No need to thank me Anna. Your work deserve praise and i will be looking forward for more...

Ak

Comment is about Anmolpreet Kaur (poet profile)

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Thank you!

Comment is about Anmolpreet Kaur (poet profile)

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I'm still here, just, haven't slept well

Comment is about sun (poet profile)

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sorry you had a bad childhood.
I feel sorry for kids who have no father
but also the ones who have horrible ones.
Be the best Father
you can be!

Comment is about kJ Walker (poet profile)

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ha. no wonder your husband is hiding
behind the Hydrangas.
He looks leery of what may be around the corner!
haha

Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

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Hi DK! the person behind the hydrangeas is my lucky husband, and I'm waiting with a rolling-pin the other side of the plants!!!

Jennifer

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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Hello thanks for liking my work mute by choice. I hope you like my other works too

Comment is about Abdul Ahmad (poet profile)

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when you bite your tongue, it hurts!

(I see you have moved indoors. good!
much better than a tent on the beach.
you get those nasty sand fleas!)

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Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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Hi Tom - thanks for the reasoned response to my message about
statues, plus The Guardian's slavery connection..
I see your point about the statues - but maybe that should apply to all
personal memorials when taking offence is such a fashionable indulgence these days.
Historically, there are many countries with empires in their
centuries of existence but no one (except the barbarians of Daish)
would sanction the destruction of the edifices that survive. Indeed, what would we be able to make of the past had that been the case.
No Rome/Italy as we know it; ditto no Athens/Greece and so much
else across the lands once held by the various empires of recorded history.
Once started, where to stop?
Cheers,
MC

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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It's lovely x

Comment is about DeVaughn (poet profile)

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Hi MC, thanks for your perspective. Here's mine: I am not one for erasing the past, censoring and DVD-collection burning etc. In a country with as much history as ours, most long-lived institutions are going have histories that might make some modern heckles raise. However, do I think statues are a special case.

The people we choose to quite literally put (and keep) on a pedestal in our streets and cities for all to look up at are not always appropriate for the time.

It might sound flippant but if I had to pass a statue on my daily commute celebrating a historical figure who rounded up poets with ginger beards and slaughtered them or enslaved them - I'd probably feel quite unnecessarily awkward on a daily basis.

I do not think statues should be thrown into the sea either. Put them in a museum (it keeps them clean, safe, maintained, polished) and provide people interested in the history some context; the figure's pros and cons. And then let's have some modern, representational statues in their place; not just objectionable dead men. Maybe in 100 years, the new statues will need to be put in a museum and replaced too - so be it!

I'm not qualified to speak on what is and isn't offensive to minority groups in the UK, so it's important we listen to their voices and perspectives. We should be ready to act if the consensus is that dumb traditions (i.e. statues) need be challenged.

I love the range of views on WoL and the lively debate. I might see if I can write a poem about that... ? Cheers, Tom

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Hello Tom - when there seems to be "understanding" and even
sympathy for the assaults on statues with a perceived connection
with slavery here in the UK, it is salutary to be told that that bastion
of the liberal position in this life - The Guardian (formerly The
Manchester Guardian) was, according to a reliable source of knowledge, founded by cotton trader John Taylor and gave unqualified support to the Confederacy in America's Civil War,
reprinting its propaganda and attacking slave liberator Abe Lincoln.. Here's an example:
"It was an evil day both for America and the world when he (Lincoln)
was chosen President of the United States" - 10 October 1862.
Would there be understanding and sympathy if the BLM made an
assault on the offices of that newspaper citing its links to slavery?
Would it be seen as a "good day"?
History always has something to teach us - and not always "of the
moment".
MC.

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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dk - you can't get a refund on what you can't pay. And I'm certainly
out of order(s)! ?
MC

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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Who is that
hiding behind the Hydrangeas?
Tell him to come out
with his hands up!
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Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)

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You will get no sympathy,
nor will you get a refund.
You are out of date
and out of order!

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comments M.C. I don't know the answer to policing any questions my poem raises. There is endemic racism in the U.S. but Britain also has its more than fair share.
I meant the piece not as a political statement but a account of an episode in my life that for me was positive. Its from a period quite long ago now.
Incidentally the conception of English people not being racist was transmitted to me on more than a few occasions on many many happy visits I have made to the states.

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Beautiful

Comment is about Kporho Raphael Oyeke (poet profile)

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Thank you for reading "The Fledgling"
we all are helpless
until we learn to fly!
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Comment is about MortimerBlooming (poet profile)

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Observe and watch,
then Write!
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Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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No!!! YOU Must not xx

Comment is about Sparky (poet profile)

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Thank you very much Cynthia ? it means no less.

As for the picture, that makes me laugh. Originally I'd uploaded a very clear image of my face, and as my published pieces became what they were, it felt wrong to have myself so clearly visible. Barely dedicating energy to it, I scribbled over it with random colours and effects until I felt you couldn't tell what I looked like any more.

The colours don't go together at all and it is one of the most imperfect images I could possibly upload. It ended up staying up because I hated it so much and felt it could help me in letting go of my habit of caring too much about how others perceived me.

Comment is about nightflower (poet profile)

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Yes, welcome to WOL. I'll try to catch up on your work.

Comment is about julie callaghan (poet profile)

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I also welcome you. Sorry it's a bit delayed. Any chance you might tell us about the picture above?

Comment is about nightflower (poet profile)

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Thank you Po.

Comment is about Maatla Mog (poet profile)

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Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden. My words echo
Thus, in your mind.
But to what purpose
Disturbing the dust on a bowl of rose-leaves
I do not know. BURNT NORTON

Thank you Adam for your support. Eliot was, and is, right. Poetry is not cut up prose and doesn't enter our minds, hearts and souls by the same route prose takes.

Comment is about Adam Whitworth (poet profile)

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Hi Jason! Am fascinated by 'The eagle has been caged'. Does it refer to a country which has the bird as a national symbol? Obviously the US is out, Albania, Serbia, Russia, Moldavia, Mexico has it on their flag? Obviously it would be a country which has been invaded and conquered. 'Wings forcibly furled, the freedom to which it was born, the killing of its young ' etc. If so might be Albania? Perhaps just lamenting the loss of freedom in general? Fantastic poem.

Jennifer

Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)

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True appreciations are always welcomed and they really motivate the creators!Thanks a lot !

Comment is about DR. MUKUND BHANDARI (poet profile)

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Thanks for your comments. I'm glad to be part of WOL, to share some poems i like.

I also send a poem a week, some fairly good, some not so hot, to a group of people who asked for them. I just send them as the computer arranged them by alphabet. If anyone wants to be on that list, email >davidffreeman1925@gmail.com<. They usually aren't great poems, but people say they like them.

Comment is about David F. Freeman (poet profile)

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thank you for dropping your kind words on my profile. your poems are amazing , will definitely read more. kd

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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I have to admit I did forget about WOL a wee bit and then came across my link when I suddenly found myself with more time on my hands! ?

Comment is about Dean Fraser (poet profile)

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Hi David, I've been thoroughly enjoying reading all your work - I'm so pleased you've joined WoL. I've followed your Google Drive archive and see I have a well catalogued treasure trove to start working my way though! This will keep me going for quite a while... Thanks for sharing and all the best. Tom.

Comment is about David F. Freeman (poet profile)

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Mahika, I will so try to read more of your work. I'm glad you're back on board. Is it still a question of 'escape'?

Comment is about Mahika (poet profile)

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I thought the final lines might have been ironic, but not completely sure, because I don't know you. I am so glad that you have joined WOL. Your 'Grand Canyon' exploits are impressive. As was your wife, Connie.

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Comment is about Rebecca Ruth Gould (poet profile)

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"everybody needs to get stoned".
-B. Dylan

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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thank you so much Po. It really means a lot.

Comment is about Kashish Dawar (poet profile)

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Nice poem Abdul - enjoyed. P

Comment is about Abdul Ahmad (poet profile)

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Hey wanna have a meeting if the minds how u been Queen

Comment is about Ebonie Camp (poet profile)

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Hi Keith, thanks for the message. All my favourite poets are incredibly reflective and able to put those memories and feelings (however vague) into affecting verse. Your bear poem actually got me thinking and directly inspired my piece ‘Tourist Trap’. Yes, the fountain pens are still flowing, despite my fancy new Mont Blanc I do keep flitting back to the more scalpel-like older one I have with a really fine nib. Carving the paper in half as much as writing, there’s something extra satisfying about that. Hope you’re well and great to read your recent posts. Cheers, Tom

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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John Coopey tries to take wing and fly from wooden steps.
He was airborne for 20 seconds before he fell into Mrs. Borden's
carrot patch. Unortunately, he survived.

(just kidding, just kidding.)

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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I wear a helmet and
a bullet-proof vest
at all times.
haha.
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Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Welcome to the WOL family Joseph! I’m looking forward to reading your poetry. Write on! ~ V

Comment is about Joseph Matondo (poet profile)

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Tom, thank you for your comment. I am encouraged by your words. Reminiscing provides an enormity of space from one’ personal experience of life of life itself. Are you still using your fountain pen? Thanks again. Keith

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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Only 'pain' and 'life'? No joy? Or just contemplation?

Welcome to WOL.

Comment is about Emeka Collins (poet profile)

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Thank you for the warm welcome. 26 isn't my age yet. I will take you on your words to keep writing and posting☺️☺️

Comment is about Brainy26 (poet profile)

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Emeka. You have a real talent with words. Use it. Good Luck!

John

Comment is about Emeka Collins (poet profile)

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Touchdowns - thanks MC - your take, I always find to be an interesting one. Wasn't sure how this one might be interpreted but most of us now live in a cosmopolitan world free of radical undercurrents and I can remember having a Malaysian pen friend years ago when such things were the lingua franca of the times.?

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Thanks for the heads-up about George Lloyd/Floyd. The name somehow got scrambled in my head sometime between “A Black Life Doesn’t Matter Any More” (where I got it right) and “Hideaway (where I didn’t). The confusion should have been obvious to me when I made the audio - it needed a few takes because I kept involuntarily singing “Lloyd George”. Age, eh?

Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)

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Thanks for your interest.

Comment is about branwell kent (poet profile)

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The stars and the celebrities always have to stick their noses in
like they know something. All they do is repeat the lines
someone else has written.
Pretty faces. Not much upstairs!

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