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RE: @Girlbeforemirror: A Tribute to Astonishing Talent ... and a Heart that is Gallant
She's actually pretty good. Hope she continues to write despite her ailment.
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She's actually pretty good. Hope she continues to write despite her ailment.
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@enginewitty,
The human brain focuses upon that for which it is rewarded.
The respect of one's peers ... in this case, other poets ... is no small thing. Marg is fighting the most difficult battle that there is to fight ... a battle against oneself. There is nowhere to hide and no rest when you're weary. That does, I would suspect, quite a number on your head.
A couple of years ago, she ran 7 back-to-back marathons around Australia. She was an epitome of health. And now, she can neither stand up nor lie down without her blood pressure going through the ceiling. And, irrespective of what she does, she is in constant danger of dislocating this joint, or that. She's gone from being a social butterfly to being a social recluse. You never know if friendships are real until they are tested ... and becoming a burden is a sure way to do just that.
But courage is not the absence of fear. It is your manner of comportment in spite of it. The amount of psychological stick-with-it-ness that this gal possesses leaves me speechless. Lucky for her, she has a wonderful and supportive husband, @azurejasper and a wonderful and supportive mother, @bluerinse. Marg and I communicate by DM and email. The odd time she unloads, but she always pulls herself together, refocuses and moves forward.
Iron gauntlet, velvet glove.
Enginewitty, I would appreciate anything you and your crew could do to throw a little light her way. You guys cast a long shadow. She is in the process of trying to recreate a life and her writing (she's also an excellent prose writer) will be at the center of that. As I said in the article, great poets require great audiences.
Quill