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Beautiful

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Apr 8Liked by man of aran

I really like the cut of this poem’s jib. Marvelous word choices. I want to nap and dream in it.

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Love this, Alan.

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Apr 8Liked by man of aran

Fabulous poem.

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Such an honor you used my painting and mentioned my work. Thank you, Alan. The poem is a gem. 💙

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Lovely painting and poem...

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Blew me away into sea’s eternal gravity

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Great imagery

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I think this is one of the best pieces you've written. But you have so many styles that it's hard to compare. The language and how it flows, the imagery and the story telling. Where do I start? Masterpiece! Beautiful painting too. Both compliment each other. Sublime!

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Do you have synaesthesia? This poem definitely has that connection between colour and feeling.

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Eugene Terekhin wrote a bit about a painting of light and water today, too.

"Eventually, I realized what made Aivazovsky’s art unique - his knack for catching that light. Not just physical light but also the metaphysical light behind it. The light out of which the fabric of the world is spun. "

His prose and your poetry are like the right and left hand of my Wednesday morning. Thank you! https://eugeneterekhin.substack.com/p/perceiving-the-invisible-the-frozen

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"multiple intimacies of snow" - lovely poem.

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