| scar tissue
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2026-08-09
I don't find it dark. I think we all have it to some extent.
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| DAD PICASO AND ME
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2026-08-09
It's good that he was able to explain it to you. I just go by what looks good to me and try not analyze it too much. I enjoyed this little memory Ken.
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| When "Train" was still Rock [the old stuff!]
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2026-08-09
I like their sound. A bit like REM.
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| Still Here
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2026-08-08
Friends like that are lifelines. Hold on tight and I hope they help pull everything back together.
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| JOURNEY BACK TO THE VALLEY'S
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2026-08-07
What wonderful a wonderfully vivid memory. These things grow in importance as we age. I enjoyed it very much. Perhaps Spangles are what we called Fruit Pastilles. There were always colours you do not like.
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| dragon flies and august
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2026-08-07
Sad with the feeling of life going on.
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| dawn
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2026-08-07
Yes, work stands on its merit. People just define and categorize. Sometimes wrongly.
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| Everybody Has A Story
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2026-08-07
This is really good. I like the rhymes and the story stays complete.
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| THOSE PASS THIS WAY
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2026-08-07
I often post and delete poems Ken. Because my OCD does not let me leave them.
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| A place the light knows how to find
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2026-08-07
You have found a wonderful time and place. Try and hold onto it.
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| Eyes Holding Fear
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2026-08-05
This is so heart wrenching and must have been so hard to write. All I can do is give you my best wishes and deepest sympathy.
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| Person
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2026-08-05
Very nice. And I like the rhymes.
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| chips
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2026-08-05
All that may become possible soon. But the thought is very philipkdickian.
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| Haven
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2026-08-05
Interesting contrast between growth and death.
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| my needs don't grow but the prices on my needs do
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2026-08-04
That makes sense. Bigger population with lesser resources. Soylent Green is on the way.
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| Redefined
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2026-08-04
You describe the phases well. If you are lucky you experience all three.
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| M Y S E L F ?
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2026-08-03
Did you find yourself in an old portrait? How interesting.
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| Cove of the Unremembered
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2026-08-03
A lonely lighthouse. What a great idea for a piece. Do we still use them now that we have GPS? They are magnificent structures illuminating our past. There are some wonderful lines here.
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| Twice Told Tale
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2026-08-03
Death can happen more than once. It can happen every day. Little deaths that linger. It seems to me that while I have been away from Poetbay you have grown quite old. Don't accept that before your time. But your work as always is very good.
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| The giraffe-
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2026-08-03
Yes, it is a strange but beautiful animal.
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| Sparks
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2026-08-02
A gladiator freed.
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| wildflowers
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2026-08-02
I wish I could write this well after a bad dream.
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| Wrong Turns
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2026-08-02
Good advice. I like the last line the best.
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| MY BOOK
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2026-08-01
Great news Ken. Congtatulations.
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| muse’s query
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2026-08-01
Good one. As my mother used to say "if you don't ask you will never know".
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| the shallow trench of your stride
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2026-07-30
This has a wonderful hallowed feeling to it. Short and succinct. Great stuff.
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| Some days
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2026-07-30
Wow. I love the ending. Love it all really.
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| A Low Vibration
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2026-07-28
A powerful piece. I like that it has a positive ending.
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| Cronos/Kronos/Uranus
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2026-07-27
Wow. Half your luck.
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| a billionaire
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2026-07-25
There have been cases of very rich entertainers being excessively frugal. Someone once told me that I have no entrance into what it is like to be extremely rich, so forget about it. Many people who win large sums of money still go to work on Monday.
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| smoke
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2026-07-25
A very fine piece. It reminded me of my father who in his early days was part of work gangs dropped in the bush for weeks to fell trees and cut them with two-person crosscut saws. He had tales of working, smoking and drinking just like your protagonist.
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| Nude
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2026-07-25
Interesting. It may be total freedom.
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| kindle it with care
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2026-07-25
Oh, I like this one. And I believe it true.
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| There is a world of needs
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2026-07-24
This is a great piece of work. It speaks of the angst of struggling in a world with feelings of separation and the tiredness of existence. But with the needs to carry on. I can really relate.
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| The String
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2026-07-22
This is great. Entertaining throughout and I like the existential references. Keep the colonial string going.
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| LOST MOJO
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2026-07-21
Good to see you back Alan. Hope you are feeling a lot better.
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| MY BOOK LATEST NEWS!
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2026-07-19
Well done Ken. Sounds great!
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| Yet another hospital test
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2026-06-18
I hope you get better soon and the results are good. I love the Mary Poppins references. I suppose bullying makes us thick skinned. Take care Alan.
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| PoetBay People: Lawrence ('Larry') Beck
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2026-05-12
I wondered why I had not seen any of his fine work recently when I popped in here. I am so sad to hear this. He was a powerhouse of Poetbay. I am sure he is missed by all of us.
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| Winter in May
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2026-05-11
everyone knows but no-one takes heed. Well written my friend.
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| light the bay
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2026-05-11
Yes it is a beacon for free thought.
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| MISFIT
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2026-05-01
A thinking man's poem (or woman's). Sometimes it takes a long while to realize that you don't fit in. Even when you are constantly hit in the face with the fact. The subject could be a number of things I suppose. Which I like.
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| when light closes without us
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2026-04-29
Wonderful language. Leaves me in awe.
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| BEING OBSERVATIONAL
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2026-04-20
I love people watching too. This was very interesting. Whenever I attempt to overhear conversations they always turn out to be some other language.
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| SPIRALLING
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2025-06-09
Very clever Alan.
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| Feels Like it's All That's Left
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2025-05-01
Hope is not morbid my friend. I know you and you are strong. Look at everything you have achieved. Give yourself a break and take one day at a time. Hugs.
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| THE CRYSTAL'S IN MY EARS
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2025-03-22
That must be horrible. My wife has a similar inner ear problem and has to do an exercise where she sits and flops down on the bed sideways to reposition the crystals. She also has tablets that help. I hope you feel better soon.
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| Yellow Sweetheart Roses
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2025-03-21
A beautiful remembrance. "I am your wave you are my shore" is a wonderful line.
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| in the tocking of a tick
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2025-03-15
Thought provoking. I like the format.
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| Well-being in alive seeing
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2025-03-13
I agree with Shells. Your work always contains sound logic and often welcomed tranquility.
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