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Don Matthews

Sat 27th Oct 2018 08:24

We seem to be missing one point here
Procreation's often done in the dark
Leaving one's own imagination
To create it's own image, quite stark ?

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Sat 27th Oct 2018 08:20

Good one Becky. Thanks for list of references...I knew a lot of them but not all.

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John Coopey

Sat 27th Oct 2018 08:09

I have dug a grave at the side of my path this year, Don, in which I shall lie in wait.
Am I that obvious, Taylor?

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Becky Who

Sat 27th Oct 2018 08:01

Here here! And I only have two... Once again, Taylor you are wonderwoman!

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Happy Hiker

Sat 27th Oct 2018 07:42

Absolutely hilarious, I keep re-reading it!

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sat 27th Oct 2018 06:33

Love them Hugh ?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sat 27th Oct 2018 06:32

Hilarious but as they say D.K. 'Love is blind' ?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sat 27th Oct 2018 06:30

Not a fan of Halloween John? ??

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sat 27th Oct 2018 06:26

Great imagery..thoroughly enjoyed this poem Jennifer. Thank you ?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sat 27th Oct 2018 06:25

Wonderful poem..?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sat 27th Oct 2018 06:24

Hi M.C. Enjoyed your take on this subject matter..?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sat 27th Oct 2018 06:18

Excellent piece Mae..thank you ?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sat 27th Oct 2018 06:09

Like it Don.?

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Big Sal

Sat 27th Oct 2018 04:10

When I read this I imagine the highest stakes dice game ever to grace the ground in front of my eyes. Nicely formatted piece, Mae.?

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Candice Reineke

Sat 27th Oct 2018 03:52

Looks like a keen self-awareness and a poetic sensibility are two ways in which you are winning.

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Candice Reineke

Sat 27th Oct 2018 03:39

Love the dreamlike feel and flow of this, Rick! Particularly like your 2nd line “up on the seawall, taking in nothing, seeing it all...” ?

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Candice Reineke

Sat 27th Oct 2018 03:19

Thanks, Big Sal! Yes, Picasso is among the great artists who are posthumously famous. Claude Monet, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, Henry David Thoreau and Edgar Allan Poe were a few of the others who were swimming around in my thoughts.

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elPintor

Sat 27th Oct 2018 02:02

..how we feel, at times, that all is won or lost by fate--

"cause if you were a winner you wouldn’t need to choose."

Mae, we could go on and on here. But, you and I both know that we are each gods in our own game, in a way.

..good to see your post,

Rachel

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Tommy Carroll

Sat 27th Oct 2018 00:46

(re Sorry bone) Thanks Martin, High Praise; I blush?
The words were poured out and while upon reflection I thought it a tad confusing, I then recalled that that is the case with most of my verse.
The photo' was taken by myself. It is of the interior of Liverpool's Tate Gallery. The silhouette is of an unknown (to me ) woman.

Cheers

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Don Matthews

Sat 27th Oct 2018 00:06

John.

You obviously know about
The 'Hire a Body' scheme
The morgue it does provide us
To make the kiddies scream

I hope they did not charge much
Had sufficient bods to fill
All their halloween orders
To give the kiddies grill ?




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jennifer Malden

Fri 26th Oct 2018 23:07

Thanks for the positive comment Ray. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously!

Jennifer

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Big Sal

Fri 26th Oct 2018 22:37

Personally I prefer Picasso, but the analogy of this is amazing. ?

Powerful piece, and I loved the last two lines.?

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Big Sal

Fri 26th Oct 2018 22:35

Short lines for the long game of greatness. Well done.?

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Big Sal

Fri 26th Oct 2018 22:34

Excellent imagery and sentiment.?

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 26th Oct 2018 21:04

One wonders how there can be procreation
When seeing the bare truth of the human situation!
Surely the triumph of the creative imagination
Over the jaw-dropping realisation! ?
Brian - it could be that Jennifer is too young to know of the
popularity of Les Dawson and his unrivalled (?) female role comedy sketches.

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Taylor Crowshaw

Fri 26th Oct 2018 20:16

Thank you for the information M.C. I will check him out..T.C.?

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jennifer Malden

Fri 26th Oct 2018 18:11

Great writing. Sure you've read Robbie Burns's Wounded Hare on the same subject - makes me weep every time and his indignation at the useless maiming is palpable.

Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Fri 26th Oct 2018 18:01

Still hiding under the quilt! Great writing and original word choice.

Jennifer

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Fri 26th Oct 2018 17:58

Just my little joke Jennifer...in the Les Dawson style.

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jennifer Malden

Fri 26th Oct 2018 17:57

unfortunately this can happen especially now in the age pf cyber bullying. My sister used to get bullied at school being shy and with beautiful red hair, which for some reason is picked upon.She was miserable at school throuhg no fault of her own.
Great writing and food for thought
Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Fri 26th Oct 2018 17:52

Nice, as one now expects. Speaking from experience? Only very little, diffused light, or candles is a solution. I only hope Brian's nasty crack comes because he isn't getting any! One could also say he probably has the wife he deserves!!
Jennifer

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John Coopey

Fri 26th Oct 2018 17:25

Many thanks for your thoughts, Don, Graham, Brian and MC. I expect fewer visitors this year. Last year I strung up a body swinging by the neck from our front porch and rigged a fishing line trip wire to activate a bat to swing down among them. You should have heard the screams.

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 26th Oct 2018 17:06

Hi Brian! Always happy to hear from you - and hope all is
well with you in the land of the long-suffering and put-upon! Funny, isn't it, how lands that have put themselves
out - working to achieve great things, now act as a magnet
to those whose own motivation and pride in country seem
so lacking. It conjures up the worker whose idle neighbour seeks to benefit from his industry and sacrifice by moving in! ?

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 26th Oct 2018 16:53

Hi TC -
the recording/music for my lyric "Where Do You Go?" was
by Bob Evans who has a number of CD albums to his credit.
You can look him up (Bob Evans Music) online. Over to you.

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Brian Blanchard

Fri 26th Oct 2018 16:53

Mark and Brian, I concur completely with your comments and the message in your poem. The re-interpretation of national history seems rampant here as well, and the popular political and social 'movements' lead and supported mostly by younger folk (although probably initiated and funded by others with their own motives).

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 26th Oct 2018 16:45

Well worth a reprise - great curmudgeonly content that
contains a considerable ring of truth.
Pete Seeger - grin and bear it!!
Freedom now means you can share it -
From the living who are giving
Something to sing there within your grave!! ?

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Fri 26th Oct 2018 15:52

My wife looks better fully clothed, preferably with a balaclava and facemask also.

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Fri 26th Oct 2018 15:49

What's the bah humbug equivalent for Haloween?

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Tommy Carroll

Fri 26th Oct 2018 15:24

Thanks Martin, High Praise; I blush?
The openining words were poured out and while upon reflection I thought it a tad confusing, I then recalled that that is the case with most of my verse.
The photo' was taken by myself. It is of the interior of Liverpool's Tate Gallery. The silhouette is of an unknown (to me ) woman.

Cheers

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Tommy Carroll

Fri 26th Oct 2018 15:06

Thank you Taylor, praise indeed.
Tommy

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Graham Sherwood

Fri 26th Oct 2018 14:46

You'll not be carving a pumpkin then JC?

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Don Matthews

Fri 26th Oct 2018 14:21

Have you not yet learned John
To not cause any bother
Make your house black, vacant like
They'll leave quick for another ?


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Happy Hiker

Fri 26th Oct 2018 13:17

Thank you very much for the comments. This is the first poem I have put on the blog so it is very much appreciated ?

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Don Matthews

Fri 26th Oct 2018 12:34

Thankyou for all your range of views here.

Yes, emails have their advantages (and disadvantages). They are quick and easy

Anya got what I meant. Letters have a soul. If someone had taken the time to write you a hand-written letter with pen and ink how would it make you feel?.....

Emails have their place
In society
Trouble there's no art
In it for you or me

Show me there's no art
Composing. writing letters
My life would be richer
Receiving one, yes better ?

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Big Sal

Fri 26th Oct 2018 12:22

Old name, new days.?

Great word choice.

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Hugh

Fri 26th Oct 2018 11:50

This should be read out at the start of every Saturday night dance venue,it would definitely get the crowds moving.Well done.

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Hugh

Fri 26th Oct 2018 11:15

To write a letter is better.
Too late to become a trend setter.
Unfortunately we are very lazy.
Our letter writing skills are getting hazy.
So we must turn to writing poems instead,
Exercising the brain within our head.

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Hugh

Fri 26th Oct 2018 11:01

A strong poem drawing our attention to the persecuted.More so now with social media.The first four lines,GRIPPING !Well done

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Hugh

Fri 26th Oct 2018 10:35

Seasonal and excellent.Well done.

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Jon Stainsby

Fri 26th Oct 2018 09:06

I am not sure what is better, writing a letter on an infrequent, less stressful basis, or emails passing back and forth very quickly adding to stress.

The latter is not going away so, I guess we should just learn to relax about our amount and speed of emails.

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