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Essential

February 20, 2007 at 11:42 AM

Essential

by Beverly Rollwagen

She just wants to keep her essential
sorrow. Everyone wants her to
be happy all the time, but she doesn't
want that for them. There is value in
the thread of sadness in each person.
The sobbing child on an airplane, the
unhappy woman waiting by the phone,
a man staring out the window past his
wife. A violin plays through all of them,
one long note held at the beginning and
the end.


(from She Just Wants © Nodin Press)

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I've started collecting poems about the violin. I have two so far (see "The Violinist Learning the Fly" for #1).

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on February 21, 2007 at 9:11 PM
I don't like this poem at all but thanks for sharing!
From Sarah Montoro
Posted on February 21, 2007 at 9:43 PM
yeah--that is a terrible poem!! hahah--o well never did like poetry that much anyways-lol

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