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Cheryl Lynn Achterberg's avatar

"Burned at the stake with a pharmaceutical flame" So powerful Dawn. I will always remember this.

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Dawn Levitt's avatar

A bit like chemical castration I suppose.

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JA Sauvageau's avatar

This is great! Visceral imagery! I’m doing a similar project for National Poetry Month.

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Dawn Levitt's avatar

Thank you! I would love to check out your project. Could you drop a link below?

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JA Sauvageau's avatar

Sure thing! I’m posting one poem each weekday through April here: https://open.substack.com/pub/bluecollarfugue

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Angela L Hoy's avatar

This is a powerful lament. So much imagery and the flow really works. 👏🏻

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Dawn Levitt's avatar

Thank you!

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Stacey Kowbel's avatar

Very beautiful!

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Dawn Levitt's avatar

Thank you!

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Jack Lessenberry's avatar

You are well educated and talented indeed ... but Lilith is spelled this way. I believe

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Dawn Levitt's avatar

Thank you. I'm aware of the "biblical" spelling of the name. I wanted to distance this from that.

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Jack Lessenberry's avatar

I understand, but it is also the way it has always been spelled in literature and everyone will react as I did

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Dawn Levitt's avatar

This poem is over 20 years old and you're the first person to mention it. Anyway, I'm claiming poetic license and moving on.

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Jack Lessenberry's avatar

I freely admit to being a dinosaur, but I am not the last of my breed

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