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You're a Mixed Bag. But I Like You

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You're a Mixed Bag.. But I Like You

 

Since I've arrived at WOL

I've made some new-found friends

To share my verse and thoughts with

Now won't go round the bend

 

You know that I write serious

And also play with fun

But sometimes there's a mixup -

They all spill out as one

 

So please be patient, listen

While I go and rehearse

Some lines encapsulating

Our minds expressed in verse

 

Hannah? You're emotion-prone

You're very much like me

Which all comes out so movingly

In both our poetry

 

Brian? You're a mixed bag

You like to gulp a lot

And spider round the site

Giving all you've got

 

Hazel? I don't know you yet

You're poem left me muddled

Strip naked and go mud-roll?

You said. I'm so befuddled?

 

Ray? Now you are learned

A nicer name for shit

You added to my vocab

But shit? I still like it

 

Martin, Keith and Brian?

You liked my addled brain

I'll therefore keep it addling

Fear not, it won't refrain

 

MC and Anya? Charming

MC's my rhyming friend

And Anya likes exclaiming

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!again, again

 

Colin looks so learned

His picture does remark

He's got his education

Rhyme on Aussie sharks

 

Hayley, nice to meet you

We share the same background

There's only one way forward

And that is upward bound

 

Please come and get to know me

Despite I can't be seen

My heart is in the right place

My mind is on your screen

 

We're distanced, yes, but so close

Technologically

Please come and interact with me

Intellectually

 

PostScript

How could I forget  dear Tyson ?

And Tina with those biggies?

I'm running out of rhyme words here

Hey Brian? You got pet piggies?

 

Don Matthews June 2018

 

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◄ Australian Sharks, Dorsal Beer Chests and Fosters Beer

Brian Has Gone A'Cycling ►

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HayzTee (Hayley)

Mon 16th Jul 2018 04:25

Thankyou so much, made me smile today? veey thoughtful and kind of you, thank you for your support and kindness

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Martin Elder

Sun 1st Jul 2018 20:22

I think I am probably definitely addled but honoured to mentioned in dispatches so to speak Don. Keep them coming my friend, there is nothing wrong with rhyming.
Cheers

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Don Matthews

Fri 29th Jun 2018 23:00

Hello Hazel E are you out there?
Am wondering if you've gone AWOL
I haven't heard back re my poem
And am stuck on this jolly mud-roll... ?

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Don Matthews

Fri 29th Jun 2018 12:37

Thankyou for your comments, likes
Come and follow while I wallow
In the world of madcap me
Which at times is hard to swallow

D ?

<Deleted User> (13762)

Fri 29th Jun 2018 08:53

I'm not so sure about the learned Don - I only scraped a few mediocre 'o' levels and I've been blagging it ever since - but hey, thanks for the compliment ?

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raypool

Thu 28th Jun 2018 19:34

Hi Don. Thanks mate. Have you been taking lessons from Les Paterson?

Ray

<Deleted User> (18118)

Thu 28th Jun 2018 17:06

Don, a true and expressive poet
You stand out from the crowd,
You have definitely become a favourite
Of mine on Write Out Loud !

Hannah xx

<Deleted User> (18980)

Thu 28th Jun 2018 16:54

Don doesn't frown
It's just that his smile
Is upside down

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keith jeffries

Thu 28th Jun 2018 16:19

Don,
I am certain that you will bring some much needed humour to the site. I look forward to your future postings.
Keith

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Don Matthews

Thu 28th Jun 2018 15:36

Keith you've been supportive
Of me and other's work
It's so important doing this
To keep us up and perk

I know I write quite different
I know I can write strange
I write what some might even say
Is very quite off-range

But off-range often brings about
A different point of view
One we'd never thought about
Not me, or even you

D ?

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Don Matthews

Thu 28th Jun 2018 15:25

Ah, Binte I'd writ two lines
About you to put in
I struggled with the last two
Your verse I couldn't fin

You've liked much of my work
Which I appreciate
Perhaps we've now established
A poet/reader date? ?

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keith jeffries

Thu 28th Jun 2018 15:12

Brilliant.
Keith?

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Binte Afroz

Thu 28th Jun 2018 14:58

Your poem has a cheerful rhythm. ?

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Don Matthews

Thu 28th Jun 2018 13:11

Anya dear you're very kind
Plenty ex marks I do find
From you're keyboard sent to me
10,000 miles across the sea

('aint technology great ) !!!!!!!!!!! oops, sorry, you've patented this ?

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Don Matthews

Thu 28th Jun 2018 13:06

Thankyou MC

Rhyme and rhythm's in my blood
Come my friends and follow me
This way, that way where track leads
Follow me and we could see.....

Gems of rhyming mystery
I don't know where track will lead
This way, that way lead me rhyme
You're my master, do your deed

DM

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 28th Jun 2018 12:43

Don -
If words are worth your precious time
How much better when expressed in rhyme?
And add to them a sense of rhythm
To please your fans and keep you with 'em (ouch!)
Cheers
MC

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