Thank you for your kind words on my poem Stephen.
Yes I can see why people may find Gaza hard to write about. And I'm guessing many people don't want to read poems on it either. I'm getting to the stage where I can't bear to watch the news on it as it distresses me so much. Not watching it carries its own layers of guilt though.
There really aren't words to describe the times we live in ❤️
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-on "Netherlands..." @Auracle ~
Your rivers remember,
even as the land shifts.
Not just water, but memory—
a pulse beneath the stone.
Time does not erase, it reshapes,
but you are still here.
🌹🇳🇱👍🕊️🕊️
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Hi Binte,
As promised I have read and enjoyed your sample poem 'Silhouette'. It reminds me of a performance by an Eastern European sand artist who very cleverly wove a similar story with shadows.
I look forward to reading more...
Frances
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Thank you so much for commenting on my poems.
With love and warmest wishes,
Karisa
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-on “a miscreant’s cry” ~ Dear Rolph, thanks kindly for myself, on behalf of the poem, and those that identify with its cry 🌷🕊🙏🏻 Here’s to our continuance of building bridges that change lives for the better through poetry 🙏🏻🕊🌷
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-on “a miscreant yearns” ~ Thanks Marla Joy 🙏🏻🕊that speaks deeply to me as I never chose the way in which I had grown to use language; and you’re allowing room for that brings me to a place of freedom and acceptance, no matter how strange my language may get. It’s like writing the way Christopher Walken would employ language in his speech, almost (for lack of a more ready analogy). You are much appreciated and your kind words much valued. 🙏🏻🕊🌷rbk
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Oh wow, so those words that were barely discernible mean you are away.... hope you get to visit "home" every now and again! 🙏🏻🕊️ Long Bows rule! (Agincourt, 1415)
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- on “miscreant’s cry” ~ Thanks Uilleam 🙏🏻🕊is that a Lancastrian badge, by the way?
Beauty is indeed “mystifying.” Couldn’t have said it better. 🌷🙏🏻🕊
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- on "potted plants" - Thank you so much, @Rolph - so glad there was some use to that use of potted plant emoji and its periodic repetition. Very much appreciative that you took the time to journey with the poem. There is a poem there in your considered comment on the process of thought. And yes, it hardly ever is about the plants at all, in a metaphorised landscape. Thanks again and most welcome. 🌹🙏🏻🕊️
Sincerest returns,
Freds.
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~on “quetch” - Thanks kindly dear Rolph🕊️🙏🏻🌷and sand particles do find themselves in the oddest places even after a thorough clean or two 🕊️🙏🏻🌷
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~on “song to the stars” - Good day Rolph David! Your review is quite a wonderful work of reflective exposition. I am truly privileged and honoured. And it touches me so much that I am spurred on to read this poem through another’s eyes and find adjacent meaning in my mind’s own iteration. Thank you so much 🙏🏻🕊🌷🌷🌷
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… on “and then us, content creators” - thanks kindly, Graham🌷🙏🏻🕊️ can’t hardly wait! 👍🏻 rbk
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Absolutely Red, and. not just when we can, but always. and....... -unconditionally!
I cannot wait to see, the next of your quills brilliant outpourings.
Best of regards.
Thank you.
Tom
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Hey Rolph,
Thank you very much for your most generous comments on my recent musings, it means a lot to me. The fact that you took your time to read and drop such meaningful inputs just meant so much more. I’m enjoying reading your write-ups very much as well. Cheers!😊
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…on “cure-alls” - Aww, thanks Tom… truly humbling! And as long as we remain mates a bit of ‘envy’ either way can be a healthy motivation to be our best selves when we can. 🙏🏻🕊️🌷
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-on “cure-alls” Good morning Rolph,
Again, thank you for your very insightful interaction. Glad that the relevance factor has been expressed here as well. Your feedback is crucial to my internal writing “algorithms.” 🌷🙏🏻🕊️
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Hi Lorraine, thanks for your comment on my TO LET poem. It just very strange to me that we all have a room we all use every day and yet it somehow feels strange to think it is not solely ours alone, knowing what a refuge it can be. Enjoying your work also.
Kind regards,
Rich.
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Thank you Hélène for liking
''The holding back of tears and anger'
kind regards
Tom
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...on 'whale-watching season' - Thank you so much @Rolph 🌷so glad that it came across just as you so eloquently detailed. I too can never look at a grill without noticing the wider world around me. 🙏🏻🕊️
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…on “pulse” - apologies Flyntland; my Nan used to say the beating of the heart has a lub and a dub. Her way of teaching me biology. 🙏🏻🕊
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Thank you Aisha re my drug den poem 👍
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Hi Rolph,
Thank you for your lovely comment re my poem 'These four walls'. It's nice to read someone dig deep into a poem of mine which is very encouraging. Really enjoyed your Rooster's Serenade also.
Thank you, Rich.
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…on “déjà brew” - @Rolph David 🌷I esteem you with greatest gratitude at the depth of consideration and the thoughtful effort applied in engaging this poem. It parallels the enviable phenomenon that exists rather momentarily during an invigorating poetry class discussion. 🌷You are much appreciated ( rbk ) 🙏🏻🕊
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Your free phase is a wonderful time to write.
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Cheers Nigel re Hasta la vista
regards
Tom
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Cheers Manish re Hasta La vista
regards
Tom
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Cheers Hugh re Hasta La vista
regards
Tom
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Thanks Tom re Hasta La vista
regards
Tom
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… on “bear poetry” - I would imagine so @tryingthings😂🙏🏻🕊🌷
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…on ”bear pottery” - I would imagine so @Robert 😂🙏🏻🕊🌷
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Thanks Manish re ' Almost but never quite '
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Thanks Naomi re ' Almost but never quite '
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Cheers Mr. Moncrieff re ' Almost but never quite '
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… on “the rising” - Thanks Robert, 🌷there seems of late no room for any real optimism. Only flashbacks of an alternate 1917 universe. That’s not the type of historical era one would wish to repeat. 🙏🏻🕊 (rbk)
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Stuart,
I like your bio, especially about the Inside and Outside poems.
I've never heard that before and like it very much.
Marla
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Cheers Holden re ' Impatiently etc '
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Cheers Rob re Dismantling stress
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Cheers Tom re Dismantling stress
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Cheers Red re Dismantling stress
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Thank you Stephen for liking Infinitum 👍
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On “how to get to there” - Thanks Rolph, that can be a fascinating dynamic and those fleeting moments of clarity so precious 🙏🏻🕊🌷rbk)
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Your poetry is really really good Cryptid (imho). Keep writing. For me, poetry is therapy and prayer.
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On ‘til all my breath is you’ - Thanks Tom! “Rendezvous” is a dear word that’s imprinted in my life-view from when I was 9 or 10 thanks to Richard Harris of “Golden Rendezvous” fame. 🙏🏻🕊🌷(rbk)
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on “‘til all my breath is you” - It’s much like walking a tightrope, both exhilarating at once and absolutely terrifying within the selfsame moment; yes! Thanks Rolph 🙏🏻🕊🌷rbk)
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On “piecemeal” - Thanks muchly, Wordseffectbrew 🙏🏻🕊🌷 it sure is a daily challenge, from others around us and even our very selves. ✌🏻🕊🌷
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On “not to the swift “- Thanks kindly Hélène 🙏🏻🕊🌷most definitely includes the poets of our contemporary generation/s 😃
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Larisa Rzhepishevska
Thu 26th Jun 2025 07:45
I would like to thank you for giving such a nice comment on my poem It Was On Sunday, The 22nd of June, at 4 A.M.
Regards,
Larisa
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