~on “quetch” - Thanks kindly dear Rolph🕊️🙏🏻🌷and sand particles do find themselves in the oddest places even after a thorough clean or two 🕊️🙏🏻🌷

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~on “song to the stars” - Good day Rolph David! Your review is quite a wonderful work of reflective exposition. I am truly privileged and honoured. And it touches me so much that I am spurred on to read this poem through another’s eyes and find adjacent meaning in my mind’s own iteration. Thank you so much 🙏🏻🕊🌷🌷🌷

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Hey Rolph,
Thank you very much for your most generous comments on my recent musings, it means a lot to me. The fact that you took your time to read and drop such meaningful inputs just meant so much more. I’m enjoying reading your write-ups very much as well. Cheers!😊

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-on “cure-alls” Good morning Rolph,
Again, thank you for your very insightful interaction. Glad that the relevance factor has been expressed here as well. Your feedback is crucial to my internal writing “algorithms.” 🌷🙏🏻🕊️

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...on 'whale-watching season' - Thank you so much @Rolph 🌷so glad that it came across just as you so eloquently detailed. I too can never look at a grill without noticing the wider world around me. 🙏🏻🕊️

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Hi Rolph,
Thank you for your lovely comment re my poem 'These four walls'. It's nice to read someone dig deep into a poem of mine which is very encouraging. Really enjoyed your Rooster's Serenade also.
Thank you, Rich.

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…on “déjà brew” - @Rolph David 🌷I esteem you with greatest gratitude at the depth of consideration and the thoughtful effort applied in engaging this poem. It parallels the enviable phenomenon that exists rather momentarily during an invigorating poetry class discussion. 🌷You are much appreciated ( rbk ) 🙏🏻🕊

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On “how to get to there” - Thanks Rolph, that can be a fascinating dynamic and those fleeting moments of clarity so precious 🙏🏻🕊🌷rbk)

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on “‘til all my breath is you” - It’s much like walking a tightrope, both exhilarating at once and absolutely terrifying within the selfsame moment; yes! Thanks Rolph 🙏🏻🕊🌷rbk)

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Hello Rolph,
I'm really glad you enjoyed the poem by Cavafy😊 The first verse of the translation is very good, but the second one isn't as close to the original meaning, so I found this one as well:

"Even if you cannot shape your life as you want it,
at least try this
as much as you can; do not debase it
in excessive contact with the world,
in the excessive movements and talk.

Do not debase it by taking it,
dragging it often and exposing it
to the daily folly
of relationships and associations,
until it becomes burdensome as an alien life."
(Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation)

Also, I'm adding a link to Cavafy's probably most known poem, which is worth reading I think:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51296/ithaka-56d22eef917ec

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