22 responses to “Truth”

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   Victoria C. Slotto

   January 29, 2016 at 1:32 am

   Tough subject to deal with for the prompt but you worked it, especially the second stanza.

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      ShirleyB

      January 29, 2016 at 8:04 pm

      Thank you, Victoria

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   whimsygizmo

   January 29, 2016 at 2:19 am

   I like that second stanza, especially. There’s deep meaning in that “fading” here.

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      ShirleyB

      January 29, 2016 at 8:04 pm

      Thank you Whimsey

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   Bodhirose

   January 29, 2016 at 2:55 am

   You can’t escape the strong image in this one, Shirley!

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      ShirleyB

      January 29, 2016 at 8:04 pm

      Thank you, Bodirose

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   flower girl

   January 29, 2016 at 4:59 am

   🙂

   Are you writing about me?

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   Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

   January 29, 2016 at 5:46 am

   What an image… With the image definitely disturbing, though I had to say it made me think of the queen of hearts

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      ShirleyB

      January 29, 2016 at 8:05 pm

      Yes, they all but did that, didn’t they?
      Thank you, Bjorn

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   Kathy Reed

   January 29, 2016 at 9:31 am

   Shakespeare in a few words 😉

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      ShirleyB

      January 29, 2016 at 8:07 pm

      Shakepeare! Shocked!
      Thank you, Kathy

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   Sanaa Rizvi

   January 29, 2016 at 10:04 am

   Definitely a Shakespearean touch here 😉

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      ShirleyB

      January 29, 2016 at 8:07 pm

      On one of his VERY bad days! 🙂
      Thank you, Sanaa

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   Sumana Roy

   January 29, 2016 at 3:12 pm

   yes, why with a sword and not with the traditional axe…ambiguous indeed…in so few words you’ve amazingly captured the overweening Henry VIII’s scheme to behead Anne Boleyn…

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      ShirleyB

      January 29, 2016 at 8:27 pm

      He (the King) had a french executioner brought over especially for the job with his own axe. An act of kindness?
      Thank you, Sumana

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   http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com

   January 29, 2016 at 4:30 pm

   Mysterious and a little bit frightening!

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      ShirleyB

      January 29, 2016 at 8:28 pm

      Thank you, viv

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    navasolanature

    January 29, 2016 at 6:55 pm

    Certainly an image to disturb. And folk used to watch!

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    ShirleyB

    January 29, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    Yes, gruesome isn’t it.
    Thank you, nava

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    vbholmes

    January 30, 2016 at 12:28 am

    an act made more horrific when described in fewer words.

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    lynn__

    January 30, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    I think sometimes we do the same to Truth…

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14. 

    katiemiafrederick

    January 30, 2016 at 2:54 pm

    Oh.. the glory
    oh.. the peace
    iF IsiL sword
    swingers
    wILL
    replace swords
    with bats and
    just
    play
    BALL!
    instead
    of human
    heads.. ugh..
    dum humans..
    without tribal sports..;)

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