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Tom

Wed 10th Jul 2024 16:59

More information about David's life (and death). Including a lovely poem called 'Don't Keep My Grave'.

http://www.texasescapes.com/Poetry/David-Knape-Poet.htm

And all his poetry is here:

http://texasescapes.com/Poetry/David-Knape.htm

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 11th Mar 2022 12:06

Food poisoning? NOT nice! A cruel combination of input and output! Rest and recuperation are the recommended treatments
I recall. Replace all those lost vital salts and get back the body back in balance!
Chicken soup seems a good start.

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 3rd Mar 2022 12:02

The photo is from the mid-60s - but I'm from 1944 originally. A wartime issue!! 😃

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 21st Feb 2022 08:16

Yes, I remember a training course at work where people said 'I like clutter' and 'When I see a clean desk, I know there's no work being done'. This was not the aim of the course, obviously.

In clutter, no one can hear you scream. That would have been a good title.

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 20th Feb 2022 16:04

Words can travel, but the spelling and meaning can change.
We're aware of "the usual suspects". As Alan Jay Lerner tells us
in 'My Fair Lady": 'There are even place where English
completely disappears. In America they haven't used it for years'. 😋.

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M.C. Newberry

Sat 19th Feb 2022 14:30

Some sayings are well known here in the home of the English language. I can't speak for their ability to "travel". 😐

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Stephen Gospage

Wed 19th Jan 2022 17:11

Here it is - a slightly different take, but....

Leaf Blower

A middle-aged man nearby
Is clearing up some leaves.
He swings the blower round;
Enjoys its phallic whirl.
It reminds him of the time
When he could get the girl.

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Stephen Atkinson

Sat 8th Jan 2022 13:32

Pit Yakker! ( Or Yacker, Yakka). A person from a coal mining village, mainly associated with the North East of England. Originally a derogatory term, but we now embrace it as our own! Proud to be a Pit Yakker! (I'm not a Geordie) 😁 I'm sure that's cleared it up for ye D.K...😂

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keith jeffries

Sat 1st Jan 2022 11:26

dk.,
Having submitted the poem you can still alter it by using the same method or so I think. I have never experienced any problem with altering a draft or the end product.
Happy New Year
Keith

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keith jeffries

Fri 31st Dec 2021 13:06

dk.,
The answer to your query is Yes, you can edit after posting a poem. Simply look at your work and press the edit button which is close to your poem , make any alterations or corrections you need, then press update button which is lower on the same page and hey presto.
Happy New Year.
Keith

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Stephen Atkinson

Wed 15th Dec 2021 19:44

Damn, that's how she always knows! 😂 And that cloud thing is the inside of my head on most days DK 🤯 😁

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 9th Dec 2021 16:06

Autumn. Not sure about "desperate". I'm a sucker for anything remotely interesting that helps pass the time. Cheers ?

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keith jeffries

Thu 9th Dec 2021 12:03

I did read your other poem but cast a veil over it
Keith

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Stephen Atkinson

Thu 9th Dec 2021 11:41

? not very politically correct DK but probably true!! ?

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Stephen Gospage

Sun 5th Dec 2021 18:01

Thanks, dk. You are very kind. We may have to agree to disagree about climate change though.

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keith jeffries

Thu 25th Nov 2021 15:09

Thank you for your graphic description of a doodle bug. I shall try to avoid them. Thanks giving baffles me. What and for whom are you thanking. We save our turkeys until Christmas. These days they cost a fortune.
Happy Thanksgiving. Don't overdo it.
Keith

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keith jeffries

Tue 23rd Nov 2021 14:09

dk.,
Thanks. I associate with both the high and low, whatever that means. Praise where praise is due and similarly so with criticism which needs to be constructive and not negative. Poetry and those who write it are strong individuals with well thought out ideas and the innate ability to describe what we see and our thoughts. We are both no exceptions to this. Write what you feel inspired to write, avoid the frivolous and write with pen and paper. The hand is connected to the arm which is in turn connected to the body which holds the mind. Poetry needs to flow from the mind and does not come well from stabbing away at key boards and peering into screens with bleary eyes.
Keith

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Stephen Atkinson

Sun 21st Nov 2021 14:19

Thought so...?

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Stephen Atkinson

Thu 18th Nov 2021 19:37

I was wondering why I only saw your posts when someone comments on them. And its because I'd blocked you! ? By accident of course! But now I'm, once again, ready to receive your genius ...I'm waiting...?

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jennifer Malden

Thu 18th Nov 2021 11:39

Agree absolutely with Keith. Was definitely impressed with the butterfly poem, really beautiful. Am getting quite jealous! What has happened to change your contributions so drastically? I enjoywriting 'frivolous' stuff too, they are like word games. Haven't abandoned anyone! Keep up the good work.
Jennifer

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keith jeffries

Tue 16th Nov 2021 12:02

dk.,

When you put your mind to writing good poetry you produce some fine work. Try and avoid the frivolous. You are a good poet.

Keith

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 8th Nov 2021 20:53

Good one!

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jennifer Malden

Sat 23rd Oct 2021 17:29

Nice parrot story - my father was phoned by a nice, but very conventional old spinster, who asked him for assistance. He discovered she had bought a parrot, whom she had taught to say all the usual, Hello, How are you? etc etc., but it had started to swear like a trooper, and she couldn't understand why. Neither could my father, as her visitors were all eminently respectable. He discovered, however, that she put it out at the end of the garden on sunny days. On inspection, he saw there was a golf course over the hedge, and a huge bunker!!!!!!!!!! He then suggested she put it out in the front garden!

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jennifer Malden

Sat 23rd Oct 2021 17:23

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Can you be sure I'm not?

Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Wed 20th Oct 2021 17:05

Hi DK, hoped you'd got rid of me did you!!!? I WILL BE BACK.
Have been busy, (a euphemism for up to my neck in it), with family health problems. Nothing that can't be cured/treated, luckily, but everything seems to come all together. What with making appointments, having and organising various tests, consoling, minimising, comforting, the nitty gritty etc. etc. haven't had a moment for myself. Have two or three pieces of doggerel to put on when I have time. Had you already dug another hole for me?! Can' t wait to catch up on what I've been missing. I always enjoy your stuff. Jennifer

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Stephen Gospage

Sun 10th Oct 2021 17:16

Is this the way to Armadillo? Probably not.

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keith jeffries

Fri 1st Oct 2021 14:09

You are right dk. The Mayor is useless and we are losing our identity as a nation as you are also. Not to worry we shall all be dead and gone by the time that happens

Keith

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keith jeffries

Wed 29th Sep 2021 20:02

dk.,
Thanks, I enjoyed Spain for the warmth, the cost of living and the quality of life which is far less stressful than in the UK. However, I am an Englishman and there is no place like home. I am not a European. My language, culture and the freedom we enjoy in the UK is incomparable. God Save the Queen!

Keith

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Stephen Gospage

Wed 29th Sep 2021 17:37

Or sometimes it's "scenes which viewers may find upsetting"!

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keith jeffries

Tue 28th Sep 2021 22:36

D.k.,

I moved back to England over three years ago. Just in time for Brexit.

Keith

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jennifer Malden

Mon 6th Sep 2021 08:22

to be covided = to have covid, (not grammatically correct!) You are far too easily shocked. I enjoy reading your poems, believe it or not. Keep digging, Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Sun 5th Sep 2021 16:39

Hello DK! Not covided ,just too many weeks of far too hot weather, well over 30C every day. Now am coming back to life again, as it is cool at night so one can sleep. How do you know she's plotting? What clues have you found? Gave my husband, unintentionally, please believe me!!!! an overdose of something he takes, and he behaved like a lamb for a week. The family all think it was a trial run! Can't you outsmart her? What happened to the big hole you dug in the yard, found another use for it? Liked Moonlight. You've become quite serious lately, just old age?

Jennifer

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 2nd Sep 2021 17:06

Captain's log, star date......

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jennifer Malden

Wed 18th Aug 2021 16:52

Hello DK. Not with your last message, Where did I say that some men are better than others? Agree that all men suffer, but the ones who have been through a war or from the consequences of one, perhaps even more. Am notoriously as thick as a post, in an all male family, even the dog, the gaslighting is always on, so perhaps I've missed something? Can you explain, if you haven't been arrested for doing your wife in?!

Jennife

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 3rd Aug 2021 17:50

Yes. Keep walking!

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Mon 26th Jul 2021 16:23

Thanks for the pick me up and words of advice , needed to read that today x

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Sat 24th Jul 2021 09:07

Aww... you're the only one who noticed when I disappeared.
I am not having a final sleep at WOL, just napping.
I've got quite a lot of poetry to catch up on after the shut-eye.

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Stephen Gospage

Sun 18th Jul 2021 17:39

'Eye of the Beholder' rang very true and was perfectly constructed.

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 5th Jul 2021 17:45

It was funny and I enjoyed it.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 1st Jul 2021 17:40

You're too kind. Don't forget the health warning!

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Ghazala lari

Tue 29th Jun 2021 07:25

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Mon 14th Jun 2021 18:55

Don't stay away too long or we will draw a moustache on your profile picture.. There, you'll have to come back now to find out whether we did that, won't you?... Don't think we won't... where there's a Will there's a way, and I'm pretty sure there's at least one Will on WOL, (call me Will if there isn't)

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Stephen Gospage

Sat 12th Jun 2021 17:42

Thanks for all the kind comments. I'll do my best to keep things going. Enjoying your writing, as always.

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Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:39

Thanks for responding. All well here, where I reside. Which moon man are you talking about? A man with tail? Hehehe?

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 28th May 2021 17:51

Ok, I'll watch my back. To be honest, I didn't know I had one (reputation, that is).?

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Sun 23rd May 2021 17:15

I wish nicola had a nickelodeon,
Wish you were here to chat too , mind you you never are quiet , only when asleep I bet x

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Sat 15th May 2021 16:02

Then, a log IS a post, only more laid back. ?

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Mon 26th Apr 2021 14:14

Since you are a vampire and you cast no shadow
Both you and your shadow are equally unreal.
But for ordinary mortals... both can be real or either can be fake.

A person could use dirt or charcoal to make a fake shadow.
A person could be dishonest in words or expressions.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Sun 25th Apr 2021 12:29

I'm not afraid of my own shadow, but perhaps you should be if you see it creeping up on you. ?

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Fri 23rd Apr 2021 17:03

I hope you spend more time in Tip Top condition than in Tip-Toe condition.

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