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Weston Parker's avatar

Very sweet and bittersweet as well. Lovely. Thanks Arjan Tupan for recommending you.

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Kristen Lenea Ryberg's avatar

Thank you Weston, I've since edited but consider it a success if it managed to contain some sweet, I often struggle to include a redemptive thread in some darker themes.

Arjan, he is wonderful!

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nan's avatar

Love this Kristin. Using past religious experiences to inform contemporary ones.

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Kristen Lenea Ryberg's avatar

Thank you Nan!

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Charlie's avatar

Yes

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Leo Di Croce's avatar

Thank you. Yes, I read the Bible every night before bed. I told myself when I started that this was an academic exercise. It’s become something more now. I think I have a ways to go before I’m “saved.” I will keep reading in the meantime.

I like your poems a lot.

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Lois Read's avatar

This is a gorgeous poem, ranging for meaning in childhood memories plus so much more. I love the ending, often so wrong in a poem. Lois R

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Kristen Lenea Ryberg's avatar

Thank you Lois; I appreciate your deep tuning and accurate perception. Xo!

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