Special with regard to the stranger; sad when you realize that those on whom you had thought you could rely in a time of need, are nowhere in sight!

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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d.k. thanks for your poems, Your stuff has a breadth and depth, simplicity and sincerity.
Go well
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Comment is about afishamongmany (poet profile)

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you guys are amazing. keep writing and I will keep reading.

Comment is about Amanda Ann; (poet profile)

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Hi Amanda, just wanted to say thanks for your kind comments on, "Sing Me To Sleep." It was a very personal poem but I'm glad to share it and glad you liked it.

J. x

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lol, while I sympathize with the baby in the pram, can't help wondering who was calling...

Comment is about hugh (poet profile)

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It's a deal!

Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)

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As always, you've put a smile on my face!

Thank you

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Hey Amanda,

I'm glad you enjoyed the poem!It makes me feel good to know that others appreciate my work.

Have a great day

Comment is about Amanda Ann; (poet profile)

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Dear Afisha,
thanks for your comment on
"white horses in a darkened field"

poetry is trying...
yet I try
as best I can.

Comment is about afishamongmany (poet profile)

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thanks for reading and commenting on the poem
White Horses in a Darkened Field
i knda liked it myself.

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Hi Adam, how would you like me to challenge you to do a Ghazal? Here's the info!

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/ghazal

Comment is about Adam Rabinowitz (poet profile)

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Will do, and yes the word set, unbelievable isn't it??

J. x

Comment is about Chrystel Roberts (poet profile)

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Dude, "White Horses in a Darkened Field" is fantastic. At first I was thinking, cool, kinda like "The Horses" by Ted Hughes. But no sir, wholly original, ripping with symbolism and simplicity. Great work.

D

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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Hi Ruth,

There is so much hypocrisy in this world. So glad you appreciated the humour as well as the message in the poem!

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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Hi Hugh,

An orange-haired stripper? Must be quite a sideshow...

I particularly like your poem ‘An Attractive Addiction'.

I look forward to reading more of your work.

Comment is about hugh (poet profile)

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Seattle huh?
home of Antifa mobs & homeless.

by the way, are those sharks behind you
in that photo?

No. It's the loch ness monster. Tourist tripping....

He don't look too gangsterish or homeless to me.

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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Good morning Don,

Not only is my name often mis-spelt, I have the added burden of seeing it shortened to ‘Chris'...such is life!

Enjoy your week

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Hi Jason,

The word ‘set'! Who would've thought...

Have an awesome week

Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)

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Morning Lisa,

lol, I guess we all learn something new everyday!

Have a great day

Comment is about Lisa C Bassignani (poet profile)

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Hey Hugh,

It's always a pleasure to ‘meet' a fellow poet who appreciates rhyme!

Thank you for your comments regarding ‘Heartbreak and Toothache'.

Regards

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Pleasure ?

Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)

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Hi Jason,

Right now, it's 07:30 in the morning in Zambia, and I've had my first hearty laugh of the day already!

Thanks for brightening my day!

Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)

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I like your poem about the cat. Welcome to WOL.

Comment is about Ken (poet profile)

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Don curtains - obliged for the comments. Cheers P. ?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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anyone who keeps chickens
must be a fine poet.

Comment is about Lisa C Bassignani (poet profile)

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Many thanks for commenting on my poem “Sorry Is A Sorry Word".

I particularly like the last sentence of your comment!

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

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Hi Ray - you didn't say when you made a visit to West End Central
but the descriptions seemed to match a certain time. Who knows...if
you'd visited its opposite West End number up the road in Marylebone (just off Oxford Street) we might have met !!! A lot of
water has passed under the bridge since those days but the memories remain.

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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Welcome to WOL,Eiren. I think anyone who is compelled to 'write' definitely 'takes things seriously'. Whatever your mouth says, your mind disagrees.

Comment is about Eiren Water (poet profile)

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Be you associated with Mole Valley Farmers - the agricultural suppllies superstores??

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Hi Ruth,

Thanks for your positive response to my poem.

Have a great weekend!

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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Hi Don,

I appreciate your comments regarding my work. I was rather nervous about starting my blog, but you- along with a few others- have given me the confidence to continue.

Your poem ‘Poets Should Have Standards' is excellent, and I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments expressed.

You are my favourite profile for the following reasons: You're ‘drawn to rhyme'; you mentioned Oscar Wilde in your poem ‘Comma Dilemma' AND I enjoy reading your poems!

Have an awesome weekend

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Chrystel thank you ever so much for your kind comments. Poetry for me allows that inner voice to resonate outwards to a wider audience. I'm so happy you like my poem.

Stay connected!
Raj

Comment is about Chrystel Roberts (poet profile)

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Hi Don - thanks for commenting on Bells - don't lie down for too long Quasimodo is just around the corner - and you know how he kicks off when the bells start bonging away. Keeps on calling out for Esmerelda. ?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Hi Black Rose - glad you liked Bells - thanks for chiming in. P.

Comment is about Blackrose (poet profile)

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Thanks for the comment on Contusion Blues Don. I've been wanting to write a vaguely political poem (which I didn't feel embarrassed by) for a while - I think I just about got there with this. ?

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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"so you're the one
who did it!"

I know nothing......

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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Not in a home d.k., but still in my own homestead and fully mobile.
Cheers
Keith

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

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Hi Raj,

Thank you for your commendation.

I particularly like your poem 'F**k the Forgive and Forget Mantra'.

Chrystel

Comment is about Chakraj (poet profile)

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Hey Zoe,

Thank you so much for your kind words!

Welcome to the group.

Regards,

Chrystel

Comment is about Zoëlla (poet profile)

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Thanks for the support, Don.

Kind regards,

Chrystel

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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thank for your one word response
now I have more time
for writing poetry.

hahaha

Comment is about Sarah Louise mcnee (poet profile)

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Seattle huh?
home of Antifa mobs & homeless.

by the way, are those sharks behind you
in that photo?

Comment is about Adam Rabinowitz (poet profile)

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so you're the one
who did it!

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Hi Don, thanks so much for the comment on We Were Beautiful. I totally agree with yourself and Jason too. Cheers, Tom

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

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Hi Jason, thanks for the comment on We Were Beautiful. I absolutely agree; we may age but the beauty doesn't evaporate it just mutates. For me it was the beauty of the moment in time I was really looking back on - and that beauty can be frustratingly fleeting ?, Cheers Tom.

Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)

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thanks Raypool. ?

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

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Try as i might
I try my best
in this Rest Home
there is no rest
so i break out
state of undress
my pajamas on
I'm headin' West!

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

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why? have you been put in a Home?

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

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Ruth, re: 'Schizophrenia', the 'first/real' me has always loved ice cream and still does. It was the 'secondary me' who had the aversion. I was very fortunate that I did not get totally 'freaked' about the 'second personality'. Perhaps it was a kind of innate arrogance to refuse 'her' credibility/access. I had blindly heard of such situations, but had no experience with such 'manifestations' whatsoever. None.It was a very scary time.

I so 'feel' for anyone afflicted in this way. It must be awful. Both for the victim, and the people associated, whoever they might be. But the whole experience made me a far more sympathetic person, and open to people's experiences that often seem to be 'bizarre'. Who can presume 'to know'!

Comment is about Ruth O'Reilly (poet profile)

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Peter - Woodbines and thank you so much for your comments - especially as I thought this one would slip through the net. Blessings. P.

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