O at the Edges

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Poem Featured at Great Lakes Review

Posted on June 5, 2022 by robert okaji

Jar of Grief

My poem “Where Grief Falls” is featured at Great Lakes Review. I am grateful to the team at GLR for taking this piece.

14 thoughts on “Poem Featured at Great Lakes Review”

Ali Grimshaw on May 29, 2022 at 4:41 pm said:

I feel your words. Going through the motions of getting dressed or cooking dinner all the while wanting the hurt to just stop.
Thank you for your poem today.

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- robert okaji on May 30, 2022 at 12:34 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Ali. Sometimes going through the motions is all we have at the moment. But that passes, at least for most of us.
  
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Liz Gauffreau on May 29, 2022 at 4:43 pm said:

I was moved by your poem. It hit very close to home.

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- robert okaji on May 30, 2022 at 12:35 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Liz. Those were a rough few years.
  
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  - Liz Gauffreau on May 30, 2022 at 8:12 pm said:
    
    You’re welcome, Bob.
    
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Ken / rivrvlogr on May 29, 2022 at 5:10 pm said:

Yes. I have been waiting for/watching the same leaves and grass to decompress for far too long.

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- robert okaji on May 30, 2022 at 12:35 pm said:
  
  They do — some more quickly than others.
  
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Lynne Burnett on May 29, 2022 at 6:41 pm said:

Moving poem – “rising because they must”! Congrats, Bob!

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- robert okaji on May 30, 2022 at 12:36 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Lynne. Some things can’t be held down or compressed forever.
  
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Andrew McDowell on May 29, 2022 at 7:16 pm said:

Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on May 30, 2022 at 12:36 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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  - Andrew McDowell on May 30, 2022 at 12:39 pm said:
    
    You’re welcome.
    
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julydase on May 30, 2022 at 8:26 pm said:

Wonderful poem…congratulations. 👏👏👏

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- robert okaji on June 2, 2022 at 2:11 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much!
  
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