Thanks for commenting "sorry for apologising", I really appreciate it.

Hi Ruth and since you ask Reiki was certainly one of these and various other forms of meditation following my NDE some years ago, the latter I think might have been a spur although matters of the subconscious have often helped me formulate my poetic style both on line as well as hard copy. 👍

Thanks for the comment on The Way I Write, Ruth. 😃 I do find it so interesting and would love others to let me in on their secret methods 😉 Maybe there are techniques we could all share and learn from...

Hi Ruth,
I liked the read of 'Blank Canvas' lots.
Yours has encouraged me to put my voice out there.

They say Greeting Cards are out of date
obsolete in this fast-paced world
but homemade cards are still special
when made by children
in some of their first Acts of Creation.

Thank you for reflecting on my work Ruth. I agree that home is where the heart is.
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Ruth O'Reily.
what a cute name.
are you a character
from a book?

ROR! add an A and you ROAR!

And sometimes frogs end up as bookmarks when they get squashed flat. And cats like playing leap frog with them as well. That's when Quasimodi rings the bells - and plaintively he yells for Esmerelda. Thanks for your comments Ruth, always good to share a laugh. P.

Not to mention 'O'Reilly' as your surname!

I was just dropping off to sleep two nights ago, when that thought hit me. All I could think was: 'Cynthia, you're an idiot!' and I gave myself no argument.

Thanks for commenting on my poem "climate change". 😀

Yes writers are
real fighters
for the cause
without making pause

human pain
remains
their main concern
and he tries to turn it into happiness

Waiting for Driver-less cars.
That was a Driver-less poem!

Hi Ruth, thanks for your kind comment on Lunar. I always enjoy your work. If you made some wishes on that big moon, I hope they come true 😃

I Don't seem to be notified of messages and responses as I did when I first joined, so please accept my apologies for any delays in responding back to you.

re "The Wild Woods"

Keith, shaken but not... never mind 😉

Don, %depends 😏

Ruth, Campari is but a delight 🤔😛

Tommy

What foto ms Ruth?
;~)

I liked your typewriter joke.
"you're not my type".
hahaha

Ruth well done

Writing challenge complete
so well received
comments all good
poetry first class!

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

Liked both your poems in Printed Words Ruth

Never Settled, Never Serious

The tourist seemed like a lover
who did not care at all
liked the link up with the trunk to the suitcase
and the circus to the clown
the lion tamer watching
maybe fate to reel him in
when all the travelling is done.

Thank you for your kind words

The poem was just about how
some people do not change
that's all.
thanks for the flower though.
I wear it proudly.
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Hi Keith, no I'm not flaming, it was then and not now now. ?

Hi Jason, I think 'moving on' and scorch-marks says it .

Hi Ruth, I think the 'positive spin' echos Kieth's point, not wrong just behind my shoulder as I turn away.

Thank you all xxx

Ruth what was the photo please??

What is the point that Don, Adam and Graham are hoping to achieve with their negative simplicity?
Am i losing something?
I appreciate the points from Ruth.

Surely Chrystel has a valid point.
Why the negativity folks?

Tommy

psps. I think that I may have missed some of the finer points made by Don, Adam and Graham. Apologies if I have.
tc

Hey Ruth,

I thought it would be good to give the story a twist... a winner sometimes may end up being the biggest loser!
Not that I don't concur with your poem! lol

Hi Ruth,

There is so much hypocrisy in this world. So glad you appreciated the humour as well as the message in the poem!

Hi Ruth,

Thanks for your positive response to my poem.

Have a great weekend!

Ruth, re: 'Schizophrenia', the 'first/real' me has always loved ice cream and still does. It was the 'secondary me' who had the aversion. I was very fortunate that I did not get totally 'freaked' about the 'second personality'. Perhaps it was a kind of innate arrogance to refuse 'her' credibility/access. I had blindly heard of such situations, but had no experience with such 'manifestations' whatsoever. None.It was a very scary time.

I so 'feel' for anyone afflicted in this way. It must be awful. Both for the victim, and the people associated, whoever they might be. But the whole experience made me a far more sympathetic person, and open to people's experiences that often seem to be 'bizarre'. Who can presume 'to know'!

❤ I have now been on this site a whole week and have written either a poem or 2 each day, from scratch. Glad I set myself that challenge amongst like- minded poetry lovers. Big Thank you to all who took time to read or comment on what I have written I really do appreciate it ❤