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Books
· Perceptions

· ECHOSIS

· Prosetry at Work

· Said and Unsaid - Vol 1

· 3 WAY MIRROR


Short Stories
· Patience Waning

· Ladle Lines (A prosetry memory)

· A Gentle Man

· Pacing Love's Journey

· Gratitude

· A Sticky Conversation

· Blazing Now and Then

· Vulnerable Captivity

· The Kite That Would Not Bow

· Time


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· War and Peace

· Desperation Breeds Desperation

· Preference Manifest

· Innocent Guilt

· Barbed Isolation

· A Place...

· Sanity's Loss

· Organs Anonymous

· Fatuous Beyond Absurdity

· Truth is One


Poetry
· The Life-long Pernicious Evil

· Cherishing Sounds of Silence

· Understanding the Unexplainable

· Reality of Another Kind

· Finding Trust Again

· Aromalicious Memories

· A Jungle-rain Pastorale

· Sediment Within the Soul

· Life's Enormous Green Chest

· Roadkill Memoriam

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Thirty Summers Left

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

Last of a reflective "growing younger" trilogy needing to be grounded.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Thirty Summers Left

And what is thirty?
Three prints of one's hands in the mud
Just a youthful day at the beach
Forever replanting impressions
Whether tide in
Or tide out

Innocence kept alive

Existence sublime



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Reviewed by Diana Legun (Reader)
Reviewed on April 6, 2012
I like the title. 'Thirty Summers Left,' as in left behind; or thirty summers left, as in remaining. Fits well with the trilogy nomenclature, "growing younger"; the dichotomy of growing older and staying younger. Thirtysomething....very nice middle either way it is served. ~~ Diana

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on April 3, 2012
Odin,
A perfect reflection to the point with room for all your readers to add their own images.
Budd

Reviewed by John Flanagan
Reviewed on April 3, 2012
"...Forever replanting impressions.."
ah yes, the nub of it, the cycle
we can't resist and can't afford to...

i like this kernel reflection, Odin,
it hits home true

john

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on April 3, 2012
I love the three prints of one's hand in the mud as a allegory of a life span, and the fact that the prints were made in the mud rather than the sand also is telling. Short poem, full of meaning.

Reviewed on April 3, 2012
That is a great last act. Loved this.


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