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"Waiting like a friendless friend, Who takes your hand and smiles grimly, As the sun begins to set.." It could be night falling, or death coming. It has such a sharp edge. Very powerful, Jonathan! The photos are incredible!

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Thank you, Sharon!

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"As the sun begins to set

As if pierced by bayonet,"

Oooh!!

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Thank you, Mary

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So damn beautiful

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Thanks so much, Patris

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You capture such beauty, Jonathan, in both image and word.

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Thank you, Kim

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Beautiful. The sonnet is such a lovely form to work with.

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Thank you, Deborah. I agree

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Yes

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Thank you

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A rollicking death march.

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Fantastic comment, thanks Stan

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It's a pleasure to read something as good as this. This is a wonderful sonnet.

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Thanks so much, Martin

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So very beautiful. Your words and photographs are wonderful on their own, but together with your voice take it to another dimension.

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Thank you for listening, Monica

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My favorite lines:

"And death itself the absent catcher

Beyond horizons in the end

Waiting like a friendless friend"

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Thank you, Margaret Ann

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beautiful!

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Thank you, jennae

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🔥🔥🔥

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🙏 🙏 🙏

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As I approach the end of life, I rather like to think that death is not a "friendless friend." Instead, I think of someone gentle, laying me down for a nap in the forest, pulling up the very earth to blanket me.

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Thanks Rebecca, that’s a much better way to think of it 🙏

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Your words in the rhymes are also beautiful

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Thank you Kathleen

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