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Holden Moncrieff

Updated: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:10 pm

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"Κι αν δεν μπορείς να κάμεις την ζωή σου όπως την θέλεις, τούτο προσπάθησε τουλάχιστον όσο μπορείς: μην την εξευτελίζεις μες στην πολλή συνάφεια του κόσμου, μες στες πολλές κινήσεις κι ομιλίες. Μην την εξευτελίζεις πηαίνοντάς την, γυρίζοντας συχνά κ' εκθέτοντάς την στων σχέσεων και των συναναστροφών την καθημερινήν ανοησία, ως που να γίνει σα μια ξένη φορτική." C.P. Cavafy

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Blog entries by Holden Moncrieff

Silhouette. (14/03/2024)

Farce. (05/03/2024)

Songbird. (29/02/2024)

Sisyphus winks... (20/02/2024)

Translucent. (12/02/2024)

Firebrand. (01/02/2024)

Sublunary... (15/01/2024)

Warblings... (05/01/2024)

Burbled... (21/12/2023)

Peddlers. (11/12/2023)

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Bethany Sallis

Tue 20th Feb 2024 10:34

Many thanks Holden, re Fallen milestones.


Beth

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Manish Singh Rajput

Mon 5th Jun 2023 02:43

Thank you for taking out your time and reading my poems, I'm glad that you liked it, Holden. It means a lot to me.🌻

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Tommy Carroll

Sun 28th Aug 2022 09:16

Cheers Holden 🙂

Lunar Eclipse

Mon 25th Jul 2022 09:10

Once again thank you for liking my latest poem "Malus Ivius". Its much appreciated!

Lunar Eclipse

Mon 13th Jun 2022 20:45

Thank you for liking my recent effort Holden! 😊

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n

Fri 3rd Jun 2022 13:58

thank you so much for your kind words on my writing!!! it means a lot😊

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Clare

Tue 19th Apr 2022 08:55

Thanks for the like and comment on my poem. It's always much appreciated when talented folk like yourself take the time to read and feedback - makes you realise your ramblings may have some value to others, which I find reassuring.😌

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Fri 1st Apr 2022 13:51

👍👍👍👍!!! re -' Comes infinitum '

Mahira Pamnani

Mon 6th Dec 2021 08:12

Thank you Mr. Moncrieff! Your likes inspire me. Thank you tonnes for reading my poems...?

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keith jeffries

Tue 9th Nov 2021 10:30

Holden,

Thank you for your latest comment on my poem, and also for many previous comments. The are a constant source of inspiration and encouragement.

Thank you indeed
Keith

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The Crescent Moon

Mon 9th Aug 2021 05:57

Hey Holden!
Thank you for reading and liking my last poem! ?

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The Crescent Moon

Sun 1st Aug 2021 23:11

Thank you for liking my Demon Poem! ?

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Begum BURAK

Fri 21st May 2021 19:02

thanks?

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Begum BURAK

Sun 16th May 2021 04:59

Thank you!

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Annie Josephine

Mon 22nd Mar 2021 21:37

Thanks for liking my poem!

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keith jeffries

Sun 28th Feb 2021 19:09

I would like to thank you for reading and commenting on my poems. It is most kind of you. I particularly value constructive criticism as a means of helping me to improve my work.
Thank you again.

Keith

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John Marks

Sun 31st Jan 2021 16:33

i.m. C. P. Cavafy, poet


I am from Constantinople, a Byzantine by descent,

The last, the very last, Byzantine nobleman

My family lived in Constantinople before the Turks took the city in 1453.

I was born and died in the same place, Alexandria,

Egypt, on the same day, April 29th, 1863, and 1933.

I am homosexual. I died of cancer of the larynx.

I was silenced but noboby knew the difference.

There were many years between my visits to Greece

But I always loved my Hellenic inheritance..

I lived much of my childhood in England.

My last employment was as a government clerk .

I can write in Greek, English and French.

I self-published my poetry but it was unpopular

And unfashionable. I made no money from poetry.

In my poems I explore the psychology of individuals,

amidst the legacy of Greek culture, especially

Ithaca, homosexuality and Greek philosophy.

Throughout my life, and even now, I suffer

From an all-pervasive existential nostalgia.

Now my poems are taught in schools in Greece

One of my most famous poems is

Waiting for the Barbarians

Which could be about Constantinople

In the years before the Ottoman conquest.

Or could it be about the human tendency to prevaricate?

Who knows?

What’s the point of senators making laws now?

Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating.

These are the sorts of words I used. I asked many questions.

Including: Do we need barbarians, even invisible ones,

To be threatening the gates of our cities? I think we do

If we want to stay alive. Be the less-deceived.

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