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so beautiful and so fleeting is this season. well captured in words

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Thank you, Elizabeth--perhaps words are one of the best ways to capture it...

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Christine, this sonnet just blows me away--your formal approach woven into words like spun gold. Amazing capture!

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Many thanks, Jody! I do love the way a single word or phrase can simultaneously carry immense precision and a hundred unspoken references.

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Beautiful portrait of these golden days. Thank you.

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Thank you so much, Mary--it was special to go back to those softer days as our desert summer carries on with no end in sight.

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'Bright are these moments all too briefly seen.'

Beautiful!!

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Thank you so much! :)

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Reading this sonnet aloud makes it even more delicious.

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Ah good... I think poetry should always be at its best when read aloud!

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The sun and the honeycomb, lovely, thanks

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Ooh. Both so beautiful.

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