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Lisa C Bassignani

Sat 14th Sep 2019 00:17

I had 2 plates!
Ribs, wings, beans, mac & cheese, veggies and cornbread.
Yum

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 23:19

Ruth

Yep, plenty barbies down here but dk's doesn't seem to reach me - too far...?

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 23:05

The content is deep for my 'simple' mind but the end-rhyming is good....

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lisa donohoe

Fri 13th Sep 2019 22:58

D.knape
Thank you for stopping by ?
Much appreciated.

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 22:45

I like this very much Keith......

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 22:43

I like this Kate......

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 22:36

So good.....In so few words

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keith jeffries

Fri 13th Sep 2019 21:43

Bobbie,

I am a boy and I like this poem because you speak for equality and that is good.
Thank you
Keith

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keith jeffries

Fri 13th Sep 2019 21:39

An interesting poem which assails many people in a world which causes us to be very peripatetic. The old adage says that the home is where the heart is. Some search for a spiritual home and others never find home because there was no home in the first place. I now live sixty miles from where I was born 70 years ago and I know I am home.
A very good poem. Well done and thanks
Keith

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keith jeffries

Fri 13th Sep 2019 21:33

Words of wisdom for a world in a rush.
Thanks
Keith

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keith jeffries

Fri 13th Sep 2019 21:31

Fabulous words of desire.
Thanks
Keith

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Bobbie Standish

Fri 13th Sep 2019 21:19

Just in case you can’t see it on my picture

I am a girl

I am a girl,
Men thought they did more work,
They had to hunt,
They had to lurk,
But they weren’t told how to speak,
Or how to dress,
Nor did they need to shout to be heard,
They don’t know what it’s like to be a girl.

I am a girl,
Women’s rights are vital,
We couldn’t vote or leave the house,
Women cleaned, cooked but no appreciation,
Ask Rosa, Coco, Beyoncé too,
Ask Wangari, Malayla, even Florence,
They helped with this,
So thank them,
Or we could not vote, have tutors or even go to school,
I am a girl and you might be too.

I am a girl,
We now can play football, basketball, hockey as well,
We vote, learn, run for president and have tutors,
I am a girl and I’m proud to be too,
I am a girl,
I am a girl,
I am a woman.

By Bobbie Standish

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Jon Stainsby

Fri 13th Sep 2019 20:13

Thank you, Avishek and Chrystel.

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Philipos

Fri 13th Sep 2019 18:19

May - Hi and thanks for the comments on the Muses - where would we have been without them. Blessings. P. ?

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 13th Sep 2019 17:26

Thanks for your Sweet poem Nigel, and for your mini analysis on my printed words poems by the way, I enjoyed that.

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AVISHEK GHOSH

Fri 13th Sep 2019 17:20

Thanks a lot Keith.Its a pleasure and gift to hear from you.

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keith jeffries

Fri 13th Sep 2019 17:11

This poem is thought provoking. I enjoyed the style of writing used. The ultimate question holds the key.
Thank you for this Keith

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Nigel Astell

Fri 13th Sep 2019 16:58

I have got stung
not by a bee
but a honey sweet poem
that keeps flying higher
each and every time I see.

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Tom

Fri 13th Sep 2019 16:48

I really enjoyed this, particularly the last 3 lines. It's quiet but feels very assured and firm. Really nicely judged.

Lisa's comment made me laugh too. ?

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Tom

Fri 13th Sep 2019 16:28

I really like this Lucas, lots of nice touches of detail to make it both intriguing and feel very real. The last verse is particularly strong. Looking forward to reading more of your work - it looks to be right up my street. Tom.

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Nigel Astell

Fri 13th Sep 2019 16:20

Well done Don
you have got a match
with Thalia
and I hope it goes well
keep meeting up at
Hillbillys don't have a drink
She might say - - -
are you coming back
for a coffee!

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lisa donohoe

Fri 13th Sep 2019 16:00

100% Ruth. Without pain there would be no growth ❤

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Tom

Fri 13th Sep 2019 15:57

A moment captured and nicely infused in words - like a good coffee. ? Nice work.

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 13th Sep 2019 14:29

Typical isn't as soon as we see the slightest bit of sun, some one gets the BBQ out d.k

Don I thought the smell of Barbie's would be constantly permeating your skies being in Oz!

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Hugh

Fri 13th Sep 2019 13:27

Your humour is a force to bee reckoned with!

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Hugh

Fri 13th Sep 2019 13:09

Skeleton was very lonely 'cos he had no body.

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:57

Funny? I can't. Must be too far away....

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:48

I think he was itn the rebound when he got reboned?

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Hugh

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:38

He was reincarnated and became a rebone christian.Oh my goodness that rattled my funnybone.

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d.knape

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:37

I can smell it from here!

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:18

It's called unleashing your mind Ruth and waiting to see what it brings back....

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:15

Sure it wasn't April 1?

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:09

Noted, gents! This came to mind as a result of the apparently
endless openings (especially in competitions) to "young poets".
This slightly mischievous blog is my response.

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:08

I've a bone to pick with you on this...how could Sammy die on Friday 13th? He was already a skeleton wasn't he?

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:06

Ha,Ha Hugh Good one, being from Manchester it's all about the bees...Whatever you do, Hugh Remember to Bee Yourself?

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:03

Thankyou Mae

I have been told never, ever, consummate a relationship with your muse. Hanky-panky in the ether? Not sure how this works?


Rule 4: Never ever, not once, consummate your relationship with your muse

So if you find yourself tempted by your muse think of the following:

• Meditate on the futility of wasting precious hours cavorting with your muse when you could be writing, painting or sculpting

• Ponder that that your creativity will become enslaved to urges like ‘wanting to make the relationship work’

• Think about what your muse might write on social media.

No worries. I will not fall into temptation. Don't even try Thalia.

Oh. by the way Mae, Thalia says 'hi'........

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Hugh

Fri 13th Sep 2019 12:01

Reading this gave me a buzz.

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 13th Sep 2019 11:52

Like this Lisa, it's true over coming the hurt and insecurities does build you into a stronger better version of yourself that you can be proud of.

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 13th Sep 2019 11:12

And My Poetry Writing Challenge to myself is Complete.... I have wrote a poem a day for one whole Month- Yay!

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Mae Foreman

Fri 13th Sep 2019 11:10

I will second Lisa! And may I say a match made in heaven, or the mount of Olympus... Congratulations Don and Thalia! Live long and prolific!?
Mae

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 10:47

Thankyou DoRoThY. We do a lot of conversing together at my favourite cafe Hillbillys while I drink coffee. She 'speaks' to me if you know what I mean...

She says hi.....

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d.knape

Fri 13th Sep 2019 10:41

quite a bio you have written.
yes, all writers have an urge to write.
now, you can write
Out Loud!

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lisa donohoe

Fri 13th Sep 2019 10:17

Powerful ?❤

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lisa donohoe

Fri 13th Sep 2019 10:10

Don nothing could make me not see the positive today. For example... I fell down the stairs this morning.
My reply was simple
Wowwww
I got down those stairs really fast ??
Grattitude my friend:: it goes along way ❤

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keith jeffries

Fri 13th Sep 2019 09:54

John,

On a first reading I felt plunged into the eye of a storm with all its pertinent elements thrashing about and then having read it again I felt the inner storm and its destabilising effect on mind and soul. The words, "Grasp these perceptions,cling to the day" speak out as an anchor of stability. I shall read it again later but thank you for this.

Keith

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Don Matthews

Fri 13th Sep 2019 09:37

Ruth

Looks like I was in a yawn cycle. I was wondering what Stevie had to do with all this?...?

I have just gone through the 13th and can forecast to all you northerners nothing happens.

Lisa

I hope the 10 steps were not up Ruth's ladder. I was, and fell off. 6 weeks in hospital waiting for the bod to recover. Only consolation was love and attention by nursie Caroline...?

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 13th Sep 2019 09:36

Nice one Lisa D Hope you win!

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Ruth O'Reilly

Fri 13th Sep 2019 09:35

Thanks for that link Don....I can see clearly now and understand how you meant your soulmate comedy muse!

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keith jeffries

Fri 13th Sep 2019 09:33

Thank you to all who have so knidly commented on this poem. Don is right in what he has to say. This poem is not about my personal grief although it could have been. In fact it refers to my next door neighbour whose wife of 54 years died very recently and whose funeral is this afternoon. I have been in daily contact with him as he is struggling with loss and grief. Fortunately he has children and grandchildren who are very supportive. His wife was a remarkable lady with a finely tuned intellect and an example to her family and all who came into contact with her.

Thank you again
Keith

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