Medieval Modern

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jim turner
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Medieval Modern

Post by jim turner » December 17th, 2010, 4:17 pm

Gone, my husband, my sons.
My king wears a golden crown.
My present queen sleeps warm.
Nobles, taking my daughters,
left alive alone a woman not so old,
in a frozen hovel, colder bed,
listening to winter’s wolves
snuffle at a broken door.

Jim 12/17/10

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joel
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Re: Medieval Modern

Post by joel » December 17th, 2010, 4:52 pm

I want more--more about them all--more details--more dreams. I like it. I love the possibilities and the directions--everything, but not the facts of the hovels and loneliness.

Thanks!
"Every genuinely religious person is a heretic, and therefore a revolutionary" -- GBShaw

jim turner
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Re: Medieval Modern

Post by jim turner » December 17th, 2010, 5:11 pm

Thanks to you, too. I must sleep and dream about those possibles. jim

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hester_prynne
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Re: Medieval Modern

Post by hester_prynne » December 19th, 2010, 12:22 pm

I couldn't have said it better.
H 8)
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