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Jason Bayliss

Tue 16th Apr 2019 23:45

Very clever, a couple of lines made me laugh and then it turned very sinister. Loved it.

J.

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Trevor Alexander

Tue 16th Apr 2019 23:29

Best I could do today! ?

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Don Matthews

Tue 16th Apr 2019 23:26

Gosh John, You are branching out. WOLer orgasm-assistance. And all for free I believe.

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Mae Foreman

Tue 16th Apr 2019 22:17

Mine as well! MacCartney is my favorite Beatle too!

"All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise"

Thank you Jason ?
Mae

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Graham Parker

Tue 16th Apr 2019 21:47

Hi Jeannot,

Thank you very much, it took a lot of writing and is never the easiest of ones to perform, for obvious reasons, but it is one of my and my mother's favourites.

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keith jeffries

Tue 16th Apr 2019 21:42

Mona,

This is splendid work. Poetry in perfection. To take on the identity of another and express emotions and feellings is an accomplishment and you have achieved this in a poem of high quality.

Thank you
Keith

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Jason Bayliss

Tue 16th Apr 2019 21:17

"Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly." One of my all-time favourites.

Beautiful poem Mae.❤

J. x

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keith jeffries

Tue 16th Apr 2019 20:20

Hello Nathan,

Welcome to WOL. Your poem Unbroken is food for thought. May we read some more of your work.

Kind Regards
Keith Jeffries

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Ian Whiteley

Tue 16th Apr 2019 19:54

'convistion of purpose' eh - sometimes I don't know what day of the week it is ? thanks again mate
Ian

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keith jeffries

Tue 16th Apr 2019 19:13

d.k.,

Thank you for your post on my blog. I am afraid you are right. We have lost our values and free spirit to be and to speak freely. The ´thought police ´maybe listening. Beware, You could be trumped at any moment.

Thanks
Keith

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John Coopey

Tue 16th Apr 2019 19:10

Very touching, Hazel.
I confess I sometimes wear Our Gert's clothes when she's out at Weightwatchers.

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John Coopey

Tue 16th Apr 2019 19:03

Take the orgasm, Hazel. It's been a long time since I've been able to help anyone in that regard.

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Frances Macaulay Forde

Tue 16th Apr 2019 18:56

I agree with Keith, Hazel.
A moment captured, beautifully.
Exactly what a poem should be...

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keith jeffries

Tue 16th Apr 2019 18:45

Hazel,

Melancholy yet a scene of not letting go after the loss of someone dearly loved. Clinging onto the possessions as if re living life with them but fully aware of the grief that saturates the heart. A poem which is sad but descriptive in the form of a neceassary act, perhaps of ultimate farewell.

Thank you
Keith

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Hazel ettridge

Tue 16th Apr 2019 18:43

john, i dont know whether to laugh or have an orgasm. i think ill just go write a poem.

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keith jeffries

Tue 16th Apr 2019 18:37

Ian,

you have done it again with a poem rich in imagination, well put together, evocative and from that mysterious place above where we all live, yet so close and somewhat distant. Some years ago I assisted a friend in clearing out the loft of the family home, amazed to discover gas masks, newspapers sixty years old, and army great coat and a copy of the Daily Express celebrating the coronation. This poem speaks of the attic, a place of history and treasure.

Thank you for this

Keith

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John Coopey

Tue 16th Apr 2019 17:30

Not sure these days, Don.
And thanks for the 'like' Laura.

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Jeannot

Tue 16th Apr 2019 17:29

Keith,
I agree with your comments in reply to mine below. I feel it is an honour when someone takes the time to read my poems and provide comments, whatever they may be.
Thanks,
Jeannot

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Ian Whiteley

Tue 16th Apr 2019 17:05

thanks for commenting on 'Martyr' Keith - yes I'm going with the flow at the moment - some hits some misses but NaPoWriMo certainly makes you work at a pace ?

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Don Matthews

Tue 16th Apr 2019 16:53

Shit! John you've lost me here. Thought I was doing well learning the basics. Seems I've a long way to go yet.

How much would one of these WriteOutLoud
women cost? My poetry needs improvement.

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Don Matthews

Tue 16th Apr 2019 16:47

jennifer, dk
dk he is right
He does have a profile
It's black and not white

You just gotta watch him
He likes playing round
Pulling ones leg
And winking one down

I see he'll be happy
With capital J
No code to decipher
(I must be away) ?

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d.knape

Tue 16th Apr 2019 16:29

you have many talents.
which is sensational-
i only write poems
and even that is questionable.

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keith jeffries

Tue 16th Apr 2019 16:25

John,

As I began to read this work my mind returned to William Dalrymple´s book, "From the Holy Mountain" which is an interesting historical travelogue encompassing the present day world within the confines of the Byzantine Empire. Armenia, Constantinople, the Levant are brought into context along with Palestine where the Christian populations have been systematically eradicated. These atrocities, most notably Armenia have passed by almost unnoticed until now and vehemently denied by the Turkish Government. The remnant in Constantinople to this day suffer perscution and hardship at the hands of their muslim neighbours. The Ecumenical Patriarch still resides there but is almost under House Arrest and shunned from any participation in the national life of the country. A sad tale of woe which has passed by as the world has looked the other way.

Thank you for this reminder
Keith

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d.knape

Tue 16th Apr 2019 16:21

Regarding "Free Speech" and your comments
I think England has gone down the tube
much like the USA.
you cannot truly speak your mind.
the speech police will come and
take you away.

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jennifer Malden

Tue 16th Apr 2019 16:06

Liked this! Doesn't have to have a purpose, it's the mystery that grips the attention. With hieroglyphs perhaps it was the ghost of some Egyptian being revenged on him for having discovered a secret? Very like a Sherlock Holmes story in the making. The Speckled Band, or the Hound of the Baskervilles for example.

Jennifer

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jennifer Malden

Tue 16th Apr 2019 16:00

Loved this! We all 'want to find out what I'm like' I think. The awful truth though is that we have some idea, but often others see us completely differently. Very confusing! Anyway agree absolutely it's much better to be 'quirk and interesting' than 'plain dull and murky!

Jennifer

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Laura Taylor

Tue 16th Apr 2019 15:40

Love it. I looked up the gaelic reference ? And I agree, it IS getting harder heh ?

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Laura Taylor

Tue 16th Apr 2019 15:38

Hahaa ? Yeh, I have shrinking clothes too!

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Don Matthews

Tue 16th Apr 2019 15:30

Good message and nicely rhymed

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Don Matthews

Tue 16th Apr 2019 15:25

Jeannot

You have raised an interesting point. When I read a poem I ask myself is the poet talking about themselves? or someone else? or someone made up? It could be any one of these. Only the poet knows. And retains the right to know?. Look at some of the poems about suffering and who are they talking about? Could be them, others, or fictitious. I don't always know.

Don

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Trevor Alexander

Tue 16th Apr 2019 14:30

A wonderfully written allegorical piece - I really enjoyed it.

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Trevor Alexander

Tue 16th Apr 2019 14:27

Don't think we have enough corks! Enjoyed this quirky piece.

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Trevor Alexander

Tue 16th Apr 2019 14:19

I guess we often write about ourselves and our experiences, however thinly veiled. And sometimes, as you say, it's not (just!) to explain ourselves to the reader, but to ourselves. Enjoyed this. ?

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Jeannot

Tue 16th Apr 2019 13:06

Graham,
I really like your sample poem.
Jeannot

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Jeannot

Tue 16th Apr 2019 12:58

Don,
Well done. I think we all in a way always write about ourselves in poems, whatever the subject might be. That’s what you’re saying in the last sentence.
I like it.

Jeannot

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 16th Apr 2019 12:03

I bet the American side of my family over in Louisiana would know
all about this aspect of living over there. Entertaining in its
vernacular and bang on the money in its descriptive effect..

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 16th Apr 2019 11:11

Logic in reverse is always an entertaining theme - especially in this
blog.

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 16th Apr 2019 11:07

"Conviction of purpose" is always evident in your blogs.
Keep 'em coming.
Cheers
Mark (MC)

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keith jeffries

Tue 16th Apr 2019 10:13

Don,

You are a good poet who writes from the heart to show your real self. I admire this and it is evident in your work. Never apologise for who you are because your talents are manifest for all to see.

Cheers mate
Keith

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keith jeffries

Tue 16th Apr 2019 10:08

Diane,

Thank you for your comment and kind words.

Keith?

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Don Matthews

Tue 16th Apr 2019 08:41

I bend the words to fit my rhyme
Grammar also too
If you can still me understand
My poetry I'll skew ?


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Tue 16th Apr 2019 08:13

Don
You will never be
"dull and murky"

but always interesting - different - funny - sad - and sometimes -

'what was that all about?'
You keep us entertained and you keep us guessing.

Dorothy

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Tue 16th Apr 2019 08:04

Ashley
Each morning when you wake up you must say to yourself

'I AM UNIQUE'

It is the difference between us all, and what we can learn from each other, that makes life interesting.

You are ASHLEY - young and intelligent - the world is yours - meet it head on.

Dorothy

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Randy Horton

Tue 16th Apr 2019 07:28

I really appreciate all the kind comments. In 1992 a cluster of tornadoes swept through my neighbourhood in Channelview, Texas (an industrial suburb east of Houston). About 750 homes were destroyed and many more, including mine, severely damaged. I heard story after story of people hiding in closets only to have 2x4 pieces of wood come within inches of their bodies.

Also, Jeff Foxworthy has a joke that says, "If you've ever been on TV describing how a tornado sounds like a freight train, you might be a redneck." I've heard them described that way many times.

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Tue 16th Apr 2019 07:15

Is it Professor Plum...in the study, with a dagger?

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Tue 16th Apr 2019 07:06

Jason
Beautiful - so very beauiful

Dorothy

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mona s

Tue 16th Apr 2019 06:30

Thank you Jane...
Nice to meet you too.. ?

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Don Matthews

Tue 16th Apr 2019 04:28

Avoid the pressure to conform, duplicate, Ashley. Be yourself no matter what others think or say. Be an explorer. Go find what's new and exciting out there

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ASHLEY ROGERS

Tue 16th Apr 2019 04:07

Not much, but thank u

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Tue 16th Apr 2019 03:15

A beautiful poem depicting the hardships of all those affected by war. It makes one examine their own existence. You truly have a gift for words Keith. ?

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