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John Botterill

Sun 4th Jun 2023 09:12

Thanks Keith, Manish, Helene, Stephen for your generous comments and the super WOL poetry team for the likes. It means a lot to me.
Evertthing in the poem really happened 😁
Jeremy Kyle, Stephen? That dates you! Haha

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John Coopey

Sun 4th Jun 2023 07:56

I rather like the idea, MC and Uilleam, of self-identifying as Elon Musk. It would give me every right to walk into the Nationwide and take all his money out. Not to mention being able to shag his missus.
And thanks for the Likes, Holden and Clare.

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Sat 3rd Jun 2023 23:46

Oh! the Odonata! like a piece of aerial jewellery! no finer and more welcome a guest to any lucky garden

Really beautiful poem JD

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Tim Ellis

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 23:17

Yes MC, I know what you mean. I’ve had 3 bikes stolen during the course of my life. Two I recovered (both are long stories - maybe I’ll write poems about them some day) I get around the problem now by having a rusty old bike from the 1990s that no sane thief would bother to steal!

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keith jeffries

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 20:36

Well written and rhymed. An almost perfect description of one of the most attractive creatures.
Thank you for this,
Keith

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Holden Moncrieff

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 15:45

Thank you so much, New Shoes, I love your poem, especially the last line! 😊

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Hugh

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 15:08

In the first minute city score

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 12:32

...not to mention the cockswains in charge of HMS Britannia.

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M.C. Newberry

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 12:23

Self-identify is fine with me too. I take exception to its dumb
imposition on the reality of the limitations of others' ACTUAL identities. Malice in Blunderland!!

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M.C. Newberry

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 12:14

I would offer an alternative title to this touching poem.
"Missing you, missing me".

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M.C. Newberry

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 11:57

I used to find riding a bike was not the biggest problem, but
being stressed by the fear it would the victim of damage and thievery once there! Walking or taking the bus (tube in London)
was always a chosen alternative if practical. 😐

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Matilda Simakaj

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 11:05

Thank you for your lovely comments! 🙏🙏

Manish, I am glad that in a way through my writing a message is passed on. And yes, you are right many times we feel lost, and if we are aware we can see around us there is always somebody or something to light our path! Thank you!🙏🙏
Kevin, I don't know why but anytime I see comments of your I find myself smiling. Thank you!🙏🙏
Clare, while writing this poem I was feeling the same too. It was like different levels of consciousness were operating in harmony with each other and the last 3 sentences were the seal of their communication. Thank you for your wonderful comment!🙏🙏

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Manish Singh Rajput

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 08:23

This is one of the purest, feel-good poem that I've come across. So beautifully written that it welled up my eyes.
Thank you, Clare. So glad that you're here sharing and I'm getting to read it.🌻

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Tim Ellis

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 07:47

I like how you’ve lifted the mood of this poem towards the end.

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New Shoes

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 07:34

Come in peace
speak your truth
Refract the light
Wear the armer
Relinquish fear
Humble in the eyes of God
No Holier than now
Give onto others
Captainless to leaders

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Tim Ellis

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 07:29

Yes I know, Clare. I feel I ought to write about climate change but it’s difficult when there is so little you can say about it that’s positive.

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Holden Moncrieff

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 05:00

A wonderful poem, full of grace, Clare! I'm very glad everything went well and you're here sharing such powerful words! 🌷

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Sailendra Swain

Sat 3rd Jun 2023 01:49

Nice piece of work with rhythmic words

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Clare

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 21:38

There is no such thing as a wrong choice - here endeth the philosophy of Clare! 😂. Nice poem. 🌻

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Clare

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 21:35

This makes me too sad to comment. 🥲

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Clare

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 21:33

Bloody glasses are the bane of my life. I can’t see without them, I can’t see with them! I like your poem. 🌻

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Clare

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 21:14

Thank you! Manish, your encouragement and support is second to none! Uilleam, would you happen to be Irish? If so it is our birthright to be burdened by other people’s expectations and disappointments of us. Thank you, Bethany - I try my best!☺️💕💕💕

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Clare

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 20:37

This poem takes me to the core of my being. So many levels to tumble into. I think this is a magnificent poem - one that resonates with a force so strong that it takes my breath away. Dare I say, I think this is the best poem I have read on WOL and that takes some doing! I will read this over and over. Thank you 🌻🌻🌻

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Stephen Atkinson

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 20:21

What a wonderful dream 🌈

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Fri 2nd Jun 2023 19:36

10/10!!! 👍 Red

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Fri 2nd Jun 2023 19:33

Clare-original ideas for poems never elude you-fab piece!

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Fri 2nd Jun 2023 19:23

For me Matilda Manish says it all-a stunning poem!

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John Botterill

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 16:37

Well, Uilleam, she might scream and scream and scream until she was SICK. And, yes, our William was aptly named 😂
Thanks for the appreciative comments, Manish. I do like to mess with a reader's emotions. Don't we all?!? 😂

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Manish Singh Rajput

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 13:39

Reading this has left me speechless, Matilda. There's something in the way that you right, the energy that it passes on to me is really pure. There's education, transparency, transition, lesson, nature, morality, imagination, purpose of life, etcetera. These factors are so powerful and effectively written that it leads my paths towards my life's purpose when I'm lost.
Thank you for this.🌻

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Tim Ellis

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 12:41

Yes Stephen, the French trains are brilliant. I travelled from Amsterdam to Barcelona via Paris a few years ago. Much more fun than flying!

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Matilda Simakaj

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 11:56

Thank you Elizabeth!
I think if we don't dare to dream we are condemned to feel the rhythm of other's mind story!
''The same rhythm of pity yet again'' brought tears to my eyes...

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 11:31

That's Just William! 😈
You'd never get Violet Elizabeth Bott behaving like that;
-or would you?

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Manish Singh Rajput

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 11:23

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading this, John B. I tragic beginning resolving to a fun-filled conclusion. Well written and constructed, my friend.😄

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julie callaghan

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 10:57

Thank you Uilleam unfortunately they are not mine. I write little poems around Dr Amir Khans daily posts when I can.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 07:16

I used to weigh my value
On what you thought
Of me

I do that too much Clare...with feelings of rejection, of not having lived up to someone's expectations; feelings of failure still lingering from my youth.
I need courage and honesty in bucketloads💓.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 07:03

Thanks Jordyn.
I think being "a daydream believer" is an essential part of the creative process.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 06:43

I'm glad you've had success with your's Julie.
We found ours a bit temperamental.


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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 06:29

Your first line says it all.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 06:23

I know it so well!

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 06:20

Oh for those days when the world made some kind of sense!

In the final few seconds of the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final.

Wolstenholme: “And here comes Hurst! He's got...
“…Some people are on the pitch! They think it's all over!”
“…It is now, it's four!”
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

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Manish Singh Rajput

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 04:12

Loved it! Very powerful and inspiring.
Thank you.🌻

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Nigel Astell

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 00:37

Time has many broken jagged pieces
when finally assembled and sorted out
you find your true self- - - mended❤

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Nigel Astell

Fri 2nd Jun 2023 00:25

Making time for someone
makes that someone feel
like smiling once more❤

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Fri 2nd Jun 2023 00:08

Ditto-bigtime! 👍 poem Sarah

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Fri 2nd Jun 2023 00:05

You have a great gift and you use it so well Mr Cohen

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John Botterill

Thu 1st Jun 2023 21:54

I like the juxtaposition of then and now, the truth you tell and the sense of jeopardy. First rate, as ever.

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julie callaghan

Thu 1st Jun 2023 20:32

A wonderful tale. 🙏

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julie callaghan

Thu 1st Jun 2023 20:26

Thank you Stephen, only been writing my Dr Amir inspired writes for quite a while now. Lost my my writing way I’m afraid, been busy with other stuff and admittedly a few holidays. I keep dipping into WOL occasionally. Hope you are doing well. 🌈

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Clare

Thu 1st Jun 2023 19:55

Thank you all so much for your kind words of support. It is important to me that you know, without all your encouraging feedback over the time I’ve been on WOL I would not have the courage to expose myself through audio. You guys have been amazing, you are all great poets in your own right and I have enormous respect for what you do.

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Stephen Atkinson

Thu 1st Jun 2023 18:52

Still bringing the colour to our day, Julie! 🌈

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