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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thu 31st Dec 2020 18:05

Thank you Michael

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

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Ruth O'Reilly

Thu 31st Dec 2020 17:52

?Happy New Year? Nigel I Hope you have lots of fun writing chapter 2021!

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mrmjr0911@gmail.com

Thu 31st Dec 2020 17:34

Beautiful way to remember someone.

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julie callaghan

Thu 31st Dec 2020 17:19

Thanks for the like and comment Hugh, all the best to you. Thank you for making me smile and sometimes laugh out loud over the year.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 31st Dec 2020 17:15

'Stadiums of souls' is so evocative. Thank you for a wise and intelligent poem.

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Hugh

Thu 31st Dec 2020 17:06

Have a snowtastic new year.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 31st Dec 2020 17:04

Great. Takes me back to the likes of Dan Quayle.

Happy New Year.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 31st Dec 2020 17:01

Good wishes for the New Year, Keith. Enjoyed this and all your writing.

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julie callaghan

Thu 31st Dec 2020 16:50

Thanks for the likes JD, Paul and Stephen G. All the best to you and yours. Thanks also for the comment Stephen hope the weather picks up soon.

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julie callaghan

Thu 31st Dec 2020 16:36

So much truth in this write, thank you for sharing this positive poem. All the best to you.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 31st Dec 2020 16:31

Thanks for this, Julie. Just rain and cloud where I am, so it transported me to a proper winter. Happy New Year to you all.

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kimberly

Thu 31st Dec 2020 16:24

Thanks, V, and thanks for sharing the beautiful song. ❤️

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julie callaghan

Thu 31st Dec 2020 16:22

Thank you for your kind comment and like Keith. All the best to you.

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keith jeffries

Thu 31st Dec 2020 16:17

A beautifully descriptive poem which took me into its scene.
Thank you and a Happy New Year.
Keith

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Ghazala lari

Thu 31st Dec 2020 15:55

Sorry to say.....but you can't be vegan.....as scientific researches have proved, PLANTS HAVE LIFE TOO?

What about microscopic organisms that live in soil, air and water?

Just kidding!

I appreciate your thoughts. No killing of any innocent living being.?

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keith jeffries

Thu 31st Dec 2020 15:54

I would like to thank all those who took the time to read this poem and for expressing their likes and comments. I appreciate this enormously. It is very encouraging to have such support from fellow poets.
My thanks go to :Emeka, Kevin, Brian, JD Bardo, Aviva, John Marks Tony Hill, Trevor Alexander and Trevor Homer.

Keith

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Ghazala lari

Thu 31st Dec 2020 15:51

An unfinished story.....When they took her away......then what happened??

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Ghazala lari

Thu 31st Dec 2020 15:44

Everyone has to have a best friend in life.

Not everyone is lucky. But this line gives hope. ?

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julie callaghan

Thu 31st Dec 2020 14:27

A sad tale with a happy ending, love the line "You have to have a friend to be a friend"

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d.knape

Thu 31st Dec 2020 14:25

no offense
no problem

glad you rescued that dog
he's so happy looking

does he speak Spanish?

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keith jeffries

Thu 31st Dec 2020 14:07

This poem has a very special quality which speaks of love and truth.
You must have been inspired to write this poem. I love it.
Thank you for this
Keith

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thu 31st Dec 2020 13:46

This is lovely. I thought it would work so well as three verses of five lines each, and with the final two lines in the last verse switched in order. But it is lovely even as it is.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thu 31st Dec 2020 13:42

A very well put perspective. Doesn't mean I entirely agree.
I think perhaps it is faith (hope) which is the primal urge that holds love, courage and compassion and fear which is the primal urge that holds hate, anger, and jealousy and all of them are primal emotions capable of making us forget other things. I particularly liked how you equated it to being fed drugs by a dealer because yes, we let others have more power than they deserve when we persist unthinkingly.

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Thu 31st Dec 2020 09:25

A fantastical romp through 2020. I feel as though you ran out of steam towards the end, as indeed have we all.

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Chris Hubbard

Thu 31st Dec 2020 05:56

I'd like to think I'm a non-conformist - it's only by saying things like "Prove it!" that anything new gets done.

I'm not a Red Bull fan, but a single malt and water - now that can get yer chimes ringing!

Chris

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Ghazala lari

Thu 31st Dec 2020 04:13

Hi E. A brilliant write i must say. Sound advice if one may follow. Your pen has power to motivate. Keep using the ink. ?

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Thu 31st Dec 2020 03:17

Love this poem Kimberly. Reminds me of Call it Dreaming. https://youtu.be/oAII1Ls3iBQ

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Thu 31st Dec 2020 01:31

Both E and A....means the same
So don't be dismayed
Grey and gray are both faded black and brown
A symbol of old age and experiences
And a symptom of death approaching

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d.knape

Thu 31st Dec 2020 00:50

is it grey
or gray?
an E
or A
It is confusing
either way, but
that's what causes
my dismay.

?

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d.knape

Thu 31st Dec 2020 00:47

cute dog!

I am simple
and thus
the simple poem.
?

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Mike McPeek

Wed 30th Dec 2020 23:25

Thanks Candice and Paul - always appreciate the feedback!

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John Marks

Wed 30th Dec 2020 22:40

Thank you kindly Ghazala lari. You can take a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.

"esterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian poet, an Islamic dervish and a Sufi mystic

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keith jeffries

Wed 30th Dec 2020 22:25

Eric,

Your have reached an understanding few ever achieve. This poem has a profound and personal quality. You say it as it really is in your nature to say. God is a part us. He dwells in us and by loving ourselves and acknowledging his presence we become better human beings.

Write more like this. It is a joy to read.
Thank you
Keith

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wed 30th Dec 2020 22:23

Perfectly put

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J.D. Bardo

Wed 30th Dec 2020 22:13

very nice Eric,

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Emeka Collins

Wed 30th Dec 2020 22:11

Love and life had been defined so much against our own internally built terms.

Thank you for attempting to get your voice out there big brother.

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Wed 30th Dec 2020 21:07

It smells sweet when in the making
Later the smell turns pungent and dull
Untill a stench so foul rises that it kills the soul
Not a good thing at all
When trust is broken, you are left with not many options
But to stay happy even if its fake
Of ravens and demons
Or of angels and God

This is beautiful ?

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John Coopey

Wed 30th Dec 2020 20:20

Yes, Stephen. She was crying when she phoned us up from inside the store. There wasn’t much we could do from 60 miles away. Besides we were at the quiz and she made us miss questions 22-28. We couldn’t get rid of her!
Thanks for the Like, Kev.

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kJ Walker

Wed 30th Dec 2020 20:19

Lovely piece of writing Keith.
Shame that you felt that you had to keep your sexuality a secret, but that is how it felt in those days.
I like to think that things are different for today's generation of youngsters, but maybe I'm being naive.

Hope you're well

Best wishes for the new year

Cheers Kevin

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wed 30th Dec 2020 20:08

Thank you Candice and Trevor for your comments.
Much appreciated.

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trevor homer

Wed 30th Dec 2020 20:02

A lovely lament, Aviva

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trevor homer

Wed 30th Dec 2020 19:45

I should explain the cryptic dedication to Brian. CREATION was part of the '2 Poems'' piece which you so succinctly convinced me was in fact - two poems.
Thanks and dedication to all who have commented / liked.
Happy New Year. T

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Emeka Collins

Wed 30th Dec 2020 18:57

I would always make out time to publish and read other great poets here. Thank you for your kinds words J.D. Bardo

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wed 30th Dec 2020 18:49

A lot of the world's population needs to try and understand this poem. I don't myself find it difficult to understand, but I'm also not a smoker and didn't find that decision difficult to understand either so...

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wed 30th Dec 2020 18:17

This is lovely.

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Tony Hill

Wed 30th Dec 2020 17:01

Simple and very effective. Tony

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Stephen Gospage

Wed 30th Dec 2020 16:18

That's right, John. I feel Sam's pain. There's a terrible sense of helplessness and a feeling of being on the wrong side of things. Glad that we can all laugh now, though.

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julie callaghan

Wed 30th Dec 2020 15:50

Thanks for the like Candice.

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Candice Reineke

Wed 30th Dec 2020 15:08

Love this, Mike.

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Candice Reineke

Wed 30th Dec 2020 15:06

❄️ ?

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