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Stephen Gospage

Tue 9th Mar 2021 16:49

A gem and a lot more fun than the interview.

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 9th Mar 2021 16:44

I was really moved by this. I could read it a hundred times. Thank you!

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A Girl

Tue 9th Mar 2021 16:41

I hear you.

I am so fed up with hanging on my branch, but to scared to let go.

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 9th Mar 2021 16:40

The sounds of rain on the roof...something special.

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 9th Mar 2021 16:37

I could live with either version, Julie.

"I wish them health and happiness" is exactly the right response. We need these poems and these sentiments far more than the musings of yet another Royal pundit on the airwaves.

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Erika Montoya

Tue 9th Mar 2021 15:48

Thanks for your comments in my poems, Your words inviting to write, thanks for that.

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 9th Mar 2021 14:28

Harry and Meghan
Version 1 - Avoid and complain about the UK media
Version 2 - Embrace and complain to the US media
Meanwhile, HM carries on doing what she has always done, with
a husband in hospital to make life even harder. The Crown will
survive.- but will Harry's reputation?

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 9th Mar 2021 14:21

The dewy eyed doe-like "pity me" look employed by Meghan reminded me of Diana when giving that interview to a certain
BBC reporter years ago. Odd how a couple that couldn't cope
with UK media publicity choose to use US media to provide their
version of what they apparently seemed intent on avoiding here.
The Crown is an institution that has survived worse than this - but
for it to have taken place when HM The Queen has so much to deal with at her great age represents a very low blow to The Firm and
will, I fear, haunt Prince Harry's reputation in the years to come. .

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Nazia Khan

Tue 9th Mar 2021 09:45

?? that's so so relatable ??? love this

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Graham Sherwood

Mon 8th Mar 2021 23:46

I’ve just written a piece about words having voices so this chimes well with me. Another emphatic study. Well done Alexandra.

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Graham Sherwood

Mon 8th Mar 2021 23:43

Sorry I missed this first time round Alexandra.
Your work is always complex but this piece seems very lucid and focussed. Memories can have many faces, some beautiful and others ghastly. Here you describe their force.
A strong piece, well written.

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d.knape

Mon 8th Mar 2021 23:43

Conniption is an old term
remembered fondly by old men like me
whose mothers always used to tell them
"don't have a Conniption Fit!"

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d.knape

Mon 8th Mar 2021 23:42

New shoes
squeaky shoes
shoes is the theme here!
?

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 8th Mar 2021 22:35

Graham - is that a good bet? I see no mention in my 2021 Racing Diary. ?

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raypool

Mon 8th Mar 2021 21:34

I was prompted by the current focus of the world's attention to dig out this poem from 2018 anticipating a resumption of royal duties post wedding by the famed couple - never now to be.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Mon 8th Mar 2021 21:28

Thank you Stephen for commenting, most certainly, depending on the mood and the audience, though the most interesting versions are fantasy mode for an audience of myself. ?

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Your Royal Poetess

Mon 8th Mar 2021 21:19

Thank you for your comment, I enjoyed reading your poems?

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Tom Doolan

Mon 8th Mar 2021 19:16

Thanks for comments & likes - A girl, Julie, Aviva, Nazia & Stephen ??

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Brian Hodgkinson

Mon 8th Mar 2021 18:03

I learned to read from Dr. Seuss books--
can you tell??

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julie callaghan

Mon 8th Mar 2021 17:59

Thanks for the likes folks.

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Brian Hodgkinson

Mon 8th Mar 2021 17:58

Thank you Stephen?

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 8th Mar 2021 17:52

Thanks to Nigel and A Girl for the comments. Tony Hancock, having been tricked by Sid James once again, asked:

"Sid, I might have guessed. Is there nothing you wouldn't do for money?"
"Nothing I can think of offhand," replied Sid.

I suppose that might have inspired this poem.

Many thanks to everyone for the likes.

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John Coopey

Mon 8th Mar 2021 17:41

Thanks YRP. Now, now, MC; that’s not the fashionable thing to say. And thanks, Stephen, Tom, Branwell and Nazia for the Likes.

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Graham Sherwood

Mon 8th Mar 2021 17:40

For information only. Having just checked Google, I understand it is slated for Friday 19th November 2021

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 8th Mar 2021 17:30

I suppose that we all have a version of our life and perhaps several, to suit different occasions.

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 8th Mar 2021 17:17

I must confess I had to look it up, which takes nothing away from the poem.

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julie callaghan

Mon 8th Mar 2021 17:16

Thanks for the like A Girl.

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 8th Mar 2021 17:12

Lovely one.

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 8th Mar 2021 16:59

TE - it was because he had the socialist tag that kept this memory
in my mind over so many years. It seemed so contrary to "the cause"
he supposedly represented. But such contradictions were not unknown - hence the term "champagne socialist" that was doing
the rounds. He certainly had more than his share of conceit that I recall!

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 8th Mar 2021 16:45

Injustice exists in all its forms and "racial" is one of these. I take
some wisdom (and comfort) from the posts on YouTube involving
the black academic Thomas Sowell, not least his observations about
current "black culture" and his memories of growing up in Harlem
when (and where) weapon violence was not a factor in black lives.

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 8th Mar 2021 16:38

That's right JC - let's have the poetical form explained.
Now - how about pushing for a "Long-suffering Men's Day"?? ?

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Your Royal Poetess

Mon 8th Mar 2021 16:03

Seems like we are stuck in a never ending time-loop!

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Your Royal Poetess

Mon 8th Mar 2021 16:02

Sisterhood ??

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Mon 8th Mar 2021 15:38

Thank you for your comments Nigel and A Girl, you both have such confidence in me and I will hope you are both right ? ?

Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 8th Mar 2021 15:28

Yes, Stephen A, flesh is unfortunately very versatile!

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Sullimani

Mon 8th Mar 2021 14:52

There is a certain WTF about this little ditty Ray, we can express and expand as much as we like...but in the end it is subject to the opinion of others.

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John Coopey

Mon 8th Mar 2021 14:46

As jurors are sought for the upcoming murder trial, this reminds us of the institutionalized racial injustice we are all guilty of.

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raypool

Mon 8th Mar 2021 14:39

Thanks one and all for your kind reading and likes!

Ray

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John Coopey

Mon 8th Mar 2021 13:06

A form poem called an Anacreontic. Seven syllables per line (ish) arranged trochaically.

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A Girl

Mon 8th Mar 2021 11:58

OMG

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d.knape

Mon 8th Mar 2021 11:51

I am trying to get your blood stain off of my keyboard.

See what you've done!

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A Girl

Mon 8th Mar 2021 11:51

?

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A Girl

Mon 8th Mar 2021 11:49

Thank you

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julie callaghan

Mon 8th Mar 2021 11:47

Thank you Tom

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A Girl

Mon 8th Mar 2021 11:46

Money have the magic touch...

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A Girl

Mon 8th Mar 2021 10:11

You have a beautiful heart Aviva.

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New Shoes

Mon 8th Mar 2021 04:02

I don't Know, Maybe a good investment in "New Shoes" would be a healthier alternative?

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Nigel Astell

Mon 8th Mar 2021 02:23

Stephen you have not said how much?

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Nigel Astell

Mon 8th Mar 2021 02:10

The story of your life
is yours to tell
when the time is right.

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