Refreshingly open writing and clever in the thinking Kate. Unpretentious and enchanting, it makes a great case.

Congratulations too!

Ray

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There is something super raw and real about this piece. The placement of each word sounds very sincere and perfectly placed.

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Congratulations on POTW Kate.

All the best des

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Thank you Frances and Jason for your lovely comments?

Comment is about The Giving (blog)

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"Betray her not with flowers" great opening first line! immediately caught my attention and made me want to keep reading.

Comment is about VALENTINE (blog)

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Well done, Kate.

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Congratulations, Kate

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Thank you, Damon, Marcin, Dorothy, Brian, Mae, Lisa and Erin for the likes

Comment is about Ghost writer (blog)

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A beautiful and unique observation of sunrise and moon setting

Comment is about The Grandeur of Her Reign (blog)

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Yes! A time to act, a time to be cautious... At any case find a way to be at peace! ?
Thank you M.C.
Mae

Comment is about Wrongdoer (blog)

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Calm, gentle and beautiful
Thank you

Comment is about The Grandeur of Her Reign (blog)

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How have I not discovered you? Wonderful. There's nothi' like a good cuppa.

Comment is about The Bessecarr Teabag Famine (blog)

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Congratulations Kate. This is a beautifully descriptive piece of writing, and a well deserved POTW.

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Pay Attention’ by Kate G (article)

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Dorothy - we all have things in life to adjust to - not always easy.
If with arthritic hands I sought to carve images I wished others to
enjoy and admire, I would use that limitation in nature to do the
best I can. Should I make public the restrictive use allocated by
nature or get on and strive to overcome it by making the best of
whatever aid is available? Churchill may well have suffered more
than bouts of "depression" which he referred to as "the black dog",
but he was flexible and adroit enough to use dictation, secretaries
et al to get his work down on paper (as was then) and ready for
print so that what he meant (eg no misunderstanding) was in no doubt.
Keep at it!

Comment is about Dyslexia Rules KO (blog)

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Thank you Kate and Keith for your comments very much appreciated. Thank you. Thank you Jon, Anya,Lisa and Do for the likes.


All the best he best des

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Thanks Keith, your comments are always appreciated man ?

Comment is about An Accidental and Almost-Fatal Invocation (blog)

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Mate, this gets better by the poem.
Thanks
Keith

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Congratulations. Well done. Keith

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Well done Kate.
We should all pay more attention to trees …
: )

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No cocoa then? no hot water bottles and early nights? no bed socks?

Good atitude, have lots of fun.

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Phyllosan and Sanatogen - surely a recipe for a fill of the "san" - if
my schooldays' lingo for the sick bay serves me correctly. Note: I didn't say "serves me right!".?Now, a long long way from those days, I believe in "a little of what you fancy does you good".

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And once again Dorothy, it is my absolute pleasure. X

Comment is about Dyslexia Rules KO (blog)

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" I Don't think less I just think differntly" why did i not think of that ?
it is just so true.
once more thank you

Comment is about Dyslexia Rules KO (blog)

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Just as long as one doesn't lose sight of when to recognise the right
time and place for our actions - or lack of them...and be prepared to
live with both. That way we may not be too judgemental but still
retain the moral right to point out the wrong of something when we
see it.

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Thanks Keith ?

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I would love to hear that!?

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Thanks a lot Jason! ?I'm thinking of reciting it too...

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Mae, that is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I've ever read, stark, accurate and beautifully written. Absolutely breathtaking. X

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Clever rhyming scheme! Also found my self relating to this piece. ❤️❤️

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Dorothy, it is my pleasure. I also suffered under the assumption that I was not bright, as a child, when in actual fact I had a very high IQ. But as I've always said, I don't think less, I just think differently and I'm proud of it. What was once my burden is now something I wear with pride.
And always will ?.

Comment is about Dyslexia Rules KO (blog)

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Thank you all for your comments.

It is interesting to note that the job seekers allowance for those over 24 years per week is higher than we pay our veterans for their pension. A grateful nation?

Keith

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Wow, that is a powerful message. Well done my friend, brilliant.

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Jason
I am sure you are right and I do apologize, It is a subject that I am probably overly sesitive about.
For my generation the stigma of being "not very bright" is a brand that stays, not so these days as it is understood for what it is.
Thank you for explaining,

Comment is about Dyslexia Rules KO (blog)

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Thanks Mae. And we'll said Dorothy, but I don't think M.C. meant to suggest that as dyslexics we are any less than anyone else, or that we should be especially careful or limited. I read it more as he was trying to express the thought process that, as dyslexics we use when writing.

I'm sure no offence was meant and certainly none was taken.

Comment is about Dyslexia Rules KO (blog)

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Brilliant. More Kaelan! Thanks. Keith

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Jason you're a gem! ? Write on my friend! Right on!
Thank you?
Mae

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Comment is about So Right Yet So Wrong (blog)

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M.C.Newberry
I do so hope that I have misunderstood you, if I have i apologize.
"Adjust to your limitations" why?

Why should I, or others with the same problem, adjust to our limitations when what I want to do is reach out and expand - I want to explore and enjoy the freedom that others have experienced for years, I do not want to crawl back into that dark pit of inferiority that i have lived in for most of my life. Through WOL I have found my voice,

"Make sure the words you're handing to others Don't mean misunderstanding"

I think that I. and others like me, are as capable as anyone in choosing exactly the right word for the right place. I maybe be dyslexic and hampererd by lack of education but poetry seems to be a great leveller and i feel empowerd by it.

Churchill could not spell, perhaps he was dislexic, we will never know it was not invented then.

Comment is about Dyslexia Rules KO (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Who was it who said that America is a matriarchal society?!
Women certainly have admirable qualities that deserve our thanks
and encouragement - not least their importance to the young of
both genders in becoming caring human beings in later life. They
possess (or should) that restraint that can be a safety valve for the
sometimes careless adventures indulged in by the male of the species. At the same time, they are often there behind...pushing! ?

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You are right dear M.C. But the soul has a tongue of its own and it cannot always be silenced by reason. I don't really blame anybody for anything, including myself. Each of us has to survive best way we can. Still, there is a part of me that grieves.
Thank you for reading and commenting?
Mae

Comment is about Wrongdoer (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

Thank you Keith.
Sometimes we should take a hard look in the mirror. It's not something you can do every day because it's painful to face your shortcomings but somedays you simply can't avoid the mirrors.
Thank you?
Mae

Comment is about Wrongdoer (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

An interesting poem which is open to many challenges. I think men and women are interdependent and therefore compliment one another.
A good poem

Thank you for this

Keith

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Original item by d.knape

A pertinent summation of the conflict that is within us. As I have
observed elsewhere: do the best you can - when you can. The
actuality of sainthood is a sometime/never thing for most of us.
It is a sad fact that we can become inured to injury and pain if
exposed to it too often - called (very aptly): compassion fatigue.
It is perhaps nature's way of self-preservation in extreme circumstances and should not be a cause for too much self-criticism.

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Original item by Mae Foreman

Mae,

This poem speaks of self examination which indeed produces some profound results. A good poem indeed.

Thank you for this

Keith

Comment is about Wrongdoer (blog)

Original item by Mae Foreman

I know. It just hurts me some days the fact that I fall short at just being humane. I just had to let it out?
Thank you Brian!
Mae

Comment is about Wrongdoer (blog)

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Well said sir! Go on, be a devil, Have a double helping of phyllosan and a large glass of sanatogen!

Comment is about The Spark ! (blog)

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I've done a few things, and not done other things, that I regretted later. I don't beat myself up, no-one should...it's just human nature.

Good one Mae.

Comment is about Wrongdoer (blog)

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It's nearly 40 years since I packed up smoking. In real terms, at say a pack per day at £9, I have saved myself £100,000, as well as perhaps my life, or at least my health.

Well said Mark.

Comment is about DYING FOR A FAG (blog)

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Thank you for this lovely read! Speaking my truth and staying silent is something I have always struggled with. I not only was able to relate to this poem but felt uplifted after reading!

Comment is about Strong And Silent (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

When the Napoleonic wars finally came to an end, the return of out of work service personnel (as we call them nowadays) saw
Parliament enact the Vagrancy Act 1824, due to the perceived
social affront of the existence of the unemployed and the wounded
begging and exposing wounds (an additional legal definition) for
that purpose in the streets and thoroughfares of the country.
Two centuries on, society still grapples with the same sort of
problem and its origins. Are we any better or better equipped to deal
with this? It seems not. Human nature remains firmly in the hands
of what an ex-soldier acquaintance referred to disparagingly as
"Mark One Man" e.g. basic model !!!

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