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Phillip Kelly

Mon 10th Sep 2018 21:13

Wow wow wow!!! I love this poem

Effective rhyme

And love these lines
Raise me up like if to drink

Just to bouyant to ever sink

eyes too wide to ever blink

My body creased to your fold

Such hyperbolic metaphorical lexis here

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Phillip Kelly

Mon 10th Sep 2018 21:07

A lovely poem.... Effective structure, repetition and parallellism...

She speaks loud-

But has no voice
.
This line is really clever in portraying idea of no strength or vindication in the words she speaks

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Phillip Kelly

Mon 10th Sep 2018 21:00

This is a really sweet sincere well written poem.... With good effective rhytyhm and rhyme

I like how it starts with your wish.... Then ends in wish of the deceased
Well done

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Phillip Kelly

Mon 10th Sep 2018 20:14

The power of this poem is in the unusual but effective structure that build excitement... Urgency and tension...... And the narrative style

And lol

Nothings changed..... Still the guys at weddings.... Christenings... Will go watch footie in other room

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Phillip Kelly

Mon 10th Sep 2018 20:10

Lovely imagery in this poem.... I slespecially like the personification of troubled thoughts....

Where remains of distressed thoughts hung

Decaying yet diminishing as troubles often do


And personification here
Tender plants pausing


And here ......
Cold icy winds pruning brittle stems



Very powerful poem

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Mrinmoy Dey

Mon 10th Sep 2018 19:46

Hurdles and Pains slept with me,

I know, some day I shall be free.
Beautiful , roy. I loved it.

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Eric Fox

Mon 10th Sep 2018 19:24

@becky who Thank you ?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Mon 10th Sep 2018 19:18

Just beautiful well done..?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Mon 10th Sep 2018 18:19

I love the phrase 'the sweetness left after it lovingly falls' I love nothing more than being inside with the rain pattering against the window pane. Lovely poem..?

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Big Sal

Mon 10th Sep 2018 17:05

Great title to a great piece.?

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Nigel Astell

Mon 10th Sep 2018 14:41

Art finds itself
surrounded by poetry

Poetry finds itself
surrounded by art

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Taylor Crowshaw

Mon 10th Sep 2018 14:33

Exactly Big Sal it is one of a collection I have written for my grandchildren...thank you...?

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Big Sal

Mon 10th Sep 2018 14:31

It's poems like this that initially inspired me to write "Pressed Flowers". Coming on this site and seeing enjoyment, entertainment, and the occasional euphemism, I was able to see that my time was better suited for now in writing poems for kids and teens alike to relish reading once again instead of focusing all my energy in trying to keep the attention of or impress adults or peers.

Even if that wasn't your intention with this, it still came out with its own cloak. Sounded much like a Grimm fairy tale.?

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Taylor Crowshaw

Mon 10th Sep 2018 14:30

Well done Aly, well deserved poem of the week..congratulations..??

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Becky Who

Mon 10th Sep 2018 13:41

Wow. This is powerful. I think a few people could recognise themselves in this, if they read carefully enough.

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Trevor Alexander

Mon 10th Sep 2018 13:11

Thanks. Someone proposed it as a "Tree of life" form, with strict syllable counts - I thought I'd give it a try.

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Taylor Crowshaw

Mon 10th Sep 2018 13:06

Love it Don, upbeat rhythm and rhyme. Just the thing for a wet Monday morning...?

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Larisa Rzhepishevska

Mon 10th Sep 2018 12:15

Thank you, Marin, for commenting on my poem. Much appreciated. With warmest wishes, Larisa

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Tommy Carroll

Mon 10th Sep 2018 11:25

Some time back Elle I wrote in a personal correspondence that the future was female; the future was Asian, l stand by that.

Tommy

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Mon 10th Sep 2018 11:25

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Tapashree Roy

Mon 10th Sep 2018 10:33

Thank you Sal for appreciating Heal and for liking my other words.

Cheers,
Taps

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Tapashree Roy

Mon 10th Sep 2018 10:28

Thanks, Daren and Marie for sharing your appreciations! ?

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Mon 10th Sep 2018 10:21

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Mon 10th Sep 2018 08:58

Lovely - a fine choice for POT and a nice way to start the week.

Great stuff!

DJB

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Mon 10th Sep 2018 08:20

Brilliant! Great poem.

Fantastic slam! Thanks for putting the video on - it was great to see/hear, really well delivered.


Cheers

DJB

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Don Matthews

Mon 10th Sep 2018 08:14

Brian

Creating good rhymes is not easy
It's more than just Jack and his Jill
It's not just 'bout gladiatorial battles
I'ts not just 'bout who'll do the kill

Why is my black humour coming out here?
Infecting this nursery story so?
I think I betta go and start over
Spread some fun seeds around, let them grow ?

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Mon 10th Sep 2018 08:09

Very different from you Trev.

Good tree shape!

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Mon 10th Sep 2018 08:06

Elle - why aspire to everything men can? Have we been so brilliant down the years?

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Don Matthews

Mon 10th Sep 2018 08:04

This is a protest piece at some of the things I saw when first entering WOL. My response was to form the FUN BUS. ?

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Mon 10th Sep 2018 08:02

Don we're not sadiator
You're not a gladiator

God, you've got me doing your rhymes now!
???

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Mon 10th Sep 2018 07:25

Excellent!

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Mon 10th Sep 2018 07:20

Love this Don! ❤

"I'm not here to write blood and gore
I'm healing myself, doing more"

....yes, doing more of the good stuff! Wonderful!

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Jon Stainsby

Mon 10th Sep 2018 06:45

I like the poem Elle, but I believe the future is together not alone.

Thanks,

Jon

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Tapashree Roy

Mon 10th Sep 2018 05:15

Hi Martin, Thank you so much for reading and sharing your thoughts. I very much agree with the spooky feel around the lines. So glad you liked it.

Taps

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Don Matthews

Mon 10th Sep 2018 05:12

I'm not quite sure how to take your meanings here Elle. You are not crazy. You. like me, might have a bit of mix-up-in-head at times but we are not crazy. Put yourself up on our screens whether we like it or not.

I can see your plea for women to take their proper role in society but I disagree with your line 'women can do anything men can'. Women can do some things men can't (even better) and vice versa.

The future doesn't lie in one gender alone Elle but a blending of strengths of both. A give and take. Was it Shakespeare who would say 'Aye there's the rub' ? Bard experts help me here...

You are not crazy
But the future is bigender
Sorry Elle

All that aside I liked your poem. ?

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Big Sal

Mon 10th Sep 2018 03:37

Excellence once again.?

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Big Sal

Mon 10th Sep 2018 03:35

Every stanza imbued this piece with a more diverse layer and more soul each successive time. Well done Lynn, it came out sounding great.?

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Big Sal

Mon 10th Sep 2018 03:29

Like a scene out of a Guillermo del Toro film mixed with a hue of Tolkien. ?

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Don Matthews

Mon 10th Sep 2018 01:32

Face Book? What's that? ?

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Don Matthews

Mon 10th Sep 2018 01:30

Yes I also liked it Lyn. A perfectly chosen title ?

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Don Matthews

Mon 10th Sep 2018 01:26

Martin - Here you see my Serious. Elsewhere my Comic. They often play together but this time Serious has the whole playground. I'm glad you like the two sides of me. ?

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Marie Alyza

Sun 9th Sep 2018 22:29

I enjoyed reading this so much I've read it five times! Added you to my favourites. Thank you for sharing.

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SheSpeaks

Sun 9th Sep 2018 22:23

Thank you all for the kind words I truly appreciate it and look forward to reading your work as well!

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Marie Alyza

Sun 9th Sep 2018 22:03

I love the imagery on this poem. Thank you for sharing.

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Peter Taylor

Sun 9th Sep 2018 20:57

Hi Lynn,

This is a lovely piece with superb control and authority, a lesson in balance between opening a door just so and leaving it ajar for the reader to find his or her way through it.

Whatever, I enjoyed reading it.

Peter T

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Peter Taylor

Sun 9th Sep 2018 20:36

lovely poem, Ray, you written in like seaside rock through and through. I guess a complaint because the death was recent, hinting perhaps at violence or maybe illness at a young age?

An intended enigma......?

Great stuff, thank you.

Peter T

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raypool

Sun 9th Sep 2018 20:15

Thanks David, you're not wrong.

Nice to get the likes: Starfish(welcome), Rachel and Anya.


Stay well !



Ray

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raypool

Sun 9th Sep 2018 19:41

Reading your poem is a bit spooky to say the least Peter, for the reason that yesterday I penned one on the subject of reading gravestones. I intend to put mine on in any case, but your take on the subject has a broader and more detailed rendering. There is lots of rumination and consideration of life's questions which you do so well. If some readers consider the two as a sort of pair it would show how different minds reveal themselves, quite exciting from my perspective. Your poem is to me like the slow drawing in of a nice pipe of tobacco(which suits me but alienates others!) My effort is called Time Capsule.


Ray

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Martin Elder

Sun 9th Sep 2018 19:39

Your poetry definitely has a bit of an edge together with a rhythm all of its own. I can't help this one in particular would work well as a song . Either way it would probably work well read out aloud in an open mic setting


Nice one

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Taylor Crowshaw

Sun 9th Sep 2018 19:33

Excellent love it...?

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