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Posted on January 22, 2019 by Maggie C

grace

Shed no tears; wear them.
Shed not your humanity.
Wear love on your sleeve.

dVerse Poetics prompt: Shed

25 thoughts on “for all to see”

Jane Dougherty on January 22, 2019 at 1:31 pm said:

A wonderful epigram!

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- Maggie C on January 22, 2019 at 5:05 pm said:
  
  Thank you! (I had to look up “epigram” in the dictionary.)
  
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  - Jane Dougherty on January 23, 2019 at 2:10 am said:
    
    🙂
    
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lillian on January 22, 2019 at 1:35 pm said:

I LOVE this! Wear your tears…..:) We often told our kids, if they were sad having to say goodbye to someone or something or someplace, that was okay because it meant they’d given their all, they’d really gotten to know and “BE” with that person or place. Wear your tears. Wear love on your sleeve. That is, after all, humanity. Wonderful response to the prompt….smiling I am. So glad you posted!

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- Maggie C on January 22, 2019 at 5:06 pm said:
  
  Thank you. and thanks for the prompt!
  
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V.J. Knutson on January 22, 2019 at 1:55 pm said:

What an empowering piece.

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- Maggie C on January 22, 2019 at 5:09 pm said:
  
  Thank you! Those with love and humaneness to share need a lot more empowerment these days.
  
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  - V.J. Knutson on January 22, 2019 at 5:24 pm said:
    
    So true!
    
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Frank Hubeny on January 22, 2019 at 2:38 pm said:

Nice approach to wearing those tears and love on one’s sleeve.

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- Maggie C on January 22, 2019 at 5:10 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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robtkistner on January 22, 2019 at 3:49 pm said:

Wear your love like heaven Maggie. Wonderful write! Oh, BTW – bonanza… 🙂

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- Maggie C on January 22, 2019 at 5:11 pm said:
  
  🙂 Bonanza is good. If you come up with more, there’s a list on my site!
  
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Jade M. Wong on January 22, 2019 at 3:58 pm said:

Yesss! Let us not be afraid to wear love on our sleeves.

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- Maggie C on January 22, 2019 at 5:13 pm said:
  
  Painful as it may be at times…
  
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Violet Lentz on January 22, 2019 at 4:15 pm said:

Words to live by.. Nicely done.

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- Maggie C on January 22, 2019 at 5:13 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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Peggy Lemmer on January 22, 2019 at 4:52 pm said:

I’m fairly certain there is more grace around than we think. Those without grace are just louder. Your poetry will certainly help. It isn’t loud, it is graceful. 🙂

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- Maggie C on January 22, 2019 at 5:26 pm said:
  
  🙂 Thank you. Maybe I can learn to shout gracefully.
  
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katiemiafrederick on January 22, 2019 at 9:40 pm said:

Tears
Melting
Armor of the
HeART Shedding
War Shields
Blasting
From:
off
to: LoVE..:)

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Sascha Darlington on January 22, 2019 at 9:47 pm said:

This is wonderful! What great advice!

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- Maggie C on January 23, 2019 at 2:43 pm said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on January 23, 2019 at 10:32 am said:

In all its briefness this is great… love it.

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- Maggie C on January 23, 2019 at 2:49 pm said:
  
  Thanks!
  
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purplepeninportland on January 24, 2019 at 4:59 pm said:

Love this, Maggie! Everyone wearing love on their sleeves would make for a nicer world.

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- Maggie C on January 25, 2019 at 8:22 pm said:
  
  It certainly would!
  
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