Thanks Andy & glad you took the time to read......Jeff...
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Love this poem, its construction of 3 line verses and the message that it tells. A great start to 2017.
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Thanks for reading and enjoying... AMC
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This would make a great tattoo...Jeff....
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Hi Paul, yes Art was, sadly, a junky for many years and also got dragged into armed robbery, but he did straighten himself out and had a great comeback later in life.
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Hi Ray Glad that you are also a jazz fan!
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Thanks Raj. The sad thing is the comment are true, this is what people have told me...incredible! The ice-cream part is also true....we're still laughing, unlike the commenters...Jeff...
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We'll get there one day for sure....Jeff....
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A masterful and intuitive poem, like sculpture the way it encapsulates every nuance of the situation.
It is always a worthy effort to convey the spirit of jazz as I myself play piano jazz and the whole ethos of it is like a constant rebirth . The discipline of Art compared to the chaotic motivations of the prisoners has a strange parallel which you have seen.
Ray
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David, I enjoyed this very much, the spirit of jazz really comes through. I hadn't realised that, in addition to psychos, thieves and junkies San Quentin prison housed sax maniacs! Happy New Year. Paul
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Thanks Jeff. Best wishes for a Happy New Year. May your characterful writing remain in full flow this year! Paul
Comment is about HAIKU: WISDOM (blog)
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Thank you elP and Suki, I enjoyed reading your comments immensely.
elP, you pose an intriguing question about love and your phrase 'earthiness to memory' captures so well the theme of sexual fantasy that I try to describe in this poem.
Suki, so pleased the piece inspired you to take the time to write a very poignant haiku.
Happy New Year to you both. Paul.
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Hey Dave and a Happy New fucking Year to you too!
You are more than welcome to call me SS!
BTW I left a comment on your most recent poem before you re-uploded, and your comment about the soldier. Hope you received it.
Take care,
Suki
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Your poem really affected me; maybe the time of year. So much so it inspired me to write this pseodo-haiku:
Certain memories
Oh how they hurt like hell -
Some in a good way..
Happy New Year Paul, and thanks so much for sharing.
Suki
Comment is about Love Remembered (blog)
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I enjoyed that Jeff. Beautifully expressed.
Remember Ebony & Ivory rendered straight from the heart by Paul & Stevie?
Please read my One Universal Tribe.
Happy 2017 ?
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Andromeda
Sun 1st Jan 2017 04:20
Haha this is quite the peice. Disgusting in the best of ways!
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elPintor
Sun 1st Jan 2017 01:18
How many people you could love if only love would stay? How many people you could remember if only memory would linger?
..we are bound to forgetfulness through necessity.
This does bring an earthiness to memory, which can be so ethereal. How many nights spent remembering...
elP
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Ray, thank you so much for this brilliantly-worded comment. I posted my first piece of poetry just over a week ago and am truly grateful to you and other on WoL for the encouraging support so far. It is so inspiring. Thanks again and Happy New Year! Paul
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elPintor
Sun 1st Jan 2017 00:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbMn6qsT3bc&list=PLCE4306D5E48EB951
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Thanks what doesn't kill you makes you stronger right ?
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Thanks for your retrospective comment on I wanna be like Elvis Lynn. That's just a wonderful tale and a great experience. I've worked as a pianist with a few Elvis impersonators and his spell still reigns. Lucky you! Did you score on the plane or while grounded? (You needn't answer that!)
Ray
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An inspired use of time and place Paul, weaving a spell of mystery gently and caringly. The last three lines are excellent. A sense of nostalgia, loss and reminiscence make this one to remember.
Ray
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In days gone by second hand cars would be unscrupulously "clocked" - mileometers put back , and this poem reminds me of the duplicity of men and how they can be ruthless when the old testosterone creates monsters.
Sad yet hopeful. Ray x
Happy new year.
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Silence are the men, silence to their thought, of those that have walked, maybe to far from those that are of loving thoughts x
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Thanks Colin, I think you prompted me to put this on, and maybe it gets more grizzly with age. (which reminds me, i'm not getting any younger myself).
Cheers, David. I don't have any explanation for Seth's condition, but I think he hated being grounded and confined. Better the vultures than the grim reaper in the home, as you imply.
Glad you enjoyed this Jeff. I'll try anything. Maybe a Bailey's and a mince pie tonight!
Ray
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Ian - sorry, could you repeat that please?
Rob
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Yesssss, that's the way youthfullyxx.
I like mine raw too. x
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sorry mate - missed your comment on 'Cold Hearted' - glad you liked it - hoping to revisit the place soon
Ian
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This is beautiful and evocative - I want to keep reading and re-reading it!
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Hahaha....thanks for reading. Climbing 26th Jan 2017.....have condoms for the mozzies, & monkeys.....Jeff
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Thanks for your kind comments Lynn, very encouraging! Paul
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I love this poem! The tree contrasted with rootless life really works for me. Thank you for sharing this!
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Sat 31st Dec 2016 12:26
I was so absolutely fucking discustard at reading this,that I had to unzip the mouthpart on my gimp suit to scream in annoyance.I did not find it one little bit funny-I found it humungously fucking hilarious! what time are you due back in the sanatorium Jeff?
Rose ?
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I am so sorry I missed the Manchester debut in December. The review here is excellent, and I certainly plan to get a copy of Rosie's new book. I hope Word Central has copies at the January event.
That photo on the cover is dynamic - ecstasy or nightmares, I'm not sure which - but gripping.
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Love the intrigue Lynn. Did you wish it was bad?
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Thanks for taking time to read my stuff. I know some of it is extremely adult orientated, but the more serious stuff seems to appeal...keep posting your work Raj & take care...Jeff....
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Bravo!.....love these stories. Best served in a bar with cold beer & warm friends....Jeff...
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What a life you have had! An artist, a salesman and now a gift to those of us that think too much lol Glad you are back writing I enjoy your work.
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Nice! The king right
I was a stewardess for about 5 minutes (hated it) when I was 21. I got all the horrible flights EXCEPT I received a call for a morning flight. Had to go in early to be debriefed. Thought that was pretty weird. Turned out it was an Elvis charter! HA! Guess they thought we stews would start screaming when he walked in the plane. It was fun. We were all taken to his show in a limo and got to sit in the front row. I scored on that flight (:
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Thank you Patricia and Stefan, I really appreciate your kind comments. Paul x
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Jeff
Sun 1st Jan 2017 14:33
Cheers Paul & all the best.....the more adventures & interesting people I meet make it easier to write my life....take care.....Jeff....
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