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“The Triple Fool” by John Donne

A lament by a fool for love, coming to terms with its betrayal
Posted on April 1, 2019 by Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)

When someone breaks your heart, a loved one dies, or great loss of another nature befalls you, people often say the grief feels like a physical pain. Modern medicine has found that ache and grief can be so extreme as … Continue reading →

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“Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” by Ella Fitzgerald

A reminder of how beautiful the blues can be
Posted on April 5, 2018 by Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)

No lyricist has better captured how fickle the purported season of rebirth, flowering trees and, oh yes, love can be, than Fran Landesman in the jazz classic “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most.” Once I was a sentimental … Continue reading →

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“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”

- Anais Nin
Posted on February 27, 2018 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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