we need to quarantine those who actually HAVE the Virus
and let the rest of the people go back to work.
If not, we are talking about a Global Depression.
Very sad.

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hey M.C.
did not know that about the Western
and the character saying he was named "Bluebonnet".
Wasn't that strange.
Yes, the Bluebonnet is our state flower
and in the springtime, they bloom all over in great seas of blue!

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aha! A road beautifier, in a roundabout way! ?

thanks for your comment and insight.

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Paul McCartney wrote it better than I did.
but my poem had a humorous slant at the end.

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thanks M.C.
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Thanks Master of Ceremonies-
Always appreciate your comments.
Thank you for reading "Standing In Line".
Did you have to stand in line to do it?
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Thanks MC will get to it. Good of you to spot it. P. ?

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Thankyou for your comments take care keep safe love Wendy x

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Hi MC and thank you for your recent comment on one of my poems. Truth is I can't pin-point the particular piece you mean as my poetry has been rolling off the production line just lately. If you could guide me to the spot a little more, I would happily look at it again and respond accordingly. Thanks. P.

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Clever response EmCee!!

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Gosh MC - just been going through some of your recordings. What great talent there is here. Well done you.

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Leave to Speak M.C. Thanks for the stirring response. I wonder what Sgt Wilson might have said ?

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For elders
we hunger
like father
and mother,
they being
our rudder
still... wish I
was younger!
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The poem "Stationary Bike" was just written in jest.
I did not really have a heart attack.
the poem however did cause Others
to have heart attacks!
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(Jest is in South Wales.)

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Hi Mark, sorry, I've just seen your comment on my profile. I think you're onto something there for sure. Got to look for the positives and share and amplify those thoughts and feelings; especially, as you say, in the face of the modern culture of negativity. Wise words indeed. Cheers, Tom.

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iamopposedtoapostrophes. ?

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Mind over matter
it matters not,
a small recall
is what I got,
My memory
is not so hot,
just can't recall
what I forgot!
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My life was fine
and duly mapped
but now at paper straws
I grasp
apparently my mind
just snapped
and now it's lost
not on the map!

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Hi MC re Tempest. First of all thank you for your detailed response, and secondly how interesting your previous places of abode. Sadly the former sites of Police Stations are now but history - I have often shared your interest in them. I once read a poem of a former Bobby from days when Shooters Hill was closed - the main lament being the banter going on between Bobbies and the canteen staff. The canteen culture seemed to be the glue keeping everything together. It is an era now sadly lacking - especially as facilities now have to be shared with council offices - where the canteens are supposed to be appropriate places for shared experiences of the grimmest kind. Let's hope there is an upturn and pretty soon at that. P. ?

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good point about who is a weed or not.
my poems are weeds
they pop up
where you least expect.

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Your mouth agape
so eat a grape-
Recover from my
poetic mistakes!

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MC your comments on Damon's poem today were really inspiring. I just wanted to thank you for that.

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I'll be gone for two days.
Fill in for me.

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Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
is worse than Neurosis
yet It couldn't be worse than
extreme Halitosis!

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wow. Miss Tarry was unique!
What a special gift she gave you.
Do you still have the poem?

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My thought is that my thoughts are narrow-
they fly away like English Sparrows.
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If you have diabetes
switch to Wheaties!
(an American cereal )

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Junk mail deserves to be tossed
into the waste basket.
I don't know about you,
but that's about the only mail
we get anymore.
The computer has taken over.

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thank you for reading "Wild Oats".
Do you have Cheerios
in England?

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yep. I agree.
customer surveys are actually an irritant.
hence the poem
next time they ask, send them this poem! haha

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2025 - thanks for your profound words. Much appreciated. P.?

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who wants to hang around
with old people.
they smell and
don't make any sense.
I know this from what people tell me.
I would never admit to it myself.

wiink.

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giving is better than receiving
in the long run
what you acquire does not make you happy
what you give to others
does.

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JRJ and Bleeding time - thanks for commenting - there were a bunch of them around then who were so unforgettable. Pike, Sgt Wilson, Capt M. What mannerisms they all had. Cheers. P

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Lamp Post:
I try to keep things simple.
That way, even I
can understand my own poetry.
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Slotting it in - thank you so much for the like - what days they were eh? ?

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Hi MCN and thanks for commenting on Bus Ride Scenario - I guess the poor child unknowingly sussed it was an unpleasant word despite her ignorance of it's meaning - had it been said to her in joking way she would probably have laughed it off herself. I guess we all remember the unpleasant kids at school. ?

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so sorry to hear about your dad passing so early
in your life. how sad.

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Totally agree with you on Canned Flesh comments - so tragic all round - thanks for responding. P.

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Re; Brewing up - couldn't agree more M.C. There must a word out there that perfectly describes this mind boggling scenario - (something like conundrum). Will it ever come to a satisfactory conclusion for everyone. I think Writeoutloud helps us get it off our chest. I wonder if that word I might be thinking of could be 'Wrexit' or could even be 'Vexed it' Am sure someone will coin a suitable phrase one day. ?

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good point about maps confusing women.

if only WOMEN came with instructions!

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Master of Ceremonies---
you got it right.
the poem is about the innocence of children
and how they express themselves.
thank you.

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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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Thanks MC - perhaps some of us should turn our guns on them via Greenpeace. I will try and work out how it goes. Blessings. P.

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it is a shame kids are not taught etiquette anymore.
or...adults for that matter.
Please & Thank You
thing of the past.

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thanks for reading "There Comes A Time".

a passing thought that passed.

Beware the one
who holds the scythe
he comes creeping in
in dark of night
Death may be certain
but of a different stripe
the worst of fears is
an angry wife!

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thank you M.C.
for your long interesting comment on my poem.
and I am glad you helped that pigeon.
we all need help sometimes,
wing and a prayer.

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glad you made it through your youth
and your grandad dad.
so many burdens for you
and yet
here you are on WOL
your own good fortune.

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Toad in hole
will soon grow old
as he sits in sun
a "Whole Toad In One"

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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!

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