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Pamela Leavey's avatar

Wonderful poem(s) and I love the way you explained your process! Thank you for this exquisite work that took my breath away.

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Brian Funke's avatar

Pamela, thank you for your very kind words and it makes me happy that this resonated with you. 🧡 Thanks for being here!

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Pamela Leavey's avatar

You're welcome and I'm so glad you are here too!

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Katharine Beckett Winship's avatar

Gorgeous work.

The bookends!

Thank you 🌱

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Brian Funke's avatar

Thanks for reading along Katharine!

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Raphy Mendoza's avatar

Wonderful poem :)

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Brian Funke's avatar

Thank you! 😊

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Jason McBride's avatar

I loved this deep dive into your process. I cold read you write about writing poetry all day. You’ve given me a lot to consider in my work. I’m thrilled to have found you on Substack!

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Brian Funke's avatar

Thanks Jason! The feeling is mutual. 💫

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Nathan Slake's avatar

Marvellous breakdown, thanks Brian.

"we see a picture of early dawn where stars are still shining and there is a glow on the horizon that slowly spreads upwards overtaking the stars. It is one of my favorite times of day to witness"

^So much this for me, too.

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Brian Funke's avatar

Thanks Nathan. I love summer, but that time of day is tough to find, unless I’m up at 4:30am! Stepping outside and witnessing this is one of the tells for me that autumn is here.

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Nathan Slake's avatar

So true. I like to be up early, and here in Melbourne our sunrise is still at a time I can glimpse at the height of summer, so I'm often up before that happens to catch that moment of the inbetween.

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