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Lawrence Beck

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butterfly's effect		2025-04-30 Flapping wings, flapping tongues, same effect.
Youth And Calm		2025-04-28 There's an off-putting tick-tock facility to this poem, as is the case with nearly all British poetry written between 1650 and 1900.
Don't look up		2025-04-28 A sad state of affairs.
Spring		2025-04-25 Hooray!
A Japanese Tanka Written in Response to Pensive Solitude on The Eve of This Night		2025-04-25 Nicely done.
Here		2025-04-22 Or perhaps "here" is everywhere and "now" is always.
A Glimpse		2025-04-21 Outstanding! Whitman was both the pioneer and master of free verse.
an ending		2025-04-21 A grim fate we all face very nicely described.
Seriously		2025-04-18 Aren't there laws against that sort of thing? No one should have to put up with it.
Her Voice		2025-04-18 Nailed it! Well done.
Dear Poetfriend		2025-04-13 You have.
Lesson 70		2025-04-11 I know that feeling. Sometimes, as I drive past a house, I wonder what it must be like to be one of the people who lives in it. I never will. So much can't be grasped.
bankers		2025-04-11 Those categories overlap a great deal.
force against intelligence, who shall win ?		2025-04-11 Since Trump was elected, it seems unlikely that he is dumber than a large portion of the citizenry. As for intelligence winning in the long run, I see no reason to believe that. Brute force seems to prevail at least so often as intelligence.
LIFE... IS A BOX OF BITS		2025-04-09 Interesting.
Hard to Believe		2025-04-08 It's a pandemic.
Below Siehtagas		2025-04-08 Some fine imagery here.
Lesson 69		2025-04-08 Good one.
Lesson 68		2025-04-08 It's tough, being a piece of gunk.
Options (follow-up)		2025-04-08 That sounds like good idea.
NOT HOLDING HANDS		2025-04-06 The last two lines leave me wondering. Has she moved on?
ONLY		2025-04-02 Very nice, an interesting reminiscence.
Constant		2025-04-02 A fair question, but a sad one.
a balance of profits and costs		2025-03-31 Many people in the United States have come to believe this.
Angles		2025-03-26 Very nice.
Will It Swirl, Will I See It Dance?		2025-03-26 A fine meditation.
A PLACE OF TRIAGE		2025-03-25 Something to hope for.
The Party		2025-03-24 There's an appealing starkness to this.
Rain on Red Earth		2025-03-22 This is wonderfully descriptive. You put me there.
Casse-toi pas la tête, Issy		2025-03-22 I can imagine. Congratulations.
Oh Boy		2025-03-22 When you're done, you'll tell yourself that you had no reason to be so worried.
Sonnet II*		2025-03-17 A bit chewy, but worth the effort. The Elizabethans were, without question, the greatest English language poets ever.
Reflections IV		2025-03-15 No one should tell you to move past such misfortunes, but it's amazing and very enjoyable to know that you've been able to come to grips with them.
Reflections III		2025-03-15 Agreed.
Happy Ending!		2025-03-12 Wonderful!
A Bit Perplexing		2025-03-09 How peculiar. You have to wonder.
Reflections II		2025-03-09 An interesting meditation. I wonder how different your life now would seem if your childhood had progressed in the opposite fashion.
Afterlife		2025-03-03 Great finish!
artificiAlly intellIgent		2025-03-03 Not so different from the creatures who programmed it, eh?
Count That Day Lost		2025-03-03 Interesting rhyme pattern. Well done.
No Worries		2025-03-01 Independence is a thing to be cherished, not willingly surrendered.
Lesson 64		2025-02-27 Very nice.
Claustrophobic Monochromy		2025-02-27 Stark and hard, this poem feels more quarried than written. Nicely done!
A Thorough Cat		2025-02-27 Well done.
We, The People		2025-02-25 To the thunderous applause of the planet's other inhabitants.
Lesson 60		2025-02-24 Very nice, almost like a Chinese ink painting.
Lucy’s Song		2025-02-24 An odd poem. Most of it flows nicely, but the last four lines are very clumsy.
IN THE END GOD WAS KIND TO HER		2025-02-20 There's a lot churning here. I applaud your effort.
Quite by Chance		2025-02-17 Well done!
The Idiom of Shells & Eddies		2025-02-10 This poem is Whitmanesque. I mean that as a compliment.