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2020-03-28
The advice this person offers is the worst sort of malpractice. It encourages production of all of that terrible poetry which people can't even be paid to read.
For bars nearby, suburban bars, some buyer
From the central office gathers bric-a-brac
To mount to lend some “authenticity”
To places which are wholly fake. It works.
The patrons, themselves lacking substance,
Recommend the place.
The workshop moderator, like the buyer
In the central office, favors verbal bric-a-brac.
“In imagery is honesty. Steer clear of any
Plot.” Her acolytes respond by coughing out
Such dreadful verse, so rich in striking, shiny
Words, each one apart, all incoherent. “Perfect,
Class,” the woman chortles, and the writers,
Lacking substance, nod. She must be right.
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| two
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2020-03-28
Very nice.
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| no spring
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2020-03-27
If we are, we never will know.
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| Shelter In Place
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2020-03-26
Ennui is a powerful adversary. Good luck.
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| Walker
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2020-03-25
I believe so. There's something reassuring about seeing those who are long gone in dreams.
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| this midnight
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2020-03-23
Yep. Sometimes, they get away from you that way. Even when they don't, it's best to give them second look in the morning.
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| in the spirit of
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2020-03-22
But he can influence someone. Perhaps he has, and to good effect, I think.
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| My Ticking Clock
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2020-03-21
Outstanding!
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| A Meditation
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2020-03-20
Fine writing.
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| Stockpiling
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2020-03-18
You never know. Like some ticks with your coronavirus?
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| Dark Blue Socks
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2020-03-11
Your first encounter with betrayal, probably not your last.
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| Dave at 19
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2020-03-10
Excellent all around, fine language, fine writing.
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| This Prodigal August
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2020-03-10
Wonderful! A first class sketch.
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| Dance Battle
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2020-03-10
Very nice, Sameen, well plotted.
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| Menace
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2020-03-09
I like this, Joe. It reminds me of how a storm will suddenly roll over the mountains, and then quickly drift away.
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| How about you?
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2020-03-06
I agree. Communication is so much richer and unambiguous (what a crappy expression; isn't there a positive way of saying this?) when words are accompanied by the things you have listed.
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| word
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2020-03-05
Right, but what is it, then?
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| equation solving
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2020-03-05
I haven't anything to add to what the others have said. This just a nice poem.
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| shadows
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2020-03-01
There's a very nice marriage of style and substance to this.
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| Map of the Bay State
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2020-02-27
Nicely done. Very amusing.
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| news
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2020-02-24
I don't think that I would, but I believe that most people happily would pay to be on TV.
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| Pickax
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2020-02-24
Interesting. I think that it does work.
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| The Syllogism of the Mad
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2020-02-24
No. Irrefutable. "Empiricism" is just a variety of solipsism.
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| Dedalus
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2020-02-24
Nicely done. Now, Ireland is intolerable for a different reason.
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| Ramblings 498
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2020-02-24
No, they don't. Most people have enough problems of their own.
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| han shan
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2020-02-24
Perspective.
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| Weather Report
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2020-02-19
Brrrr.
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| broken wristband
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2020-02-17
This packs a punch, as it should.
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| wasn't she
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2020-02-17
Still final, just delayed. My father's like that. He's dead, but not yet gone. When those of us who knew him, the ones who could say, "Wasn't he...," have died, then my father will be completely gone.
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| In Dreamland
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2020-02-13
Nice, loose, sort of jazzy, rhyming.
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| Overwhelming
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2020-02-10
Nicely done.
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| Postcard Poem 8
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2020-02-05
A perfect description!
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| earthland
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2020-02-03
Nothing, I suppose. They are written out of the exchange.
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| Another Poem
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2020-02-02
And what a poem it is. Excellent writing, Tom.
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| Chapter One
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2020-01-26
Nice!
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| Avocado
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2020-01-26
Such solid, grounded writing. It's great to hear from you again.
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| You Worthless
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2020-01-23
A well-drawn, if grim, portrait. It could have been painted by Breugal. I'm quite familiar with the neighborhood.
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| Cultural disdain
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2020-01-23
Yes, it is heartbreaking when you no longer can force people with different backgrounds to bow down to yours. Trump sees that. Hitler did, too.
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| Still Life
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2020-01-17
This made me think of Vermeer. That's definitely a compliment.
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| Storm Haven
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2020-01-16
Very nice, Joe. After the description of the fierce storm, the ending provides a great contrast.
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| Firelight Impasto
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2020-01-14
Very nice, Joe.
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| Pittville Falls
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2020-01-13
As has been noted in various circumstances, size doesn't matter. I'm sure that Pittville's falls, so nicely described, are lovely.
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| How Can I Pardon
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2020-01-13
Nicely done.
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| Abecedarian for the Lost Souls
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2020-01-10
Bravo! You've made damned good poem despite the severe constraints.
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| What Sells Best
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2020-01-09
Sold and avidly consumed. I confess to being baffled. (Barnum wasn't.)
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| The Drowsing Period
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2020-01-09
Nice! Here's to the better days to come.
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| Audrey
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2020-01-09
A ton of fun, this one.
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| Waterbirth
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2020-01-07
A sequence I have witnessed probably hundreds of times (who can say how many jade plants are in this house?), but I've never heard it so gracefully described.
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| What you think by Ann Wood
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2020-01-07
We all make mistakes. Why would we not accept others who do?
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| untitled
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2020-01-07
I'm 66 years old, and I've never seen so many undisguised expressions of bigotry around the world. There seems not to be anywhere one can go to be among tolerant, decent people. Even the Danes stooped to banning headscarves, just to be nasty.
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from USA