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Holden Moncrieff

Fri 9th Apr 2021 20:43

Thank you, Philipos ?

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Philipos

Fri 9th Apr 2021 19:44


Well crafted and enjoyable read.

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Greg Freeman

Fri 9th Apr 2021 18:31

Interesting poem, Emma.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Fri 9th Apr 2021 18:15

Thank you Ferris, Ghazala, and Keith for the wonderful comments. ? ??

Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?

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Ferris Ty Taylor

Fri 9th Apr 2021 15:49

Thank you for your post and likes, I really appreciate them and I look forward to listening to/ reading more of your beautiful material, I love it. Happy reading/writing! ?

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d.knape

Fri 9th Apr 2021 12:52

Do not send to my wife!
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M.C. Newberry

Fri 9th Apr 2021 12:27

I go along with Keith. It's not so much a case of US catching IT.
Rather, it catching us. We are ready enough to accept flu jabs and
their variations in the meantime. No science is perfect and we will
always be playing catch-up in such matters. But I think of it as
"taking care of me which can help towards taking care of you".

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keith jeffries

Fri 9th Apr 2021 11:36

Well said although I can't agree with you. One thing is for certain, we have not heard the last of this dreadful pestilence. It will be ranked amongst yellow fever, measles, whooping cough and influenza as another plague to be immunised against. I find it interesting that most pandemics come out of China. Now there's food for thought.

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Keith

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keith jeffries

Fri 9th Apr 2021 11:31

Within every poet there is a philosopher and this poem does justice to that.
Thank you for this

Keith

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keith jeffries

Fri 9th Apr 2021 11:29

I agree with Ferris, those two lines shout out the fact that this is a transitory experience. Where does the truth lie hidden? A question with a much sought after answer. The answer is two fold. We need to live this life in humility, motivated by a spirit of generosity and love as it is a prelude to an ultimate reality. We are in a preparatory and transient stage awaiting the fulfilment of creation's or the creator's purpose.

An excellent poem and thank you for it

Keith

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Ghazala lari

Fri 9th Apr 2021 09:46

Powerful write?

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Ferris Ty Taylor

Fri 9th Apr 2021 09:12

"Don't you know everyone's dying?
It's all the rage."

I seriously love these lines. This is the type of thing that I'll think about over and over because of the double meaning.
Kate Tempest is like, "Hold your own... and really hold them." This reminds me of that ?

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d.knape

Fri 9th Apr 2021 04:07

small is better.
Long poems bore.

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d.knape

Fri 9th Apr 2021 03:32

Can't believe you are in your 70's.
you look so young.
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Thu 8th Apr 2021 23:32

One of your shortest, and also your best Hugh.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thu 8th Apr 2021 19:03

Thank you for commenting Stephen. ?

All commenters so far have seen this as a cheerful poem, which is fascinating and wonderful. I now can see it can be interpreted that way.

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Jason Bayliss

Thu 8th Apr 2021 18:30

Thanks Ghazala, I think that's perhaps the dilemma and turning point in most relationships, be it partner, family, friends, etc. When you realise that you stand side by side by choice rather than a sense of obligation or duty. Sometimes you need to cut people free to find out if they'll stay anyway, and sadly, sometimes you just need to cut them free altogether. So glad you liked it. ❤

J. x

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Brian Hodgkinson

Thu 8th Apr 2021 18:04

Yes, nicely done .. thought provoking

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 8th Apr 2021 17:45

Brilliant!

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 8th Apr 2021 17:44

This is great and life-affirming.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 8th Apr 2021 17:40

Thanks to John, Aviva, Keith, Holden and Hugh for the likes and to Keith and M.C. for their comments.

Cynics may think that they base their opinions on experience (i.e. their experience) but they often personify a lack of generosity and hope, without which any sort of future looks bleak.

Thanks once again to all the readers.

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Ghazala lari

Thu 8th Apr 2021 17:29

Meaningful write?

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Ghazala lari

Thu 8th Apr 2021 17:28

Some times there's a challenge to make a choice between the ties to maintain and ties to severe. Although difficult but not impossible. We just need to understand that its better to break few ties to make permanently new beautiful relationships with someone you love. Its natural. Those who love and care for each other they hv an unbreakable eternal bond forever.?

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John Coopey

Thu 8th Apr 2021 16:45

MC,
“For ladies’ pleasure now we do
A stronger signal from O2”.
And thanks for the Likes, Holden, Stephen and Aviva.

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keith jeffries

Thu 8th Apr 2021 13:26

Thank you to Stephen G., MC., and Martin for your comments and also thank you to Philipos, Aviva and Holden for your likes

Keith

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David Cooke

Thu 8th Apr 2021 12:02

HI MC glad you liked my poem work horses. I hope you could hear it all the way through. On my MacBook it stops just before the end.

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 8th Apr 2021 11:58

Ha-ha. Speaking from the longer side of my 70s, I get your drift.
I think there has to be a certain acceptance that our "get up and go"
has "got up and gone"!

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 8th Apr 2021 11:45

It has been said that cynicism is the last resort of idealism.
I see the logic in that observation even while I understand how it conflicts with confidence in love, with the latter's demands on patience, forbearance and forgiveness.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Thu 8th Apr 2021 11:45

Thank you Ghazala and Keith for your comments ?

Keith actually this was written over thirty years ago, we are still with my 17 year old self, but it was pretty anthemic for me then and has been again at various times throughout the years since. It does seem particularly apt for lockdown thinking, too. Have fun with your wardrobe and whichever colours of the rainbow suit you best!

Thanks also to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem ?

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 8th Apr 2021 11:40

Ho-ho. Always good to find a reason to smile!! ?
So Hannah makes do with her mobile phone
In place of Kevin's personal 'bone.

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 8th Apr 2021 11:24

The Irish affinity with horses is surely hereditary and ongoing. The
sight of dray horses was a regular feature of big city streets in
other times and this happily still lingers on in reduced numbers.
No one minded slowing down in a busy street when their majestic
forms plodded into view, ornately burnished and lovingly brushed
to provide visual delight. Work horses that made the word "work"
something both proud and pleasing to witness.

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 8th Apr 2021 11:15

JC - it's been observed that what you don't have/know, you don't miss. Conversely, what you know and enjoy means its absence
can be missed. A small consolation for the solo toilers in the arts
and crafts of this life. ?
hardwiredtometallica - (makes me think of a heavy metal band!) -
thanks for the comment.

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keith jeffries

Thu 8th Apr 2021 09:52

Aviva,
you must be bursting free from the chains of lockdown. Me too. I have had enough of all this drudgery but shall not go as far as a dress of red and gold, at least not until the weekend.
A cheerful poem
Thank you for this
Keith

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hardwiredtometallica

Thu 8th Apr 2021 09:11

There are factors I definitely don't understand but that's because it's your life, your pain you talk about. I love that. I love that for you. Painfilled poems always give me some kind of feeling of relief. It makes it better somehow. I hope it does it for you too.
Nevertheless, it's a really beautiful creation. It has a good flow to it. And most important: you convey your pain, even when I don't fully know what you mean, in such a well written, well expressed way that I still feel like I know your pain. I can relate and read that poem with an aching but warming heart. ?

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hardwiredtometallica

Thu 8th Apr 2021 09:02

This. I love the focus on the positive and how it makes you feel. Especially wondering about if they know how much you appreciate them. It's a really pure thing to capture. And it makes me kind of sad that it reminds me of better times. But at the same time I am glad it does. Thank you for your words of gathered joy.

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hardwiredtometallica

Thu 8th Apr 2021 08:56

Simple, yet so sweet and joy bringing. How it lifts up the spirit of poets and their (own) work. I like it.

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Ghazala lari

Thu 8th Apr 2021 07:58

Just a kind of song my heart sings. Loved it.?

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John Coopey

Thu 8th Apr 2021 07:53

Who’d miss us if we weren’t here though, MC?

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John Coopey

Thu 8th Apr 2021 07:36

Quite right, Holden.

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Jason Bayliss

Thu 8th Apr 2021 07:17

Thanks Stephen, it was written while I was listening to music now I come to think of it, so that's probably the reason. ?

J. x

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Nigel Astell

Wed 7th Apr 2021 23:18

1977
Colour is seen
inside every poem
white is the paper
black is the pen.

1978
Love melted the snow
when your Father
picked you up from school.

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Aviva Rifka Bhandari

Wed 7th Apr 2021 23:11

Thanks to everyone who has clicked 'Like' for this poem. ?

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John Coopey

Wed 7th Apr 2021 22:28

Thankyou Stephen. On a general level I have always opposed capital punishment. But I would make an exception for fly tippers.

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keith jeffries

Wed 7th Apr 2021 20:57

What a profound opening line.
Thanks
Keith

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Emer Ni Chorra

Wed 7th Apr 2021 20:19

Hi Ferris, many thanks for stopping by and liking my latest piece. I enjoyed reading your posts and look forward to reading more. ??

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Emer Ni Chorra

Wed 7th Apr 2021 20:08

Thank you, Andy. ?

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Brian Hodgkinson

Wed 7th Apr 2021 18:09

Thank you for your comment, Stephen. ???

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Stephen Gospage

Wed 7th Apr 2021 18:06

A beautiful.optimistic poem.

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