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   mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) posted:   
   > George J. Dance wrote:   
   > >> The True Melissa wrote:   
   > >> Verily, in article , did   
   > >> georgedance04@yahoo-dot-ca.no-spam.invalid deliver unto us this message:   
   >   
   > >>> Penny's Poetry Blog's featured poem for February:   
   > >>> Afterglow, by George J. Dance   
   > >>>   
   > >>> My darling, on this night of Valentine's,   
   > >>> Excuse me while I find a way to say   
   > >>> I love you, knowing I could never pay   
   > >>> For thirty years with only fourteen lines   
   > >>> [...]   
   > >>>   
   > >>> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2012/02/afterglow-george-dance.html   
   >   
   > >> That's a nice piece to a love of many years. I enjoyed it.   
   >   
   > > Thank you for reading and, especially, for commenting. Knowing that   
   > > someone here read and enjoyed reading my poem to my wife is a   
   > > great way to start my day.   
   >   
   > >> Why didn't you post the whole thing?   
   >   
   > > Good question. I have posted it on aapc before; but that post is long   
   > > buried in the archives, and I doubt that I could find it today. I could've   
   > > re-posted, but I knew the same thing would happen; maybe a half-   
   > > dozen people would see it (as many as half of whom wouldn't have   
   > > read it before) and then it would be lost again. Which is why I started   
   > > blogging my poems years ago; now rather than a limited audience for   
   > > a week or so, they have permanent urls where they can be read by   
   > > potentially millions for as long as the blog is up.   
   > >   
   > > Of course, that still leaves the problem of those millions even   
   > > knowing it's there to read, which is why I'll send out a  promo it when   
   > > the occasion calls for it (like Feb. 2, my wife's birthday).   
   >   
   > >> --   
   > >> The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio   
   > >> United States of America - North America - Earth   
   > >> Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group   
   > >> Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos   
   >   
   > There is nothing to prevent you from posting your complete poem here *and*   
   providing a link   
      
   Either way, that's the choice of the individual poster.   
      
   HTH and HAND.   
      
   --   
   Poetry and songs of Will Dockery:   
   https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery   
      
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