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Nick Hills's avatar

Wonderful poem, Sam! I love the start

"From my corner

I watch

what never survives the edit"

I love to look at the world from a corner, the little things

Sam Oldman's avatar

Thank you Nick! 🙌

Kathryn's Secret Spaces's avatar

Please write something else - anything - called “The City of Us” - this whole post is beautiful, your writing is very healing so thank you. I’m taking my time with it bc you run quite deep… Kathryn

Sam Oldman's avatar

I wrote this to be shared and used freely, thank you for reflecting and sharing.

'The City of Us' really sounds like something I would write. Maybe I will. 🙏

I have 8 pieces on this topic. You can find links to all of them in this article with a backstory:

https://open.substack.com/pub/hushhalo/p/a-small-detour-i-didnt-plan-to-take

Kathryn's Secret Spaces's avatar

It's a cool thing to say, reminds me of Bruce Springsteen singing My City of Ruins at Jazz Fest in New Orleans after Katrina. Will definitely read and listen to the 8 pieces and article with backstory; thank you for the links and direct reply. - Kathryn