Been thinking since last comment below. 'Listen up' is usually used to get someone's attention before saying something you want them to
concentrate on and 'hear'.

So

Listen up Fred. You all ears? I 'ear you loud and clear.... ?

(Big revelation Don. I'm sure Fred's impressed...)

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Listen up Fred...I'm hearing you loud and clear ?

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Thanks for your comment on The Way I Write, John. You've managed to sum it all up in a single sentence. ?

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Thanks for the comment on The Way I Write, Keith.

The poem was inspired backwards, it was thinking about those potential friends you cross paths with occasionally and wish you'd got to find out the story you feel there is between you (but for whatever reason don't get chance). It struck me that I feel the same way about some of the poem titles I've been dragging along with me for months or years; so sure that there is a poem there somewhere.

I can relate to your description of how inspiration can strike and how there can be langurs between those moments. I also love those times when you put pen to paper without any prior inspiration and suddenly find that you have poem fully formed right there. Though, those times are fewer and farther between.

Regardless, thank you for sharing your process. I really hope other people might too. Tom.

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Thank you keith.

I also get a sense of fear when experiencing 'Crunches'. If you choose to, please share some of the other meanings that have come to you.

Your experience may expand mine.

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I thank you for your kindness Ruth.

Comment is about Fred Nicholson (poet profile)

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Thank you for your on going support Candice.
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glad u liked my book take care

Comment is about Black_Rose (poet profile)

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Nice to put a face to your poems Fred! I have really enjoyed reading some of your work & look forward to reading more of it.

Comment is about Fred Nicholson (poet profile)

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Having your poems
I had to blush.
they seem to deal
with lots of lust
I take my leave
sign off i must
for fear from pant
my lance will bust.
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Thank you for reflecting on my work Ruth. I agree that home is where the heart is.
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Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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I thank you for hearing me Don.
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Some may agree this subject, 'Color Matters'
is infuriating, frustrating and downright annoying.
These experiences are not ouchies, that first appear
in the body. These grouped emotions start up stairs
and may become headaches and body maladies.

I hear you loud and clear!
White Black Pink Ochre
Rough Dry Baggy Firm
skins don't matter to me,
and it's not about skin tone.
My tone is paper bag brown.
What do you name yours?

It's about generations of families
severed from their rich cultures,
deprived of their native languages,
and given Jesus Christ to worship.
400 years later we watch Wakanda
and munch on hot buttered popcorn.

It's about Native American Indians. STOP!
Think about that. They certainly are natives.
American because of Mr. Vespucius.
Indian because of a geographical error.
90% of them were killed purposefully,
some not, by folks wanting to own land.

Physical, emotional and spiritual abuse
starvation deprivation and outright murder
may have long lasting affects (or is it effects),
on someone's outcome. What do you think?

It's about feeling it in my bones,
not just reading or thinking about it.

'Color Matters' is not just about Indians and cowboys,
or Crayola hues. It's really about Black and White.
This is North America, where one(1) drop of African
blood makes you black. You ever hear such nonsense
where you live? This won't be found in current law books,
but it lives on, in the heads of many here in the U.S of A.

M.C. Newberry, I don't know your racial heritage
and do know the adage about birds of a feather.
It has been that way AND change is quickening.
Each successive generation is more tuned in.
Old farts like me still cling to the past,
and need to step aside.

So many young people connecting in/with/for life/communion/love awakening.

M.C. Newberry, I heartily thank you for the thought-full
response to my work and will respond to any and all other comments. I did not know what identifying name you'd prefer, so I used the name in front of me.

Blessings abound,
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Cynthia, I thank you for the welcome.
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Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Thanks Philip for your likes on Halfway There and Craving

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Wlcome to WOL, Mr.Nicholson. An active mind has to seek outlet. You have found a fine platform.

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Well my middle initial is in fact 'A' so in school one of my nicknames was 'Roar!' You got it Ha,ha Our family crest has 2 lions as well so it all fits nicely. I'm not lion either, it's all true ?

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Ruth O'Reily.
what a cute name.
are you a character
from a book?

ROR! add an A and you ROAR!

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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I try to have one good thought a day.
sometimes it's difficult!
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Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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not at all Trevor,
you always respond.
thank you.

Comment is about Trevor Alexander (poet profile)

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just between
you and me
thanks for your comment
dabble on!

Comment is about Trevor Alexander (poet profile)

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Many Thanks for stopping by to read & like some of my poems. I appreciate that. I enjoyed your poem Shouting! Look forward to reading more of your work.

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And sometimes frogs end up as bookmarks when they get squashed flat. And cats like playing leap frog with them as well. That's when Quasimodi rings the bells - and plaintively he yells for Esmerelda. Thanks for your comments Ruth, always good to share a laugh. P.

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Keith, I hear you loud and clear and thank you for commenting on my 'Color Matters'.

As long as there is belief in 'the other', it will always be an enigma of sorts. Sages, healers, guiding spirits all talk about the 'oneness of life, love, matter, the flow beneath appearance.
Continued belief in the 3-dimensional realm, prevents us from knowing oneness of being. Some of us dart in and out of knowing. Some of us may never know. Maybe the Dalai Lama has a foot in each world continuously.

Keith, that is my simple take on this matter.

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Don, I agree with you and thanks for commenting on my work, 'Color Matters'.

We rely on mind and the 5 senses to determine our actions. History repeats itself. It may be time to try another way.

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Ah but Don - did you not know that UK frogs put a front flipper to their mouth when they burp and say excuse me in the politest and froggiest of fashion - I bet Thalia didn't know about that either, and Matilda just wants to waltz the night away. ?

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Thanks for the comment on Cooling Towers, Ray. Very much appreciated, as always. T

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Not to mention 'O'Reilly' as your surname!

I was just dropping off to sleep two nights ago, when that thought hit me. All I could think was: 'Cynthia, you're an idiot!' and I gave myself no argument.

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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Thanks for commenting on my poem "climate change". ?

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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Hi Graham, not at all - and thank you. Be great if it gets some traction, I do find it so interesting. Let's see what happens. Maybe you could kick us off ?

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Hello Tom, I hope you don't mind but I've set your request to learn how other poets write as a new thread in the discussion section.

Let's see if it catches anyone's attention.

Graham

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Hello Candice,
Your samples are enchanting to absorb.
'RED CHAIR' is color-full, exhilarating, and nature-full.
T'HELL WITH HAIKUS had me laughing and counting.
'THINKING OF ME' had me inhaling and hearing the gulls.

*****
a Living Paradise
Your impact-full compliment induced a rush of tingling chills.
I enjoyed visualizing the image compilation you presented.
I heartily thank you.

Haven't figured out the chore of uploading a profile picture yet.

Comment is about Candice Reineke (poet profile)

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Yes writers are
real fighters
for the cause
without making pause

human pain
remains
their main concern
and he tries to turn it into happiness

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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if the light did not come on
and it occurs again
get a new light bulb
things are looking dim
the question unanswered
is it the bulb or him
that's losing his brightness
either way it's a no win!

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Comment is about Jordyn Elizabeth (poet profile)

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Thank you Lisa (Chauvin) hope it made you smile. Blessings. P.

Comment is about Lisa C Bassignani (poet profile)

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welcome to write out loud hun!









Rose ?

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Glad you liked the poem about thunder etc. ?

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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Walking on the water
Rinsing the sand out
Of my Jesus sandals ?

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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Tom sorry for delay in responding; been away. I don't have a reading of this but I will consider setting things up to enable me to do so. Thanks again.

Comment is about trevor homer (poet profile)

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Skippy is name for kangaroo on children's programmes boing boing...

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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Waiting for Driver-less cars.
That was a Driver-less poem!

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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what is a "Skippy"?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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I will write My First Car
as soon as I remember
what it was.
cars had stone wheels back then.
a hard ride but...
no flats.

Comment is about hugh (poet profile)

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Why are you standing in the water?
in those new sneakers?

Comment is about Tom (poet profile)

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thanks for reading my poem
I just hope you are not addicted.
if so, seek treatment in
Write Out Loud.
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Comment is about Emilia Callahan (poet profile)

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Thank you Candice for your comment on my poem THE MONSTER. I am The Monster because ran out of coffee?

Comment is about Candice Reineke (poet profile)

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Who's this ski-capped character
Hogging all this space?
Does he think that profile-fill
To him's some sorta race

Poor deluded soul.....?

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Big toes good for kicking
Sport balls round the ground
Thalia rightly tells me
Don't kick-toe others round

She's a good influence on me.....?

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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Thank You for your Kind Comments Tom I appreciate you reading some of my poems too. Happy National Poetry Day!

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