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Our repetitions teach us things about the rhythms of our lives.

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True!

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This is true, the light that reaches us from a star started its travel light years ago. You indicate this in a poetic way and make the lines memorable while doing it. Good read!

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Thanks, Luis!

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Lovely piece, and nice to submeet you 🙂

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Thank you, Brian! Nice to meet you, too. :)

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Oh please, do repeat yourself!

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Thank you, Fotini! 😊

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Love this synergy between humans and stars. I deeply feel that symbiosis of witnessing and being witnessed by all things universal.

I also totally relate to repeated themes and words arising in my poetry. I think it's maybe part of what makes a poet's style? Also some pieces are a twist on a theme, or catch it better the next time.

I hear the hesitation, I've felt that too, but this lovely piece is an example of why another one demands to be written!

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'Symbiosis of witnessing' is a great way of phrasing what I was musing on here. Thanks for taking the time to comment! :)

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Think of art or poetry as comparable to a flowing river. The same spot is constantly changing over times we always say it’s the same river.

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I like the 'same spot in the river' analogy, Stanley! :)

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Yes, yes, yes… I was reviewing edits for my manuscript this week and I return again and again to the ordinary moments and wonder of life.

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Thank you for commenting, LeeAnn! Over the years I've really come to love editing — that perpetual return you speak of is a big part of why.

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Star gazing… we will always be, as we are just now… Adam, this is beautiful. Stardust across words, across worlds, across the universe and back again. 🩶

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Thank you, Heidi! 😊

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One of my (many) favorite things about art is the re-exploration of an idea or theme or exploration. I always learn something new.

Keep nerding out. ❤️

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I promise to always nerd out. ❤️

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