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keith jeffries

Mon 5th Mar 2018 18:52

MC., thanks for coming back on this one. Thank you also for mentioning the Memoirs of Air Marshall Sir Victor Goddard. I shall endeavour to find a copy of this work.
Your third sentence raises a very interesting issue regarding spirituality and its relevance to our present existence. Basically my answer would be ýes´. If we acknowledge a third or spiritual dimension then we should attempt to explore it here and now. There are various avenues in respect to this and any forward movement needs to be carefully considered as many charlatans abound. You have touched upon a subject which can unleash an enormous field of interest and study. Thank you again.
Keith

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raypool

Mon 5th Mar 2018 16:29

Your post here is remarkable and lifting to those of us who care about self expression, and we will follow you with your incredible story and an outcome that bodes well in your future. It is an education for us all. May all the love you need surround you Louise.

Ray x

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Mon 5th Mar 2018 15:54

Hello Louise,

I was so very saddened to read your post above. I have so often enjoyed reading your poetry, those little stories with dark, cheeky twists that made my imagination go off on wicked tangents.

I have no doubt you will have more of them to share in the future and I hope you will look to us here on WoL as your extended and welcoming poetry family.

As David said, keep writing as and when you can. As devastating as the results of the stroke have been I sincerely hope gradual and continued improvements will come your way over the coming months and years.

Love and hugs,
Colin xx

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Brendon Lee

Mon 5th Mar 2018 13:40

Hi Donovan, thanks for the concern man really appreciate it but i had written this piece some years back but just posted it online. ?

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Mon 5th Mar 2018 11:39

Fine thoughts - fine words - fine goal.

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 5th Mar 2018 10:58

Certainly, I'm prepared to accept the title of this poem,
recalling the lines that tell of the searcher for El
Dorado. I like to think of it in an analogy with TV signals...
not heard, felt or seen UNTIL the right apparatus kicks in.
Is our life a prelude to getting that ability to connect to an existence beyond our worldly ken?
The memoir of the late Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard "Skies to Dunkirk" is worth searching out for its author's
extraordinary life and his own later belief in the spiritual world, highlighted by his account of being told by a third party of events relating to the death of a close friend
known only to Goddard and the deceased. Fascinating stuff!

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Mon 5th Mar 2018 10:43

Naomi, I hope life is kind to you.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Mon 5th Mar 2018 10:37

This is so clever- deserved three readings before I was happy with my giving it proper attention.

Haven't seen you in ages. I hope all is well. Or am I wrong? I could have sworn I recognised the name from years ago. But your profile does not seem to bear this out.

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Mon 5th Mar 2018 09:33

Brilliant. You will always be my favourite twenty-first century satirical post-rock humorous verse poet Mr Spangles and I join you in worshipping your goddess! My 3D postcard is in the virtual reality post. Enjoy your Poem of the Week week. Col.

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Mon 5th Mar 2018 09:11

you have us intrigued and wanting more of your tempting apples Raymondo. I agree with Kevin and Martin about the folk song feel. Have a scrumping good week sir. Col.

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Mon 5th Mar 2018 08:58

I like this lots Martin. There's the inevitable looking at the past through rose tinted spectacles element but then why not remember the good times and forget the bad? Yep, I'm still nineteen inside myself and hope I always will be. It just gets harder as each year passes to be as carefree as a nineteen year old - the weight of years is hard to shrug off. I guess finding mental freedom gets harder too as we grow older. I know plenty of people who continue to find some sense of it with the aid of alcohol. I prefer to find it on a long hike or road trip. Each to their own. A good poem makes me waffle. Thanks for posting. Colin.

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Mon 5th Mar 2018 06:50

Like it I think but it's bit too close to reality for my liking

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Ja'Net McDonald

Mon 5th Mar 2018 03:17

Thanks, Cynthia! I have definitely been influenced by hiphop. I've actually just had to embrace this fact about myself bc I don't particularly fit that mold, physically. However, it most certainly is woven into my heart and rears it's head at times. I always appreciate your input! Thanks again!

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Ruby

Mon 5th Mar 2018 02:24

Thanks John Marks..Means a lot!

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keith jeffries

Sun 4th Mar 2018 22:54

Martin, thank you for this comment. The two dimensional world is in the ascendancy. Spirituality, if acknowledged, is only a hobby to be pursued at leisure. I believe in things seen and unseen which is borne out of experience and from the third dimension. Thank you again. Keith

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keith jeffries

Sun 4th Mar 2018 22:48

Martin, you are spot on and thank you for the comment. Keith

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donovan wilson

Sun 4th Mar 2018 22:19

Hi Brendon, thanks for sharing, i felt the emotion, wish you strength if it's where you're at now. That door should never be bared alone. All the best. Donovan

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John Marks

Sun 4th Mar 2018 17:57

You have oodles of talent Ruby. Congratulations! I echo raypool's perceptive comment, that your work "has a winsome quality": some synonyms of winsome are: 'appealing, engaging, charming, winning,endearing, enchanting, captivating, fetching...' all of these epithets (and more) suit aspects of your work. Keep writing! John




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John Marks

Sun 4th Mar 2018 17:40

Thank you all for your encouragement!

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 4th Mar 2018 15:55

A pleasing companion to my own recollection of gazing out of my window overlooking the street at 4am to see the
snow falling steadily in virginal white on a traffic free scene.

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Martin Elder

Sun 4th Mar 2018 15:46

Fantastically real poem. An everyday real story of somebody trying to fight to stay on the straight and narrow.
Love it
thanks for posting

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kJ Walker

Sun 4th Mar 2018 15:40

I agree with Martin it did read like a song. For me It was over too soon, I'd have liked it to have been longer. Possibly with the first verse repeated at the end. (just an idea, I don't want to get cheeky)

Cheers Kevin

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keith jeffries

Sun 4th Mar 2018 15:28

Donovan,
thank you for writing more. Your poems have a spiritual content which is really worth developing.
Thank you
Keith

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Martin Elder

Sun 4th Mar 2018 15:23

Excellent Chris the line about the granny particularly had me chuckling

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Martin Elder

Sun 4th Mar 2018 15:21

Beautiful poem Eve. Love it

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Martin Elder

Sun 4th Mar 2018 15:19

There is some real richness here in this poem with dare I say it a sense of wanting to grasp hold of and understand life a bit more of life. Maybe I am being a little out there with such comments.
But either way a cracking poem Keith
Cheers

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Martin Elder

Sun 4th Mar 2018 15:14

'We chase our tails like playful dogs is such a great metaphor' such a great line
I think also your title is so right . There is so much in our world and our own little worlds that is out of our sphere of understanding. Much of which always continues to amaze me.
Nice one Keith

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Martin Elder

Sun 4th Mar 2018 14:51

This definitely has the feel of a song about , particularly with the repeated lines. dare I say a folk song with its content.
But I also like the message regarding refugees and what is going on with them. Wonderfully put A beautiful poem Ray
Love it

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raypool

Sun 4th Mar 2018 13:51

A great romp com Chris. Well seedy. Being a muso, I have struggled with these events when nobody wants to dance except the kids, others just staring or poking the keyboard.

Nice work! Ray

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Sun 4th Mar 2018 13:15

Very powerful. Every line.

Hannah

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Graham Sherwood

Sun 4th Mar 2018 11:29

Brilliant stuff and V1 is a cracker!

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sun 4th Mar 2018 11:07

Thank you so much for your responses. Such moments string like jewels around the heart because we all share them, no matter when or where we live.

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sun 4th Mar 2018 10:57

Like one's heart, yes?

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Raj Ferds

Sun 4th Mar 2018 09:40

I love the sincerity and intensity of this piece Vanessa.

Well done.
Raj

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Raj Ferds

Sun 4th Mar 2018 09:36

A splendid piece Cynthia, beautifully culled.

I must say you have distilled the very essence of childhood tales at their nocturnal best.

I vividly remember that great grandfather's clock keeping me awake, until I learnt to see it as a sweet substitute for a lullaby.

Here's something to ponder over -- A Buddhist friend once said to me "you will only notice the presence of a clock when it stops ticking".

Raj xx

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Sun 4th Mar 2018 09:25

great fun - reminded me of the Stereophonics song Too Many Sandwiches - another wedding that didn't quite go to plan. But then how many do?!

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John Coopey

Sun 4th Mar 2018 09:09

Very pictorial. Chris. You couldn’t point out the granny for me, could you?

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kJ Walker

Sun 4th Mar 2018 08:11

I really enjoyed this one Chris. It painted such a picture.

Cheers Kevin

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Ruby

Sun 4th Mar 2018 03:11

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Sat 3rd Mar 2018 19:09

I am so sad to read this.
Losing your work is a terrible loss.
Try to rewrite the ones you can remember and put them on here. I should like to read them.

Hannah

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Sat 3rd Mar 2018 19:04

Delightful.
Absolutely loved it.

Hannah

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Sat 3rd Mar 2018 19:01

Beautiful poem.

Hannah

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Sat 3rd Mar 2018 18:58

Very moving.

Hannah

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John Coopey

Sat 3rd Mar 2018 18:10

Son Dun Too today, MC.

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Sat 3rd Mar 2018 17:52

Chris I was immediately attracted to your poem because hablo un poco espanol and then found the piece enjoyable.

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kJ Walker

Sat 3rd Mar 2018 14:31

Lovely this Trevor.
I can't wait for summer, I've seen enough snow for a lifetime.

Cheers Kevin

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M.C. Newberry

Sat 3rd Mar 2018 13:31

Ha-ha, JC...very droll. But maybe "Son" you aren't too far
off about players' names in this context.

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Trevor Alexander

Sat 3rd Mar 2018 12:46

A snapshot of a winter world with its page unwritten. As if it is ready to start everything over, like spring.

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