| MUMS OLDEST BROTHER BILL BLURTED OUT
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2023-08-24
Some people have a lot of baggage. Keep up the good fight Ken.
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| small spaces
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2023-08-24
I never understood the attraction either. But it happens. Nicely described.
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| flight delayed
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2023-03-30
Interesting concept for a metaphor.
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| trained weariness
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2022-10-01
Cleverly put.
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| Prairie Grass
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2022-09-29
So beautiful. Like the opening of a meaningful movie.
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| Unsettled
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2022-09-29
Simply beautiful and deeply elegant. :)
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| Coffee in Milwaukee
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2022-09-27
Great fun. A good coffee party as opposed to a tea party. That is what is needed. :)
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| hands off that snooze button!
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2022-09-27
An evangelical march through the industrial decay. Reminds me of Slim Pickings riding on the bomb at the end of Dr Strangelove. Embrace the inevitable. Masterfully captured.
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| THE SAFETY OF THE PINE FOREST
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2022-07-26
This is really brilliant. The juxtaposition of the falling cones and broken heart works so well. I know quite a few ladies under that tree.
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| produce
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2022-07-26
These are both wonderful Jim. Things that should grow on trees and the end of summer camp. I have a theory that as we get old our synapses fire off old memories before they die forever. So we get to relive them over.
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| Dark night of the Soul
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2022-07-26
This is really good and very deep indeed. Only a lifetime of experience could produce it.
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| 3rd
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2022-05-20
Bronze is good Mick. If you scrub it enough it kinda looks like gold.
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| Ballad of Billy McGee
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2022-05-17
Sad but reflective of many of the "stolen generation". We can only imagine the mental scars that we have given them. I did a quick search on google to find out more about him, but all I found out more about was you. :)
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| THE FEW FROM OH SO MANY
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2022-05-17
All poets ask that question of their work. I think Lawrence Beck said it best in his comment "All you can do is write to please yourself." But your eloquence surely puts you in contention.
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| Taking Control
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2022-05-04
I missed this one. It is always hard to meditate in modern life. You describe how to do it well. I wish I still could.
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| What's That About?
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2022-05-03
I am incredibly unoffended by this piece. :)
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| WHEN WRITEING
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2022-05-03
Exactly how I feel Ken. One of the reasons I delete a lot of my work.
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| The River
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2022-05-03
A very deep analogy. As rivers often are.
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| I STILL FEEL THE RAIN
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2022-05-02
All poets feel the rain. But writing does help a smidgen.
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| Here Endeth the Lesson
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2022-05-02
What wonderful fun! I love the word play. Zero Mostel was such a great comedic actor, thanks for making me smile Uncle.
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| ON THE ROAD
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2022-04-20
Wise words from sage Ken. :)
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| Special
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2022-04-20
The old silent treatment. I know it well.
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| Workshop at the Library
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2022-04-20
Sounds like fun. And also inspiring.
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| in domum
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2022-03-14
Brief but so accurate. I think you are right. Because of all that is happening around us existentialism is all we have now. I will mention you the next time I play poker with Satre and Nietzsche.
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| WAR IS NOT IN BLACK & WHITE (Additans)
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2022-03-10
Yes, it is very sad Ken. Well said.
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| A Wish Growing Stronger by the Day
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2022-03-10
You convey the tired urgency of your situation with this so well.
It must be so hard for you. Gentle hugs my friend.
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| UKRAINE IN DISTAIN
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2022-03-07
You have described well how so many people seem to think about the situation.
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| BROTHEL CREEPERS
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2022-03-04
Good one! :)
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| Ramblings 584
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2022-03-01
I know the feeling. It makes you question your worth. Being ignored personally and professionally does your head in. Makes you wonder why you bother. Hugs my friend.
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| Homeless Innovation
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2022-02-26
Great rhymes and narrative Joe. My experience is the same as FM's, homeless people are very intelligent and often professionals who are disillusioned with society. It is so good that you are helping them.
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| true tales
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2021-11-21
Life is a movie. The credits run towards the end when you realize some people had bigger parts than you thought. I love the analogy. Don't let it go before the end.
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| The Only Eagerness Left
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2021-10-27
I feel quite similar my dear friend. Hugs.
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| too real to fake it
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2021-10-18
I am so glad I did not miss this gem. And I love seeing the fourth wall smashed. :)
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| Summer's Fading
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2021-10-01
Even though it is sparing in life you describe it beautifully. Grandpas whiskers made me smile. :)
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| warmth
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2021-09-29
A wonderful string of poems. I too am "alone when not alone".
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| NOBODY
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2021-08-20
I like the change of rhyme. We are all nobody until somebody loves us (as the song says).
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| Terror Firma
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2021-08-20
This has a feeling of foreboding. You can feel the anguish. Nicely done.
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| A Dark Day
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2021-08-10
I love minimalist poetry and this is so interesting. I hope opaque does not triumph for too long.
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| Sunday Morning Apathy
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2021-08-10
I can feel it in each word. Cold coffee sucks, I always forget I have made it and have to warm it up in the microwave. You captured the feeling well Joe.
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| In the Heat of Summer
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2021-08-07
So beautiful. It is like a bright painting. And the ending was superb. Can I come and live where you are? lol
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| The Listener
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2021-08-05
Don't be too hard on yourself. That is modern life. We turn off to others expressing their feeling. it was nice that you wrote this in his honour.
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| The pathless path
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2021-08-01
Yes, and it is freeing in a way.
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| Stygma
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2021-08-01
Exactly how I feel at the moment.
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| scale
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2021-07-28
It sounds wonderful. How could life there not be grand? You convey so much in a small piece. Bright blue doors always look great on very old houses.
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| Shadow Kingdom
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2021-07-28
Nicely done. It flows so well.
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| Eyes
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2021-07-28
The eyes have it. The last one is so sad. Interesting form. I particularly liked "Your impassioned eyes hold my breathless self in loving thrall".
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| Finding peace in silent ease
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2021-07-28
Calming words indeed.
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| There's calmness in that waking hour
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2021-07-28
Not sure if I like the form but this was a nice. I like that time when you first wake up and are feeling reasonably okay. It doesn't last long though.
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| Freedom Should You Dare
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2021-07-26
The harsh freedom of the sea. They asked John Lennon if he would "take it all back" and he said "“if I could be a (beeping) fisherman I would". Nicely explained Joe.
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| IF ONLY SABINA HAD BEEN PASSING BY
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2021-07-26
Sounds like they needed that singer. Nice story Ken.
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