relatives, death and funerals have been on my mind a lot lately. When my father passed in 2018, so many friends and family came to the funeral and/or for a Shiva call (the closest thing in the Jewish religion to a wake), and it was so comforting. With my mother in her late 80s. and Michael's father and mother having turned 80 and 90 respectively, I worry a lot about what will happen when their time comes. I certainly want them to receive the farewell they deserve, and I want those of us who will be left behind to have the comfort from others that's so essential.
Your words, particularly your last verse, put those feelings into perspective. Your poem is so relatable and, as such, brings up so many fears and uncertainties, but at least that means that you're touching the soul.
reply by the author on 27-Apr-2020
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Lisa May, I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend's father. With so many elderly relatives, death and funerals have been on my mind a lot lately. When my father passed in 2018, so many friends and family came to the funeral and/or for a Shiva call (the closest thing in the Jewish religion to a wake), and it was so comforting. With my mother in her late 80s. and Michael's father and mother having turned 80 and 90 respectively, I worry a lot about what will happen when their time comes. I certainly want them to receive the farewell they deserve, and I want those of us who will be left behind to have the comfort from others that's so essential.
Your words, particularly your last verse, put those feelings into perspective. Your poem is so relatable and, as such, brings up so many fears and uncertainties, but at least that means that you're touching the soul.
Comment Written 27-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 27-Apr-2020
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The man who died was the husband of the woman who knitted that purple mohair sweater for me that I wrote about in yesterday's 5-7-5 poem, Warm Fuzzies. Weird that I should get the news after i wrote the poem.
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The timing is actually fortuitous. It lets her know that you were thinking of her when the unthinkable was happening. There may be some comfort in that, knowing that she was in your thoughts.
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It almost feels like I was on a wavelength of empathy.
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If you and she are that close, maybe you were.
Comment from Bill Schott
This 5-7-5 suite, The Chasm of Loss, has the right set up and reminds the readers that the current world pandemic has left many to suffer loss remotely.
I found this: Fate's-aud-i-ence. Sounds like four syllables
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This 5-7-5 suite, The Chasm of Loss, has the right set up and reminds the readers that the current world pandemic has left many to suffer loss remotely.
I found this: Fate's-aud-i-ence. Sounds like four syllables
Comment Written 26-Apr-2020
Comment from lyenochka
This is a really moving poem, LisaMay! I can feel the pain of not being able to personally console the loved ones who are separated from that chasm of loss. Your metaphor of "chasm of loss" works in many ways including the loss of death as well as the separation. So sorry for your friend and I hope can connect by phone and other ways.
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2020
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This is a really moving poem, LisaMay! I can feel the pain of not being able to personally console the loved ones who are separated from that chasm of loss. Your metaphor of "chasm of loss" works in many ways including the loss of death as well as the separation. So sorry for your friend and I hope can connect by phone and other ways.
Comment Written 26-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 26-Apr-2020
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Thank you so much for your wonderfully caring review.
Comment from Drew Delaney
I am sorry to hear that! My sincere condolences!
At a time when we need one another, we can't move around to be there for those hurting. It is a dark time we are in. I hope and pray things will soon get better.
Take care my friend. Drew xx
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I am sorry to hear that! My sincere condolences!
At a time when we need one another, we can't move around to be there for those hurting. It is a dark time we are in. I hope and pray things will soon get better.
Take care my friend. Drew xx
Comment Written 26-Apr-2020
Comment from Louise Michelle
I learned of a death in the family a couple weeks ago. This virus has touched us all. Yes, through death our souls are freed and it's really awful for those of us left behind. Hugs, Lou
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I learned of a death in the family a couple weeks ago. This virus has touched us all. Yes, through death our souls are freed and it's really awful for those of us left behind. Hugs, Lou
Comment Written 26-Apr-2020
