The Madonna in Sorrow Giovanni Battista Salvi (1609-1685)
gentlemen of the old school
those devotees of Mary …
Mother of Christ, Handmaid of the Lord
seeing her in every woman …..generously
even me – daughter, mother niece, friend –
protagonist, antagonist,
on-again off-again wife
simmering slowly in the broth of the cosmos
never quite done, never quite done
but they were, they were
gentlemen of the old school
Jamie Dedes is a Lebanese-American poet and free-lance writer. She is the founder and curator of The Poet by Day, info hub for poets and writers, and the founder of The Bardo Group, publishers of The BeZine, of which she was the founding editor and currently a co-manager editor with Michael Dickel. Ms. Dedes is the Poet Laureate of Womawords Press 2020 and U.S associate to that press as well. Her debut collection, "The Damask Garden," is due out fall 2020 from Blue Dolphin Press.
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At this critical time in our country, the presidential election, I truly appreciate “gentlemen of the old school”! And I also thought of my dad who, to me, was the consummate gentleman. Thank you !
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I smiled and chuckled inside. Thank you for this!
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At this critical time in our country, the presidential election, I truly appreciate “gentlemen of the old school”! And I also thought of my dad who, to me, was the consummate gentleman. Thank you !
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Thank you, Cecile!
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This says so much more than its words do …
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