The Positive Echo

The Positive Echo

Poetry

The Other Place

This life is not a rehearsal

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Gary Coulton
May 10, 2026
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Dear Reader,

This is a poem about accepting. No fatalistic but knowing we will all share the same fate. It is how we live that matters.

By the way a “Gibbous Moon” is an astronomical term meaning “almost full.” Derived from the Latin gibbus meaning “hump,” gibbous describes the Moon’s lopsided fullness at this time.

Best wishes

Gary

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