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‘When I first met you’
 
When I first met you,
You were words.
A violet cover protected them,
Words cherished
Words chosen to fit your characters.
When I first met you,
You were the musicality of your language
And the colours emerging between the lines.
Then I came across your eyes
Portrayed by Lady Ottoline
You were there on a deck chair
Your illness was in your gaze
Your strength was in your love for writing.
 
MARCELLA FRATTA
 
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Submitted by marcellafratta on January 24, 2025

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Marcella Fratta

 · 1959

Marcella Fratta is an Italian teacher of English, wife, mother of four children and grandmother of three. She is interested in literature and art and loves Katherine Mansfield as a woman and as a writer. more…

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