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Islands

You may be an island all alone
in a tumultuous, unforgiving ocean
If that's true,
you're also a mountain
refusing to yield
to the unrelenting sea.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Something I wrote six years ago (according to my social media). My mountain has trees now, as life returns.

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: U.S.A., USA

Favorite Poets: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman. I’m enamored by the work of lyricists such as Robert Hunter, John Barlow, John Dyer Baizley, and Tom Marshall just to name a handful.

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Comments

Geezer

Geezer

2 years 10 months ago

Just what...

life ordered. A different perspective! ~ Geez.
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Jackweb

Jackweb

2 years 10 months ago

Wow!

Deeply thoughtful piece! The 'mountain', 'Ocean', 'Sea', this is a strong imagery!
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