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Roselyn Elliott commented on the post, 17 Year Cicada by David B. Prather 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Wow, such a good poem, the way it carries seamlessly, literally and figuratively all the way through! Thank you.
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Roselyn Elliott commented on the post, A Photograph From That Summer on Point Reyes by Martha E. Snell 1 year, 5 months ago
Congratulations, Marty. Enjoyed the poem.
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Roselyn Elliott commented on the post, My Most Memorable Patient by Roselyn Elliott 3 years, 1 month ago
Thanks, Erika. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Roselyn Elliott commented on the post, My Most Memorable Patient by Roselyn Elliott 3 years, 1 month ago
Thank you, Lynda, for reading and for your comment. So glad you found it moving. One of the profound experiences of my life.
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Roselyn Elliott commented on the post, Black Satin Petunias by J.R. Solonche 3 years, 6 months ago
Thank you. Enjoyed your originality.
R. Elliott
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Roselyn Elliott commented on the post, Raking Black Walnuts by Fred Wilbur 4 years, 5 months ago
Loved this, Fred. Both the lyrical prose and the poem. Thank you for drawing us into autumn’s own world.
Rose
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Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 5 months ago
when the horizon dips
into darkness unsure about dawn,
I touch the faded photo, your face
still wearing a mere wisp of pink
blurred now into brushed-aside memories.death is a trickster. it comes and […]
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Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 6 months ago
From the Flume
The banks of the West Ausable RiverIs a place you’ve never been.
Staring straight down into the flume
Violent bursts of water over
Great granite boulders mesmerizes
The boys, but I […]
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Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 6 months ago
So, you’ve read a literary magazine’s guidelines, you’ve even read its sample poems available online, or ordered a recent copy of the magazine to learn about what they publish. Maybe you’ve taken a class/w […]
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Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 6 months ago
because hope is a motherfucker,
i went up to each house of the dead
and knocked, but no one answered.still, i am haunted:
the sun sets a little dimmer ever since the last
feeble twitch of that cat’s t […] -
Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 6 months ago
lopes as only
Hare can, all
fits and starts,
ears sky-sieves
for the whoosh
wings and clenched
claws make
as death stoops
towards him—
but not today,
the sky
bluebare serene
in the heat, the
great r […] -
Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 6 months ago
She’s been sitting on the feeder
since first light, gathering herself,
I suppose, for the journey south.
I wonder if she slept there, waking
for a sip from time to time, adding
calories, planning her long, w […] -
Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 7 months ago
His breakfast smells like ripe tomatoes
and promises,
pledged in youth and romance,
a starter home, a child or two,
a job with promotions and perks,
naive happiness.We are older now,
each creak and […] -
Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 7 months ago
I try to find beauty
………in the autumn night.
Your stars, your moon,
they’re still right there where you left them
………But without you
they seem merely splinters of glass
soon to be swept into w […] -
Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 7 months ago
Our beckoning cabby
from Tunisia,
snaked through preposterous traffic,
past the icy neon signs
and the greening fragrance of stacked Christmas pines,to the Met
where I almost cried, nearly blind
from Van […] -
Roselyn Elliott commented on the post, The Strangeness of Being Here at All: Franz Wright’s Redemption Story By Alex Joyner 4 years, 7 months ago
Thank you! Wonderful writing and quotes.
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Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 7 months ago
……….Hello? Is there anybody in there?
……….Just nod if you can hear me.
……….Is there anyone at home?
…………..Comfortably Numb
…………..Pink FloydHe lay on his side
like a […] -
Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 8 months ago
The Mojave, January 1988
Twenty-five months in the Army
and who would put a kid like me
in charge of a six million dollar
tank? I’ve got a crew of tragically
obedient soldiers, all teen-age, one
who m […] -
Roselyn Elliott commented on the post, Comings and Goings by Roselyn Elliott 4 years, 8 months ago
You are welcome, Sharon. I’m happy and grateful for your interest and willingness to continue this work.
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Roselyn Elliott wrote a new post 4 years, 8 months ago
These past two years and three months, since May 2017, have been a special period in my life that I hadn’t expected to experience. During my tenure as poetry editor, it has been my honor to share this labor of l […]
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