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Nelly Bryce's avatar

Loved this one x

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Thank you, Nelly 💛. I owe it to you and @Stephanie Moore!

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Fotini Masika's avatar

Oh dear, no one prepared us for this. The things we could write and talk about this are so many.

You poem is beautiful and it kindles something in me... another poem maybe?

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

I’m honored. My favorite kinds of poems are the ones that make me want to write another poem 💛.

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Tamsin 🍂's avatar

Thank god for menopause for me! A great rendering of a bloody subject

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Thank you, Tam. I’m looking forward to menopause in some ways.

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Mohika Mudgal's avatar

Your poem is truly a work of art!

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Mohika, what an amazing compliment. Thank you!

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

This poem is amazing. I love it too. I'm on the other side of things now, with its own set of challenges. Things my mother never told me about.

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

Thank you, LeeAnn. Part of me wants to be on the other side of things YESTERDAY, and part of me is afraid of what comes next. I’m starting to think that no one’s mothers have ever told any of their daughters about it—not because they don’t love us, but because no one has taught any of us how to say these things. Ugh.

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