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augmented man's avatar

Her poems feel like whispers from another era, delicately balancing between nature’s untamed beauty and the human heart’s quiet reflections.

Thank you for shedding light on Margaret McKenny’s nuanced works.

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Dick Whyte's avatar

A pleasure :-) Love your description. 💜

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Thomas Rist's avatar

Love the “wayward sweet peas”. Keen on Dick Whyte’s contribution too! 🙂

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Cheers Thomas! Yeah, that one is super lovely. It has such a lovely cadence.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

Henry Bellamann is probably more widely known as the author of "Kings Row,' a controversial novel published in 1940 exposing the hypocrisy of small-town life which was made into a movie and managed to foster the career of Ronald Reagan.

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Nice one Paul - yeah, it's a shame his poetry has been more or less forgotten. He wrote some bangers!

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Kim Nelson's avatar

Margaret McKenny’s "Ice" ... wow. Just wow. Everything necessary for a great story, distilled to essence.

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Agree 100% Kim - that one in particular is something special! 💜

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Rolando Andrade's avatar

I didn't know this poet. Now I'm a fan

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Yay! :-) Love this energy 💜

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man of aran's avatar

She’s a good one! Thanks for sharing.

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Pleasure Man of Aran! Thanks for reading and commenting. Really appreciate it.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Educational, enlightening, poetically engaging!

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Cheers Jonathan. That is possibly the nicest description of Forgotten Poets I have received. 💜

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