Smelling Like Flowers

Marta CompagnoneApril 14, 2020

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Smelling Like Flowers

written by: Marta Compagnone

@martacompagnone

Despite the spring
darkness grows
to cast shadows
of fears
over our lives.

An indomitable Spirit
will never give up
in the face
of adversity.

The more
we resist
the faster
we might get out of it
smelling like flowers.

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Marta Compagnone

Italian teacher that loves reading and writing micropoetry and haiku.
I live in Rome and the roman life inspires me every day.

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Bridie is just a wife, mother and grandmother who loves to write. She is a retired teacher and is also a busy photographer. She lives with her husband in the countryside in west Limerick. Her late dad was a popular and successful poet and author. She discovered that she had a flair for writing following retirement when life slowed down a little. She was encouraged by family members to develop this hidden gift. As grandchildren arrived she was inspired to write about experiences with them and has had articles and poems published in local newspapers and journals. She is working towards publishing a book of her writings in the near future.

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How relevant is the ‘The Plague’ to the present scenario we find ourselves in? It is really astounding that when you go through the book you realize that what is happening now is very similar to what has been described in graphic detail decades ago. Whether it is the fear psychosis, the measures taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the dedicated and tireless work of groups of individuals in taking care of the afflicted, the resistance to the imposition of stringent regulations by the authorities and lastly the realization that we have to move on but with a changed perspective and living a new life.
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