“Bride and Groom” by Sali Swalla
commitment is easy on the voice
hardly straining the tongue
barely trembling the lips
but once spoken
ineluctably alters the arc of a life
from the sound of small words
come corporeal large obligations
within beating flesh of the heart
no light fancy attends
the articulate promise
but oh what sheer joy is in store
for its diligent keeping of faith
Writer Lynne Sargent
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Poesy plus Polemics 
Reblogged this on Love Thought Poetry and commented:
What most have forgotten, explained in a poem.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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Most welcome. My pleasure.
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Just what I needed to read. Thank you once again for your poetry.
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I’m so glad that it worked for you
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No doubt about it: not only the marriage vow has become casually meaningless, but so have the simple promises we make to each other socially, politically, and in the marketplace . . . Broken promises leave a wake of broken relationships . . .
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leaving the culture trustless, in feral atavism
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Well said.
If only this were true for everyone.
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see my reply to nombre de la pluma
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Wonderful Paul!!!
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many thanks, wendell
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Amen. (And awomen too!)
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*smile*
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this is inspiring, howbeit seen from another reality. I may write something about my own.
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as an anachronistic old geezer married nearly 50 years, I guess I prefer to refuse the reality that divorces outnumber marriages
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I plan to stay with Mrs M until my vow is fulfilled, but “sheer joy” doesn’t describe my overall experience. Moments, sure. It has to be enough, sometimes, that’s all we get. We’re at almost 25 years.
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yes inspiring, this is so wonderful Paul
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I’m glad you enjoyed it
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So beautiful as you always are, you wonderful man
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Reblogged this on PRINCE THEMBA.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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how beautiful!
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thanks kindly
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Beautiful work 👌👌👏👏
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thanks kindly
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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