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  May 2022     1 year ago

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Arrogance of Youth

Inflated confidence,
Youthful wisdom untried by time.
Experiences far beyond the age.
Like the North star, beliefs guide through the ravages of life,
Some survive, unchanged, some die a necessary death.
Eight decades gone by.
A life not...

– by Betty Leininger

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The storyline flows easily from beginning to end. A very sweet poem.

1 year ago

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The response to my first comment was that the poem was displayed in its entirety during the judging? Apparently, I do not know how to open the poems.

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