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Don Matthews

Tue 24th Sep 2019 00:17

I wondered why my writer
Was always overheating
Steam rising, fingers racing
While I was on seat, seating....?

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Don Matthews

Tue 24th Sep 2019 00:08

Interesting.......and it rhymes

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Don Matthews

Tue 24th Sep 2019 00:04

Very good Charlie...

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blackrose

Tue 24th Sep 2019 00:04

J.x__thank you

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Don Matthews

Tue 24th Sep 2019 00:01

Very good John.....

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blackrose

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 23:57

THANK YOU Jason??

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blackrose

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 23:55

thanks Do.Ro ThY?

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Jason Bayliss

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 22:59

"Where there's a cut there's always blood,"
Love the poem, really love that line.

J. x

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Jason Bayliss

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 22:56

"And a voice spake as if whispered from within the depth of a shadow and said, "Why not?"

Loved this Black Rose.

J. x

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blackrose

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 22:45

thank you Do.Ro.ThY?

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blackrose

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 22:38

wow!! John that was nice,i like it..thank you?

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Ian Whiteley

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 22:37

thanks for welcoming me back (again) Ray - glad you liked True Nature. As usual - you totally 'got it' ?

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Ian Whiteley

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 22:36

thanx for commenting on True Nature Becky - glad you liked it ?

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Ian Whiteley

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 22:35

thanx for commenting on True Nature Cynthia - glad you liked it ?

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 22:03

Frances - thank you for the "like".
MC

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 21:59

Ha! I've reached the age (and the stage in life) when I don't care if I "matter". I'm content to know that I HAVE mattered and provided an
important relevance to the lives of others. Old men should offer
stability and common sense guidance whilst looking after their own
well-being for as long as nature lets them and the grim reaper stays
the hand that holds the scythe that mows us all down in time.
Save me from the trendies and the perennially immature.,,of which
there seems to be an egregious fearful excess in this modern age.

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John Marks

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 21:47

Thank you kindly Sir. J

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afishamongmany

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 21:45

Thanks Lisa, Ruth and Kieth, glad you enjoyed my furry lion and pearly clowns. ?
Computer will soon be boxed up as we are moving back to the green and pleasant land so my engagement here will be spasmodic for a while.
Go ye all well
><>

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Lisa C Bassignani

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 21:29

Dress those spikes and get out there.! Tell them your name. We are all the same. The lion you'll tame. And clowns are insane.

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afishamongmany

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 21:06

Yea that's what lies do - spawn false realities. Just as truth makes known what is real.
Go well
><>

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Ruth O'Reilly

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 20:51

I have a real soft spot for starlings....in fact I was watching a mini fleet of them flying in formation earlier this evening. I especially liked your line ' I put my hand in my pocket and found darkness, failure and losses' we all do that... Sometimes finding just one solitary, shiny hopeful penny!

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Mon 23rd Sep 2019 20:48

Throughly enjoyed it Keith!

J x

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Ruth O'Reilly

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 20:47

The call of the wild is within us all, and at Autumn equinox that balance of decision is all around us....the recognition of what is the same is the only way to soften our spikes! Enjoyed your poem.

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afishamongmany

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 20:36

Hi Avishek - I like the atmosphere created by this and intertwining of the material and the spiritual.
Go well
><>.

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keith jeffries

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 20:33

After reading this poem I thought the answer must be that we embrace the world more fully and do so with courage. A poem which demands answers and one which is very relevant in today´s world.
Thank you for this
Keith

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trevor homer

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 20:01

Keith, the revelatory nature of this piece is commendable. I salute you. Trevor

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Frances Macaulay Forde

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 18:59

Love the construction, the notion and the quietly relentless movement toward the neat and clever ending.

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Tommy Carroll

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 18:07

re "The Wild Woods"

Keith, shaken but not... never mind ?

Don, %depends ?

Ruth, Campari is but a delight ??

Tommy

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Tommy Carroll

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 18:05

re "The Wild Woods"

Keith, shaken but not... never mind ?

Don, %depends ?

Ruth, Campari is but a delight ??

Tommy

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Tommy Carroll

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 18:04

re "The Wild Woods"

Keith, shaken but not... never mind ?

Don, %depends ?

Ruth, Campari is but a delight ??

Tommy

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Tommy Carroll

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 18:01

Keith, shaken but not... never mind ?

Don, %depends ?

Ruth, Campari is but a delight ??

Tommy

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Nigel Astell

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 17:18

Play your cards right
sacrifice what you don't need
a winning hand
hangs in the balance.

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Nigel Astell

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 17:09

Dancing with the leaves
golden oldies playing non-stop.

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Nigel Astell

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 16:56

Sunny side up
is how my day
starts and ends.

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 16:33

Adriana and Blackrose - thank you for the "likes".
MC

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 16:09

Don - thanks for the comments. I've always been happy to combine
words and music - harking back to the days of troubadors and the
like - and the way words can tell a story in the framework of a tune.
I can't claim credit for the A&R - that's courtesy of a guy called
Pete Dymond here in the UK who uses my taped "rough" to supply
the finished item from his studio in Bristol. Always dependable!!

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keith jeffries

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 15:17

A poem of profound wisdom with the most fabulous illustration to accompany it.
Thank you indeed, it quite took my breath away.
Keith

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keith jeffries

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 15:11

Candice, Dorothy, Julia and Graham,

Thank you for your kind comments on this poem. They are much appreciated. Graham, I also find great beauty in the colours of autumn but Spring is my month. I find autumn a little foreboding.

Thank you all
Keith

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Don Matthews

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 14:44

A powerful piece Sarah.

"how times have changed "
or have they ?

Yes indeed.....

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John Marks

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 14:08

Brave poem - takes on what exists in the shadows?

Go tell the Riverman.


summer rains' quiet incantation, the animals come and go,

in the far-distant, the snow melts as the river flows;

time is a demon

the animals know.



It’s looking for you, y'know:

...in the abdomen – demon go

...in the albumin – demon go

... in the acumen – demon go



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Don Matthews

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 14:08

Very nice Ruth....

This ditty is brought to you by the letter F (if the writer can think of enough nice F words)

I'm a little F word
Not that F-ing word
I'm sweet and pure an innocent
I Flit in sky like Flird

(How'my doing?...not heard of a flird?...neither have I)

I Flitter round the Fir tree
Where can I rest my Feet?
I've Found a little Foothold
I'm F word, what a Feat

(Worthy of POTW?)....?



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John Marks

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 14:04


From ocean swells to Southern Swells, where we sip summertime taps, golden flights and berry-sour delights

A cornucopia? of deserved delights Candice!

John

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Hugh

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 14:02

A tree was enjoying a day with his forest friends,
But a strong wind builds up and his good day ends
All his leaves are blown off and he's left sad.
Naked with no leaves he feels leafless and bad.
He runs away from the forest and grieves.
His friends were distraught ,"He was absent without leaves."

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Don Matthews

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 13:35

That suggests you be drunk ad infinitum. Methinks you gotta problem...?

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Ruth O'Reilly

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 12:52

Sounds like an Eggs- citing life she's leading! ?

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Ruth O'Reilly

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 12:49

I really enjoyed this Adam, I'm always so fascinated by how natural light reflects, changes our moods etc, I love how you have explored this in greater depth and presented it to us poetically. Many Thanks.I will listen to the audio next.

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Don Matthews

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 12:49

Have you tried it yet Ruth? It's not available here. Fortunately......?

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Ruth O'Reilly

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 12:43

A cocktail regularly served, yet still a little too bitter to rest on the tastebuds?

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Tom

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 12:43

I've read this a few times already today and I love it. Beautifully put.

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Don Matthews

Mon 23rd Sep 2019 12:40

You maybe think I'm past it
Gone past me use-by date
But let me tell you matey
Not gonna lie, stagnate....?

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