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A Glimpse

An image comes unbidden in a quickening flash: the dark silhouette of a female, part avian, upright and still in a moss-clad marsh, poised in the luster of a golden half-sun. The ongoing joy of such fleeting thoughts: a secret skylight in a 10’ by 12’ room.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 2/6/2023 1:49:00 AM
beautiful to read
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Date: 6/2/2021 10:15:00 PM
Beautiful imagery, Carol ~
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Carol Mays
Date: 6/8/2021 6:53:00 PM
Thank you.
Date: 9/13/2018 5:43:00 PM
Interesting. It got my curiosity up. Nicely written.
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