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Many thanks for comment. I wasn't sure when I posted, if certain parts may cause offence, but the feelings contained in the poem are gathered from conversations I've had with real people (family) and the frustrations they feel at life moving on at such speed.

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good for you for picking up litter.
i do the same, almost daily.
i carry my bags and collect trash as i walk,
and people think i'm crazy, but...
it's good exercise and good for the environment.

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Hello M.C Newberry

Thanks for your kind words on my attempts at poetry. Hope you have a fantastic Christmas.

Dave.

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MC thank you for noting the squirrels

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Texas! we still use horses and saddle bags!

wink.

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just a joke
satire
on how everyone now orders everything from Amazon now
then has to deal with the returns.

meow!

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Thank you for the comments M.C. the human mind. Who can fathom it?
T.C. x

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thanks M.C. (master of ceremonies.)
for visiting and commenting.
what you say is what I think.

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I enjoyed reading your comments on The Huntress M.C. thank you..?

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thanks for your comments on my poem
"Normal People".
did not realize you are in your 8th decade
as you put it. Good for you!
as we age, people get nicer, don't your think?
either that or....we are just numbed to it all.

wink.

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thanks for the comments on 'falling down the cracks...' Mark - I find myself falling behind in responding to comments again - so sincere apologies for my tardiness. Yes - the pain of diet and the sweet joy of a new pair of jeans - life is built around such small things :-)
Ian

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thanks for your comments on 'a poppy in winter' Mark - I'm not really advocating the white poppy as the only form of remembrance - I think the red poppy is for that - the white poppy is more a reminder to think about peace when we remember. I wear both side by side because remembrance, on its own, is not enough for me
cheers
Ian

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I'll be brief. Thanks!!


wink.

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thanks for commenting on 'that which autumn leaves' Mark - I adapted it from a short story I wrote about 15 years ago - so, like a vampire, it's already had 3 lives in the form of short story, poem and audio - I guess I should get round to doing a video and give it another life :-)
Ian

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Humor (or humour) is everywhere.
Especially in waiting rooms.

wink.

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people watching can lead to poetry-
if you read enough faces
you'll come up with a poem.

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Thank you for commenting on I Protest M.C. have a nice evening..?

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

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Hi M.C. I just clicked on to 'Where Do You Go' Can I ask did you do the instrumentals for that track? I really enjoyed the lyrics and the instrumentals. Thank you. I have two sons who are musicians and play guitar.
I really enjoyed listening it was very soothing...?

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Thank you for commenting on ' The Death of Love' M.C. It seems everything revolves around words..too many..too few..too soft..too harsh...inappropriate and on and on it goes. Taylor ?

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Thanks for your comments on 'Blood Brothers In Arms' Mark - I think we're on the same page on this one :-)
Ian

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Thank you so much for your comment on 'For Jordan'. Much appreciated.

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Thank you for reading my Rhymers Club contribution, and commenting on same..always appreciated M.C.?

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thanks for commenting on the blog about my new CD 'screaming blue murder' Mark - I appreciate it
Ian

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dear master of ceremonies
i like your "arrest room". funny.

is that YOU on the park bench?

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Thank you so much for commenting on my POTW. I do appreciate it!?

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MCN many thanks for reading Jake's Place. It is a lovely part of our Isle.

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Hello M.C., thank you for your comment on my poem SHIRLEY. I do keep plugging along. As Dory the fish from from FINDING NEMO, "Just keep swimming."

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Where there's a pub
there's beer and grub
don't drink too much
or you'll get clubbed
Contain yourself
it's best because
you could end up
with just a nub!

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Dear M.C. Thank you for taking the time to read my long long message! I do value well founded criticism, hence my message! And I hope I find a profession that offers me insights into the human condition too, it's ultimately what fascinates me the most. I guess that's where you get all your inspiration and, mind you, that is what I meant by "experience" . I hope my words didn't sound too much of an angry outburst! I'm not used to expressing my personal views, out loud, in English, unsolicitedly, and I hope I didn't scare you! Thank you for all the advice! I love your work and I hope I manage to write again something that you'll like! ?

P.S. I think kindness, the simplest thing, can be a lifebuoy when you're stuck in the quagmire of cynicism.

Mae

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Dear M.C. Newberry, I was looking at our very short conversation in my profile and taking a second look at my response to your lovely comment on my poem "I can olerate Death" I realized that what I said was quite a humdrum thing to say! The truth is I'm not good at commenting,I'm not good with the literal things, I am also not very crafty with words, or precise, for that matter; sometimes I ask myself why I bother to write, and then I remember: It's cause I got things to say. I'm young, that may be obvious to you who from what I understand are very experienced but I've been places. Places a young person shouldn't pass by that early on and I've seen things. Things that most people see when the greater part of their life has passed things that a few lucky ones will never see. And yes, I got stuff to say. This I do. So thank you for your comment! appreciate it more than you know! And allow me to rephrase my response: Yes, death does intrude into our minds! But God damn it, at my last minute, right before He takes me away I still got the last say with my last words! If I manage to beat him with my words and with my actions he doesn't really have the last say. I'll fight him like hell and even if I lose I'll know that through my fight I will have showed much more power than the only one he hold over us! He only has the power to eliminate us but He can't shut our mouths or the mouths of the ones we leave behind. I urge whoever bothers to listen: Speak up! Write out Loud! because "scripta manent"! And If we have to go before our time, if we can't go in our own terms, if He tries His best to deprive us of the right to hold our heads high and humiliate us we can still go kicking and screaming! And our screams will not be pleas and whimpers and cries of cowardice! They will be glorious curses and triumphant battlecries! Death lasts only a second but our existence, if we are loved, if we have have loved, can last forever. So, since you quoted W.E.Henley I'd like to do so as well:

"It matters not how strait the gate,
how charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul!

P.S. Forgive my fixation. I'm new at exposing my work and any kind of feedback is much sought! And definately deserving something more than: "Live like there's no tomorrow!" True as it may be!

Thanx again!

Mae

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Thanks for the kind comments on my poem about Fred

I don't get o here very much anymore and often miss comments but i just saw yours

Thanks again

Ged

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Thanks for your very kind words on 'The Ship they call Alzheimer's'.
I do have an alternate Verse 9 (which I have used for a local Dementia support group).

Alternate verse (9)...
When you see me do impulsive things
Risks I normally wouldn't take
It's how I am my friend these days
All I'm asking is a break

As a performance piece the line with 'piss take' has the shock factor. Much appreciated M.C.

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Thankyou for all your comments much appreciated my mind is a whirle it was a pleasure to see a man with such convictions and being truthful he would have my vote any day it’s a pity they are Ridiculed so much for being honest. I’m sure The truth will out. Kind Regards Wendy x

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MC your comment re "Her smile" is a touch that your recognition is something that warms.

Tommy
Thank you

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dropout or suicide???
i knew my poetry was bad
but that's pretty extreme.
hahaha

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Thanks M.C. I am picturing you reaching out for the remote..xx

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thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Under August Skies' Mark - apologies for the late response as I have been away on holiday - I'm really pleased you liked it
Ian

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Thanks MC, glad you liked it ?

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Thank you for your repost M.C. yep you were right if I lean over and look right down my nose..I can actually see my toes..?

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Thanks for your interest and the kind word.

I have now posted the lyrics on my song page for anyone interested in reading them.

Have a good one.?

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I will get to read you poems soon.
still reading your bio.

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Thank you for commenting on A Quiet Man..your thoughts are always appreciated and of value to me....Taylor ?

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Thankyou for all your comments enjoy them all love wendy

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Here in the US, for a copyright to be seen as 100% valid and enforceable by US law, the work must be registered with the US Copyright Office for full protection, and more importantly to be able to bring a lawsuit for infringement should the need arise. As far as I know, the Berne Convention only dictates the bare minimum here in the US, has very little influence over the US Copyright's current decisions, and has more sway overseas for other signatory countries than it does for the US. The US didn't even join until like 100 years after it was implemented (which should tell you how backward everything is here).

https://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl100.html

http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/copyright/

https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html

As a matter of fact, the Copyright Office even has an acknowledgement on their page that says a poor man's copyright (i.e. sending a sealed envelope to yourself) has no provision under copyright law here.

Yes they add that a work is copyrighted the second it is created, but to bring a lawsuit for infringement in this case, they require the work to be registered with them.

Hope this clears up some of the confusion, everything in the US is convoluted these days.

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Me-n-u the menu love it...?

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thanks for your kind comments on 'screaming blue murder' Mark - I don't expect everyone to like my particular political view - that's not why I post - but thanks you for seeing some merit in the form - if not necessarily all of the message :-)
Ian

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Hi, thanks for commenting "Geneva Airport" and telling your customs story. I have a similar tale: travelling across France in the last great heatwave (2005?), at a time when "Europe" meant that customs controls were no longer at the border, but instead they could stop you anywhere in the country. At a service station they stopped us in our clapped-out soft-top English Ford, me in full festival-hippy gear, my boyfriend (long hair, dark-skinned and bearded) bare-chested in shorts, and basically told us they WOULD find the drugs. They then set the dog to search the car ("find!" "find the drugs"! "go on boy!") before eventually leaving us alone. When we got back in the car we found it was full of dog hairs: I distinctly remember my boyfriend's parting sotto voce comment "next time you bring your dog, shave him first!"

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Hi thanks for commenting "I can't write today". I love "Thoughts at Christmas" - it speaks to me so strongly as it will to everyone who has lost someone (as in, pretty much everyone, eventually). Thank you.

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Hello M.C., thank you for commenting on "Who Am I". I too believe that there is so much more to life than what we see. Energies are everywhere...we just need to be open to receive them!

Thank you for your continued interest. Jane?

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