Some wonderful lines here, Tom. 'A new coat of paint upon your ego' is especially good.
Sad poem, in its way. Our childhoods do follow us.....
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Thank you for your kind comment, Isobel. This one did not come to me in the middle of the night, at least I don't think it did!
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Utilising the Mercator projection as an extended metaphor for human perception and experience. The central conceit; that maps distort reality to serve practical navigation, just as people shape their memories and priorities to navigate life. Hope you enjoy this. 🕊🙏🏻
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Our childhoods follow us everywhere. Best to have no regrets.
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Wouldn't this preserve the rhythm?
Of pronouns that truly reflect my worth
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I understand where you’re coming from @Uilleam. 🌷things are quite hairy at the moment 🕊️🙏🏻
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It’s grammatically awkward, Ray, because using the present participle preserved the rhythm.
And thanks for the Likes, Aisha and Red Brick.
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Thanks @David RL Moore🌷human folly appears to amplify in the higher echelons of society 🕊️🙏🏻
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Thanks once more Aisha, for your refreshing take on life. 💐
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Language, please Ray, and lots more gammon with it - how I love to see it spit and sizzle!
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Reminds me of the John Cooper Clarke poem -
Nobody's got a good word for him,
but I have "Twat!"
Is the awkward grammar in line 2 deliberate?
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On reflection, RBK, I owe you an apology; your poem deserves a closer reading, I merely latched on to your last line.
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Thank you for your thoughts, Graham and Uilleam.
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Thanks, Ray.
Our society on the road to nowhere could do with more of his like💗💐
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Good morning RBK,
That is my favourite poem of yours I have read.
It is a very imaginative parallel to use The Maginot, (I always keep in mind what Einstien said about imagination) so am keen to remark upon it when I see it.
There are a couple of stand out lines for me,
"As if war wears the same boots twice"
I love that, primarily because it does and it doesn't, this creates room for thought and questioning.
"Like memory forgetting it's own edge"
The Maginot was complete folly from the French High Command, to believe it was an obstacle to fascistic expansion. They must have had to suspend rationale to make such a blinding error.
And yet we repeat, repeat, repeat...
Nice work RBK.
David RL Moore
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You're helping to put the world the right way up, Tim.
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I love that Mike. So much said in so few words.
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Well put, JD.
More and more, these days I find myself asking:
"...was it for this?"
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Nice one, Stephen.
I've just seen the nodding donkeys behind him lapping up his every single word about Iran. Netanyahu must be his and Starmer's script writer.
There he was, giving what he imagined to be a victory speech, but what was, in actual fact, an abysmal failure, in both military and in diplomatic terms.
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Repeat the lies ad nauseam until they become the truth.
Meister Bibi said "jump"...so Iraq 2003
Meister Bibi said "jump"...so Iran 2025.
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For some reason the refrain to "Ilkla Moor" comes to mind!😊
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There’s a certain accuracy in this piece JC and it’s brevity that somehow makes it a Coop Classic! Bravo!
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Hi Ray,
A clever title with some cutting edge word play at the end.
David
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I'd have to disagree with Greg - as a bit of an insomniac myself - if you can get sleep, embrace it, hang onto it as long as you can. An active mind is a curse and often those wonderful lines you thought were great, don't look so good in the morning.
I like the dreamy quality of this and that you've made a poem that works out of the every day.
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Thank you for your kind words on my poem Stephen.
Yes I can see why people may find Gaza hard to write about. And I'm guessing many people don't want to read poems on it either. I'm getting to the stage where I can't bear to watch the news on it as it distresses me so much. Not watching it carries its own layers of guilt though.
There really aren't words to describe the times we live in ❤️
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Thanks, Doug.
It’s no coincidence that you should mention “Shock and Awe”, the military policy pursued by the USA and the UK in the illegal war on Iraq, on behalf of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Once more, at the bidding of Netanyahu, an illegal war is being waged against Iran despite the proven (by the US government ) non – existence of nuclear weapons.
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Thank you, Larisa.
Unfortunately, current events demonstrate that “The West” has learned nothing from those terrible days, our leaders are determined to drag us into WW 3.
The UK and US governments are currently cheer – leading, actively enabling and arming a genocide on behalf of a modern – day Hitler which is Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Thank you, Hélène 🌷 yes, some days so much tougher than others. It is a privilege to give such honour. 🙏🏻🕊️
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Thanks Stephen Gospage 🌷 most appreciated 🙏🏻🕊️
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Dementia is so very tough. Thanks for honoring your friend, RBK.
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Thank you Ray, glad you liked it!
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Better than many lives, Ray. A touching, funny human story.
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Hi Isobel
I admire this poem very much. Every line adds something and no words are wasted. The notion of history stripping away the flesh is particularly chilling.
Like Graham, I really don't know where to start with this awful human tragedy, so I don't write much about it. But I'm glad that you composed this tough, necessary piece.
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Careful how you misquote Uilleam. Saying Palestine might need one and asking for one are two very different views. Let the Palestinian people decide.
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Quite frankly, Hugh, what with calls for civil war in Palestine, we're saving the good Lord a job of work.
I await the Rapture with joy; see you at the pearly gates.
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Thank you so much, Greg. Quite a humbling thought. Glad you enjoyed it.
And thanks for all the likes.
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Thank you very much, Greg. I saw a report on a village on the Ukraine- Belarus border which had been cut in two after the war broke out. Neighbours became enemies. So sad.
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I should, Greg, and once I did have a notebook near my bed for that purpose. I managed to remember a fair amount of stuff the next morning, but sometimes ideas have gone. Yes, it's best to have something at hand to write them down!
And thanks to all who liked this.
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Graham Sherwood
Mon 23rd Jun 2025 15:23
Carpe Diem (and the night time too!).
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