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MargaretG

  • Last seen on May 25 11:13 PM. Member since February 14, 2006.
  • I am a woman (Canada)
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  • One of my all-time favorites.

  • on The Things We Dare Not Tell by Henry Lawson, on September 21, 2008
    Timeless and true - so many broken hearts, for things untold.

  • on The Red Dress by Dorothy Parker, on November 10, 2007
    How ideals are crushed in the adult world; a lovely dream has devolved into a dress with a bitter association. The rhyming is natural and light.

  • I first read this poem as a young child, which was a baffling introduction to poetry, but I liked the way it sounded. Now I see that if the pronouns are more like names, there is a tragic tale of love and loss, acted out in full sight of the indifference of the world. The language is still fresh and innovative, "down they forgot as up they grew".