Friday 9 April 2010

afterword

when the light switches on unexpectedly
there is a moment of shock
but if you have sat in the dark for a while
there is also relief

you know that nothing will ever look the same again
and you sit there trying to make sense of it

and then you reach out
to the new world

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Thank you for your patience this week and for all the encouraging emails. Normal service resumes tomorrow.

15 comments:

  1. Thank you. Your words have been deeply felt.

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  2. what lovely words, and so intriguing.

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  3. It was all so lovely. Really appreciated.

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  4. Alice you are amazing x

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  5. Such beautiful words. I too am intrigued.

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  6. Your words are so beautiful and thought provoking Alice, but 'afterword' is especially poignant and strangely comforting. Thank you Alice. Bobby x

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  7. Really loved this week of words, Alice.

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  8. You took my breath away.....

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  9. This is good, very good. This is the road. Walk in it.

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  10. I am speechless, a rare event. I loved the sequence, have read over and over, going to print out so I can have your words in how my mind works, consecutive order and on paper. Delightful, a little intimidating and very inspiring. Thank you.

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  11. I adore Easter Snow..

    xxx

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  12. Oh Alice, you know how much I love your words, how I long for you to take them further. These posts were such a wonderful surprise as I catch up so late to the party. Wonderful, dancing words, they conjure up so many thoughts and images. Really rather brilliant Alice.

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  13. Dear Alice C,
    i have refrained from posting comments while reading through your archives, for fear it would feel burdensome to you as they would have piled up like cord wood. but i had to put a note here just to say i loved these poems. And, thank you

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Thank you! I love reading your comments and even though I don't always have time to reply I am really grateful to every one who joins in the conversation.