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Rue Kream's avatar

Love every one! Nice job, poets.

Narcisse Tardif's avatar

we love you too

Brooklyn Crane's avatar

Thank you, Rue! It was a fun endeavor. Maybe we will have you on at some point?

Jane Wanders Reflections's avatar

such a beautiful collection! ❤️

Brooklyn Crane's avatar

Check out everyone’s publications for more!

Meg Floss's avatar

Thanks for this curated group of great poems and poets! A few writers I had not subscribed to previously and did so. I’m not sure how I would have come across their work any other way. The algorithm is almost useless in this regard. Thanks again.

Brooklyn Crane's avatar

It’s a great reason to keep going. I fled Instagram because of how lonely it is for formal poets to swim in a sea of free verse—rather simply because not having anyone who sees what you see in art is grief-inducing. So, even if it takes endless scrolling, I—or we—will keep searching for every pearl in the ocean.

Narcisse Tardif's avatar

Sadly true. We do a lot of manual scouting round these parts.

Zane Paxton's avatar

Awesome stuff!

Brooklyn Crane's avatar

Thanks, Zane! Glad to have you here!

Steven Kent's avatar

Well done, one and all.

Steven Kent's avatar

That sounds like a worthwhile endeavor! Thanks for thinking of me.

Brooklyn Crane's avatar

I’ve got my eyes on you, Steven. 🤸🏻‍♂️ Are you ready to be a part of a collab with us in the future?

Tony Burkinshaw's avatar

Stunning.

This is a wonderful collection of metre and rhyme. I’m slowly beginning to appreciate just how powerfully adherence to form helps to carry and project the poem’s themes and deeper meanings.

I’m already looking forward to more 👏👏👏

Kelly Trost's avatar

To all of you,

your compilation is phenomenal. I am entirely impressed by each and every poem herein. And my hope is that by sharing your words on loneliness together in this collaboration, all of you may feel a little less alone than you did before. Beautiful job, all of you!

AuroraKMarch's avatar

Oh I knew this was gonna be a treat to read! Bravi!!

Brooklyn Crane's avatar

More on the way! Thanks, Aurora!!

Margaret C Nikoleit's avatar

Bravo all! Lovely to see such thoughtful variations on the theme and within the format.

Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

Lovely collection Brooklyn!

Brooklyn Crane's avatar

Thank you, Dorie!

Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

You are so welcome! I love your publication!

JessMcK's avatar

Incredible collection. Thank you for bringing these poets together. Fascinating to see how each poem turns on a different theme within the topic of 'loneliness', unique to each writer.

Gary L Taylor's avatar

I loved reading each of these. Fantastic work from all involved.

Rafa Joseph's avatar

All seven poems were magnificent! In such company, how could any man be left wanting?

Hidden Resilience's avatar

Wonderful…thank you all! 🙏💛

Sovereign Lady xxx 🩷's avatar

​"This captures the 'sting' of healing so perfectly. I’m realizing that the thaw isn't always comfortable—it’s a prickle and a surge of energy I’m still learning to navigate. But I’d take this 'unfurling' over the permafrost any day! I'm finally letting the green grow. ✨

Love ♥️ ❤️ 😍 you xxx"

Eira Linden's avatar

This really feels deeply universal. It made me think about the loneliness that isn’t physical, but mental. That strange loneliness of not often finding people who meet you in the same kind of thought. You can be surrounded by people and still feel alone in the architecture of your ideas. This poem touched that place for me, where the world keeps moving, but part of you feels separate from it, watching from the edge of the scene