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Tara Mesalik MacMahon's avatar

another absolutely (to me) AmAZING poem! Thank you so much OP for this full head-rush. I will come back to this poem many, many times — so unique, also such a great teacher-poem for me. PS—I have no idea who/what “John Wick" is, other comments allude to a movie??? How great I didn’t need to know that for this poem to send me into orbit all by itself.

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Karan Kapoor's avatar

Haha wow, Tara, thank you — John Wick is the protagonist of the eponymous movie. Keanu Reaves plays him. I don’t think I’ve watched any of those movies either.

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Madeleine Butcher's avatar

I’m in heaven. Thank you thank you. Heaven.

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Paula's avatar

Loved this, caught my attention because we just started watching the John Wick movies all over again, well penned. 😊

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Area Verde's avatar

What a thrilling poem! With such an unusual subject! I loved this piece and the way it flows seamlessly and the way it feels like an action movie packed into a poem with all its frenetic action (and the way I could not take my eyes off the screen while reading it, much like I imagine the poetic voice could not take their eyes off the screen while watching John Wick). I haven’t even seen John Wick, but after reading this poem I feel closer to John Wick than ever, I feel as if it were now my favorite movie.

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Karan Kapoor's avatar

Thank you so much for your kind readership, Area! Wonderful response🌻

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Linea's avatar

Stunning.

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Attar Topobroto's avatar

Wow, what a surprising turn! Gorgeous

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