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Beth Backes's avatar

Your favorite things resonated with me so much. Especially, one of my favorite things to do with poetry is to go back and reread the 1st two lines, and then the last 2 lines, to see how it all comes together.

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Edward Holmes's avatar

Saw the title, and had an inkling we'd get TacoBell reference.🌮

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Kim Strebeck's avatar

I’m with you on the chips and queso…all the way. Your story before the poem was precious. Thank you for sharing, Tanner!

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Russell Doyle's avatar

LOVE THIS! And I love how you made the young lady a part of your writing and no doubt made a difference in her life

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Tristan Dueck's avatar

Ah! I remember reading this poem for the first time and was so. so. pleased that it ended the same way it began:) I love this poem!

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Tanner Olson's avatar

:) 🙌

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AmazingGrace Okwuchukwu's avatar

This is so beautiful.

I love the part where you wrote about words and how they "heal, shake and leave us different". I could relate to that so much!

Thanks for sharing!

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Tanner Olson's avatar

🙌 thanks for reading!

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Iryna's avatar

This is beautiful.

It is so simple, and yet so packed with tiny treasures.

Thanks for sharing!

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Tanner Olson's avatar

Thanks :) So glad you enjoyed it.

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yourfriendmer's avatar

That was very clever to say you love Deja vu, twice! What a fun and heartwarming poem. :)

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Tanner Olson's avatar

:) thanks Merah! Always one of my favorite lines to perform.

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Linda Koch's avatar

I love that your poems, your words, always touch a place of reality in me, but also leave me in a better frame of mind. Thank you for being a writer.

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Tanner Olson's avatar

What a high compliment :) Thanks Linda! So thankful for you!

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