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Ann Collins's avatar

I love the way the first lines and the last lines make a very beautiful poem-within-a-poem. It warms and quiets my soul today.

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Brian Funke's avatar

Love it. I do love a bookended poem…

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Elena Brower's avatar

the smallest details, the biggest feeling

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Brian Funke's avatar

So often so true

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Nathan Slake's avatar

Gold not yet touching

and every conception I have.

These are the two lines that most strike me on this reread, the latter feels like an awakening of awareness, how one can be made small by the majesty of the universe and consciousness.

Also, I love the abrupt ending we have with the gap and then "The dog curled by me side." It feels like it grounds everything back to how beautifully simple and peaceful reality can be.

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Brian Funke's avatar

Big and small and everything in between…

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