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jennifer Malden

Mon 4th Nov 2019 10:15

Wow! hadn't expected so much appreciation, as this was written v quickly. I've always liked onomatopoeic words.(admit to having looked the spelling up!) Thanks Ray, Keith and Poem for the comments, extremely encouraging, and Tom, Keith and Poem again for the likes.

Jennifer

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keith jeffries

Mon 4th Nov 2019 09:21

Fred,

Thank you for these words as I really needed such a poem this morning. All you say is absolutely true...I like the words, "Living in the past contradicts".

Keith

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Don Matthews

Mon 4th Nov 2019 09:00

Remiss of me to say Becky your, so natural, video performance was great.....

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Ruth O'Reilly

Mon 4th Nov 2019 08:52

Enjoyed your video performance Becky great poem

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Don Matthews

Mon 4th Nov 2019 06:19

Jennifer I too have
Wrinkles on my bod
I don't care what they think of me
It's what I got, (from God)

The trouble is I don't get free
Anti-wrinkle stuff
Instead girls think it's manly
For me that's good enough

I buying some wrinkle-moregrow now....

?


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Don Matthews

Mon 4th Nov 2019 05:47

I'm comfortably numb with my downdated stuff
I know what it is I can do
This updated tech just keeps tripping me up

It's just untied lace on your shoe

Is it? silly me....

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Mon 4th Nov 2019 03:41

Hi D, thanks for your comments on Naked. Glad you thought it authentic but I have been happily married for 20 years and it's all fiction! Was inspired by a friend's relationship breakdown, but poetic license was liberally applied.

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Don Matthews

Mon 4th Nov 2019 02:30

I just did pick up on a clue here
You wrote it all down in straight lines
But despite trying hard to disguise this
You actually wrote lines within rhymes

(I not such a dumb bunny after all....)

Now what's this about quantum fizzicks Ruth
No clue did jump at me re coke
It fizzes like mad when you pull top
Am I taking the mick, making joke?

(He's clueless....)

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blackrose

Mon 4th Nov 2019 01:13

beautiful?

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blackrose

Mon 4th Nov 2019 01:08

wow Philip.....that's a very interesting piece?
thank you so much for thatā¤

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Ruth O'Reilly

Mon 4th Nov 2019 00:30

I love the gentle balance you have created here between why you need to write poetry and what you get from reading other people's poems. 11/10

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Ruth O'Reilly

Mon 4th Nov 2019 00:22

Nice bit of quantum physics going on here

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Ruth O'Reilly

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 23:26

The real message I want to alert you to, is that if you have an old phone or iPad from 2012 you need to update it before midnight or it will cease to work properly, some people still use old tech for other purposes so it's worth making sure that you are Updated!

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Don Matthews

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 22:49

I don't apologise
For being what I am
Was born like it I had no choice
Sometimes a battering ram

Take me as I am
Or leave me as I am
Join me on a journey
(To who on earth knows where?.....)

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Don Matthews

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 22:37

I sip my tea
and slip into your mind...

I like this....except mine's coffee

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raypool

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 22:09

A victory of silence over sounds, making us appreciate the benefits of the cacophony of nature in the wild. Nice one Jennifer.

Ray

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Jason Bayliss

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 20:01

Truer words never said Jennifer, I think. "Disturbing," is right.

J. x

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Jason Bayliss

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 20:00

Thanks Jennifer, I really appreciate your comments.

J. x

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Jason Bayliss

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 19:59

Thanks Martin, a little introspective moment for me, glad it came across.

J. x

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Jason Bayliss

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 19:57

Thanks Martin, really glad you liked it.

J. x

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Mae Foreman

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 18:21

That's what I love about your poetry dear Adam, that you start writing and the words take control of your pen! Incredible, once again! Kudos ?


Mae

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Mae Foreman

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 18:16

Exquisite Adam! Wonderful! Honestly I would very much like to see all these poems of yours with the single worded titles bound together in a poetic anthology. I love this and all the ones before and probably all the next! Never stop writing! Kudos!?


Mae

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Mae Foreman

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 18:13

The last four lines make me want to turn to BoB Dylan's Tambourine Man for solace... The first few lines remind me of something I wrote once upon a time for a friend who felt that way. It's called "Resist" and it's posted here. That's my answer to you, dear Adam. Resist! Wondering poem! Kudos?


Mae

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Mae Foreman

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 18:08

Thank you Adam so much from the bottom of my heart for trusting your beautiful poem with me! It is a beautiful piece and it was a pleasure reading it and delving deeper into it. So many layers there, with each time I read it new things were revealed to me! Thanks you too Martin, for always supporting my reciting attempts!
Keep writing everybody!?


Mae

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keith jeffries

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 17:46

Jennifer,
the last line is perfect. Well written
Thanks
Keith

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keith jeffries

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 17:42

Lynn,

I read this poem as if I were on an express train. As I climbed off onto the platform, I thought, Yes girl you have it right.
More poetry from heart and mind please.
Thank you
Keith

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raypool

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 17:38

People used to stare intently at me and advise against daydreaming, then I thought briefly about it and ignored it. I suppose it depends what escalator you're on. Some would run up the down one to prove something. Your lovely poem puts that aside and resonates with your usual meditative delights Tom.

Ray

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jennifer Malden

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 17:30

Couldn't agree more! Crying isn't a sign of weakness, definitely. Really moving poem.

Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 17:27

Beautiful! Perhaps better not to know what the future holds? Even imagining what it might be is disturbing enough.

Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 17:23

Beautiful writing - tragic photo - 'is being free' only in a geographical sense. What has happened there is awful, and no-one did anything about the occupation.

Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 17:18

Really liked this - especially wind beneath birds in flight - wish I had been able to write this one.

Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 17:12

Great Becky! Your childhood habit of aplogising in self defence is familiar! Sometimes I go to buy cosmetics (always have been optimistic!) and the girl pityingly hands out free samples of anti- wrinkle stuff. The other day I gor fed up and said I had a right to my wrinkles, they were a part of my life!!! Now i get scent samples instead - much nicer. How true are the last two lines!


Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 17:06

Great writing and absolutely agree about the first line. Here there is an allied war cemetery , very sad - there is one boy of only 17, and a great many Gurkhas and Indian troops. Apparently they were the only mountain troops we had.

Jennifer

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Lynn 7.

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 17:05

Awe, thanks! <3

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keith jeffries

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 16:24

Fine words.
Thank you for this
Keith

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Becky Who

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:52

Hi Mark, thanks for commenting on "sorry for apologising". I haven't been on WOL much recently either, but I felt like trying to share my latest video. Your comment made it worthwhile!

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:42

This is beautifully and succinctly put as always Cynthia. So many people refer to sex as love and miss the point which you certainly haven't here. Hope you are keeping well and look forward to catching up sometime soon

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:35

This is for the want of a better word, sheer poetry. Wonderful

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:32

Rubber !? Frankenstein mask Nigel
why am I not surprised!
Nice one mate
love it
see you soon

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:26

To the ditch with despair,
To the stockade with sorrow;
Today is the way laid
That leads to tomorrow. ?

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:11

your poems never fail deliver and this is no exception.
nice one

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:08

I love the way this bounces a long at such a good pace and rhythm
nice one

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:06

What a great opening line to a thought provoking poem.

Love it

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:04

wonderful. My favourite line is fingerprints of my soul.
Marvellous stuff Tom

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:01

Admirably atmospheric. I certainly agree with ME about the
opening that effortlessly sets the tone for this elegiac piece.?

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 15:01

Absolutely brilliant Becky. I haven't been on the site for a while. But I am really pleased not to have missed this which is all the richer not just for the words but your performance.
Absolutely fabulous

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 14:49

You certainly took me there with this poem Jason. I was that man laying there.
nice one

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 14:47

Beautifully put together Jason . The rhyming in this poem makes it for me,
Nice one

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Martin Elder

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 14:44

what a wonderful opening to this poem. A great touch with the autumn leaf that some how makes this poem for me.
Nice one Keith

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victoriavautaw@gmail.com

Sun 3rd Nov 2019 14:34

Yes! "I sip my tea and slip into your mind." Love this poem Tom. Thanks for shining your light in a stormy sea. ?

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