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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

IMMEASURABLE

photo "clipped" from youtube video

Immeasurable

How can you calibrate
connections
betwixt siblings
twins defined by DNA
divided at birth
orphaned in infancy
dispatched
half a world away
children of the heart
seven hundred miles apart
persisting sisters
biding by heartstrings

PSC / Nov 2010


NOTE:  This poem is based on a true story. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE NEWSWEEK ARTICLE: 
The Power of Two 


ALSO THE FOLLOWING SEE YOUTUBE VIDEOS:  
  1.  Chinese Twins' Reunion Part 1
  2.  Chinese Twins' Reunion Part 2


13 comments:

  1. NOTE: The videos are narrated in a combination of English and Norwegian. (Sorry!) :-))

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    1. Thanks, Mosk! So glad you enjoyed it! The story just amazes me. :-)

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  3. This is beautiful, Pamela. Love the thought "calibrate connections." And of course, you can't. Perfect.

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  4. Pamela, another wonderful poem, you have such a nice touch "persisting sisters biding by heartstrings"

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    1. Thank you, Sara! So pleased you like it! :-)

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  5. This time 'round, I am so touched by
    "children of the heart
    seven hundred miles apart"
    it nearly brings tears. Goodness.

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    1. THANK you, De! Such an amazing story -- how could it not spark a poem? :-)

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  6. Thank you, annekatherine! So happy you stopped by to read a bit! :-)

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  7. Oh...wow...this touching...and I LOVE "heartstrings," perfect word for this. ♥

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    1. Thanks, Hannah! Such an incredible story -- it just grabs at the heartstrings. <3

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