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Julia McMullen's avatar

Oooh I LOVE the “corny” corn metaphor. What a lovely image!

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Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

Haha thank you, Julia!! I'm sooo glad you enjoyed it <3

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James Gilbert's avatar

I love "haste" - I connect well with that, since I find myself always rushing the present to get to the future place I want to be...but that never stops, so I miss out on the moments I'm living in.

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Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

Glad we get to live the present and future together. Love you <3

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Michelle Pehlman's avatar

Love both of them. Good to know that you are a bit behind too. I've been working on my green mango prose/poem.

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Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

I can't wait to read it, Michelle!! Please tag Claire and I when you do so we are sure not to miss it. So glad you're joining us!!

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Michelle Pehlman's avatar

Rosa/Claire—the said post is evolving and may become not just about a green mango, but also about time I spent in Venezuela when I was supposed to have been in the 4th grade. Giving people a more humanized sense of that country vs. the more politicized issues we’re exposed to here in the states. It’s coming…

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Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

Being from Latin America myself, I love that you’re adding that. Cannot wait to read!!!

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Sarah Howard Lapine's avatar

growing at such speed that others can hear

my heart extending upward, heaven-bound,

❤️

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Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

I'm glad you resonated with this line, Sarah! <3

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Kristine Amundrud's avatar

Love both of these! I too want to be like a cornstalk. I think God grows us exponentially sometimes, but often there's no way of knowing. We can't hear the popping, nor see the stretch marks...

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Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

Thank you, friend! And ahhh so true and such a good reminder. I can be so hard on myself sometimes without realizing God is always working his good work in me!!

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Zane Paxton's avatar

Wow! Both are awesome. Personally I found the corn poem connected slightly more. But that might be because I live in Nebraska.

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Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

Thank you!! I totally get it, we're surrounded by it here in Ohio, too.

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Pedro Molini's avatar

Beautiful

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Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

Gracias tio!

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