The Chalice and the Crucible--Poems by Alice B. ClagettHeartbeat . a poem by Alice B. Clagett

Written and published on 1 August 2021

Dear Ones,

Here is a poem I wrote recently about an event that happened to long ago someone I loved …

HEARTBEAT
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett

She had a
heartbeat
like the flutter
of a bird’s
wings.

It seemed too little
to sustain
life

and, in the end,
it proved to be
just so

. . . . .

–from Link: “Heartbeat,” a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 1 August 2021 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-ocG ..

Alice Clagett

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The Chalice and the Crucible