| Ashcan Rantings
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2021-10-20
Nicely done! You've taken desperation and massaged it into a poem without attenuating it.
Here's an unfortunate coincidence: the guy who bought the lot next to mine, a lovely patch of grass lined with tall trees, who cut down all of those trees, and is building a grotesque black monstrosity of a house, bears a surname that is very close to Moloch.
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| N U K E
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2021-10-12
Did he listen to them?
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| It happens to all of us
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2021-10-12
Yes, invisibility does seem to develop as one ages.
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| Clues
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2021-10-11
Well said!
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| October
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2021-10-08
It's always a pleasure to revisit Colt and Regina.
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| All the While the Silence Goes On
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2021-10-07
Sad, but nicely written.
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| A Visit from Abby
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2021-10-07
Fine writing.
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| Moves Like Who?
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2021-10-06
Indeed. This aging business is very frustrating.
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| To S.
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2021-10-04
Wonderful!
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| no accident
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2021-10-04
I'm with Shells. This is sound thinking.
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| a year on
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2021-10-04
It seems that life only can be wonderful for so long. Eventually, it sinks back into ordinariness...or worse.
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| Stoic at the Piano
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2021-10-04
Excellent! Extra points awarded for the employment of "obdurately."
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| Ugly
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2021-10-02
The snigger's good, but, if you're a decent human being, there's a price in guilt to be paid afterward.
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| A Season Tied to a Last Scene
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2021-10-02
The memories all remain there, but you can decide which ones to revisit.
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| Catholic Boyhood Blues
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2021-09-29
I'm with Dave. This is well crafted and amusing.
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| Simple Litany
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2021-09-21
Excellent aspirations and fine writing. I especially liked "the moon as a shining dime in a gutterpuddle."
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| Paula
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2021-09-21
I'm very sorry, Joe.
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| warmth
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2021-09-19
Sometimes, one sees more clearly in the dark.
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| ‘Foots’
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2021-09-19
A fine celebration of youth.
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| Homage to Robert Creeley
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2021-09-19
I don't remember reading Creeley, but there's plenty of room for reflection on either side of your poem.
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| A Pair of Trees
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2021-09-15
In my view, you should consider this to be a success.
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| the theory of everything
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2021-09-15
Interesting thoughts. I find us to be ridiculous phantoms, similar to those images of Jesus that rubes find on pieces of toast.
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| The Day-Dream
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2021-09-13
Excellent in all respects!
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| Those Red Hat Days
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2021-09-12
There's no mistaking that voice. Welcome back, "Uncle."
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| The Meaning of Poetry
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2021-09-08
So, I'm going to put you into the "not one of this person's fans" column.
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| Dreamland
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2021-09-07
The original actually is pretty good, a fine example of what I like to call "teen suicide" poetry. The new version is deeper, more resonant, reflecting ten additional years of maturity. It's a better work, Sameen, one you should be proud of. It's nice to hear from you again.
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| The Moon
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2021-09-06
This is quite amusing and nicely written. "Chin of gold?"
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| Lines Written As A School Exercise
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2021-09-06
This is vintage Wordsworth, beautifully written, flawless poetry, but, at the same time, boring as a shopping list.
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| preferences
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2021-09-04
A man who is not fond of sitting still.
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| I of Him/ Jean
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2021-09-02
Two excellent sketches. Given their dour subjects, it seems inappropriate to shout, bravo!, but I will, anyway.
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| To Absent Children
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2021-08-27
A very sad, but nicely written poem, Joe.
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| Afghanistan
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2021-08-24
The Afghans are a team which never loses on its home field. Only fools consider taking them on. That the US chose to do so after losing to Viet Nam proves that our nation is led by idiots.
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| unease
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2021-08-22
Well said. Even when you were there, you were missing something. That's just how it is for a certain kind of person.
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| Bitter Coffee
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2021-08-22
Cold feet notwithstanding, there is an enjoyable peacefulness in this poem.
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| Terror Firma
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2021-08-20
Nicely done; spare and effective.
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| Simone
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2021-08-13
Well said, Rob.
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| The Cudgel
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2021-08-05
Powerful stuff, Joe.
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| Two dogs, a camera, and a sunburned man
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2021-08-02
This poem is, itself, a nice little portrait.
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| Koan Resolved
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2021-08-02
Grim but funny!
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| It could be anywhere
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2021-07-30
True. It doesn't have to be expensive or wrapped. It just has to be a sign that you mean something to somebody (which, though you may forget, you always do).
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| We are all equal...but
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2021-07-30
Oh, well. At least you're ahead of the wood block.
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| Saturday Night Rhapsody
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2021-07-30
The details have changed, but the melody hasn't.
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| scale
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2021-07-27
Life at high altitudes as natives live it, small within, huge without. Well done.
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| Freedom Should You Dare
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2021-07-25
I suspect that you're right.
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| Beware the Lord Skye
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2021-07-24
Fine writing.
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| A Day With Starlight Solo
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2021-07-23
I have nothing to add to what the others have said. This is very nice.
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| "Mysterious Ways" Isn't a Satisfactory Answer
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2021-07-23
"Imaginative psychopath." An excellent description of that guy in the Old Testament.
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| avoirdupois
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2021-07-21
Good one.
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| Par for the Course
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2021-07-21
Yeah, maybe. I once was prescribed a medicine which listed blindness as a rare side effect. I hoped for the best and took it anyway. I may still be taking it. So far, so good.
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| Love; What If
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2021-07-20
I believe that you're right. The you you think that you are is not the one your lover loves.
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