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Nigel Astell

Wed 15th May 2024 14:06

The dogs barking
maybe seeing
a cat
telling all
his pals
waking up
those that
want to
silently dream
soon to
sleep again.😎

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Manish Singh Rajput

Wed 15th May 2024 13:35

I loved this poem about love, Larisa. Nicely done!

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Manish Singh Rajput

Wed 15th May 2024 13:32

Thanks a lot Graham, and to all who liked this. Means a lot to me!😊

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Rose Casserley

Wed 15th May 2024 12:54

nice one Twils!





Rose 💋

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Stephen Gospage

Wed 15th May 2024 08:46

This sounds like a fun evening. The key thing is that the poetry is good and connects with people.

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David RL Moore

Wed 15th May 2024 06:34

Thanks for your comment Helene, much appreciated.

Thanks to those who sent likes.

David

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keith jeffries

Wed 15th May 2024 00:15

Larisa, thank you for reading several of my more recent poems and expressing your 'likes'. It is very kind of you.
Keith

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Graham Sherwood

Tue 14th May 2024 20:17

You'll know it when you know Manish! A very eloquent piece!

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Hélène

Tue 14th May 2024 16:14

I love this poem David! Took me on a bit of a voyage to the unknown, mysterious "beyond." Really good writing.

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 14th May 2024 12:35

If any doubt existed about the self-obsession over public interest
that infests modern political life, then this example should
serve to focus the mind. These lines are a timely jolt.

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 14th May 2024 08:32

I have to agree. A wonderful, tender poem, Nadia.

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 14th May 2024 08:12

Your poem reflects the bizarre and shabby nature of this strange transaction, Steve. Who's next? Liz Truss?

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Crimson K

Mon 13th May 2024 23:50

Charity destroyed at the point of relief.

Does anyone see this before the news reels, they should.

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Mike Horsfall

Mon 13th May 2024 23:34

Beautiful melancholy, touching write Tom

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Evan Tyler

Mon 13th May 2024 23:06

Helene,

I'm really glad you enjoyed it. Thank you so much

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rob1967able

Mon 13th May 2024 22:08

Thank you all! Much love.

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raypool

Mon 13th May 2024 21:56

Thanks one and all for your likes, Tom, Hugh, Stephen, Aisha, Holden, Helene, David and Landi.

I was a bit disappointed I suppose Stephen, so the next night I though sod it I won't bother. There's always the future! Thanks for the appreciation. My cat never jumped over the moon by the way.

Ray

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Steve White

Mon 13th May 2024 16:15

Three, if you include Christian Wakeford.

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Hélène

Mon 13th May 2024 16:08

Really liked this poem Evan. I felt a sense of yearning for connection coupled with compassion for everyone.

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Hélène

Mon 13th May 2024 15:58

A stellar poem, Nadia. Haunting, sweet, and (for me ) a comforting conclusion about a dog's grounding presence. Really enjoyed reading this and like Graham I read it several times.

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Graham Sherwood

Mon 13th May 2024 15:57

That's two wooden horses that Labour have sucked in! How many do they need?

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Sunshine

Mon 13th May 2024 14:07

Home is not a place it's a feeling of safety and protection. It's an emotional bonding. Isn't it Nigel.

Thank you. 🌷

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Evan Tyler

Mon 13th May 2024 12:55

David,

I remember having that realization that people walking down the street, or driving in their cars are living their own lives. They are the main characters in their own story.

I agree with you on just about everything you said. (Especially the watching a documentary just once). Thank you for the like, and comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really appreciate it

Evan

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n

Mon 13th May 2024 12:54

thank you ever so much for your kind words!!!! ☺️☺️🩷

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Nigel Astell

Mon 13th May 2024 12:19

Onto paper words appear
Poetic voices give life
Transferring to written form
Returning voices into one.

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David RL Moore

Mon 13th May 2024 10:59

A thoughtful questioning poem Evan.

If we all shared this disposition the world might be a little better.

The realisation and understanding that there are lives outside of our own which we would do well to consider more often is a useful tool.

As a species we have never been better informed of the lives of others yet we seem less and less concerned with anything but our own.

Of course I hope I'm wrong and this can all be simply explained away by social media and the quip that everything was ever thus...it's the 24/7 news cycle that makes us feel different...and other such shallow imaginings by people who learned every single thing they profess to know from a book someone else wrote, or worse a TV documentary they watched once....just once.

Great poem..

David

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Graham Sherwood

Mon 13th May 2024 09:39

"people that will come home one day,
but for now the gate swings,
and we bark at the birds in the garden".

"ive heard his footsteps in my dreams before,
in my slumbering world he recognised me,".

I've read this piece several times looking at it several different ways. The above are truly exceptional words and are to be congratulated.

Graham

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Manish Singh Rajput

Mon 13th May 2024 09:27

A poignantly beautiful piece of writing that moved me.
"I had known you once back when you were whole
Back before your life became more than you could bare," so aching and evocative. "I’ve stared into the windows to your soul," is such a great line to begin with, Tim.
Thank you.

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Ghazala lari

Mon 13th May 2024 09:22

Thank you for your feedback Helene and M.C. Newberry 💐

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 13th May 2024 08:45

Thank you, Greg, Graham and MC.

Graham - I see how the passing of time and the advance of age in a war affects the Ukrainians I know in the local area. The children start to grow up, having known nothing else, while the adults stagnate in a realm of uncertainty, not sure whether to return or stay put, or for how long. And this is just for refugees living in the West; in Ukraine the same effects are multiplied by the ever-present danger and horror.

Greg - it's a good joke, I think. Eurovision may be tacky but at least it's innocent, unlike, well, it's going to be a long list!

MC - Thanks for your verse. I'm sure the word 'elected' is heavily tongue-in-cheek!
And thanks to Nigel, Tom, Hugh, Stephen A, Holden, Steve, Hélène, Aisha, Manish and Rob for liking this.

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David RL Moore

Mon 13th May 2024 06:43

Thanks for the likes folks.

David

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Larisa Rzhepishevska

Mon 13th May 2024 05:53

Thank you, Tom! I don't mind if you comment in English. LoL

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rob1967able

Sun 12th May 2024 18:55

Thank you Hugh, Much love.

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 12th May 2024 17:02

This notable Lerner/Loewe song was made famous by Maurice Chevalier...L'homme Francais personnified. I especially enjoyed
his other solo song from "Gigi" - "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore". So apt for this age we live in now.

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 12th May 2024 16:56

Rootin' tootin' Vladimir Putin
Newly elected and still keeps shootin' !
He doesn't think that he can fail
Now attention's aimed at Israel!
Perhaps he's suspected all along
This world's lost sight of right from wrong?

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Tom Doolan

Sun 12th May 2024 13:40

отличный 👍

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rob1967able

Sun 12th May 2024 10:50

Thank you Holden, it means alot comming from you!

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Graham Sherwood

Sun 12th May 2024 09:14

I have been minded to consider age for a variety of personal reasons lately and your piece here clearly slates the real reality realism of this nasty war. It seems our world no longer thinks age is precious anymore. Dystopian indeed.
One of your best Stephen

G

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Greg Freeman

Sun 12th May 2024 08:49

Boom Bang a Bang, indeed. Sorry for the macabre - or just very bad - joke.

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Nigel Astell

Sun 12th May 2024 08:34

A home holds your heart
Keeping safe your memories
That stay with you
No matter what happens
A place to return
At anytime you want.😎



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Stephen Gospage

Sun 12th May 2024 08:18

A beauty and directness about this tragic tale, John. It is rare to read something that makes such an impact.

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Stephen Gospage

Sun 12th May 2024 08:11

Excellent poem (and title), Ray. I missed it as well and there was no cat. Nice new moon though. Maybe tonight.....

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David RL Moore

Sun 12th May 2024 07:21

Strange.

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Sat 11th May 2024 23:13

Ditto Grahams comments Helene, lovely indeed!



Bethany

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Landi Cruz

Sat 11th May 2024 21:29

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yDyxcrEPOWY&pp=ygUVYmFsbGFkIG9mIEhhbmsgbWNjYWlu

PS

Yep.

Sorry about that. It's a symptom of maladaption to my environment. I should try to do better in the future.

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Manish Singh Rajput

Sat 11th May 2024 14:10

Thanks a lot, Greg. You've made my day! Cheers.😊

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Larisa Rzhepishevska

Sat 11th May 2024 12:05

Yes, John! I am so happy now. The problem was resolved and I* am back. Thank you so much for commenting, Regards, Larisa

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David RL Moore

Sat 11th May 2024 11:25

Thank you for your comments gents,

this is an amalgam of events and thoughts. I can't escape that I feel in a constant state of numb shock and disbelief, occasionally an overwhelming sense of grief and waste. In the most intense moments I see this vision of stillness and calm and maybe nothingness.

I don't know what it is but understand that it isn't normal, what's normal? this is my normal.

I am still an atheist who steals from anything that helps me get by...refusing to succumb to irrationality or simple succour.

I would not wish a military funeral for myself, nor is this image of a traditional military funeral except for the non-defined flag...I can see how it might be imagined as such and have no issues with that.

It's interesting that you speak of detachment Ray, it is a mixture of emotions...in this moment I am connected to the ceremony and the passing of a life whilst being completely disconnected from everything else...I am almost inside the coffin with the subject.

I am very grateful for your comments and observations which are of help in understanding some of my own strange emotions and remoteness.

David

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raypool

Sat 11th May 2024 11:24

Your comment shows to me that we are both believers in the power of poetic observation and that it can rise above the merely physical and baser instincts which horror inevitably arouses. Really of the same mind which is very gratifying!

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raypool

Sat 11th May 2024 11:10

This sounds very personal - a sort of suspension of disbelief or even a conversion - often your work displays a mixture of detachment and questioning but here I don't feel that. (My two pennyworth)!.

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