| 12am hospital round
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2025-04-30
So commendable. But do you really have to sleep on a bench?
Blessings, Allen
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| Feels Like it's All That's Left
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2025-04-28
You are in my thoughts, and those of other's, for relief of the suffering. Hope is a really powerful energy and has such great potential. Blessings and love, Allen
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2025-04-28
Hi Peter, its smashing to see you writing on PB. I just lurv lipstress'! Lovely poem about love. :o) We with Welsh blood somewhere in our veins have this thing called hiraeth.
Blessings. Allen
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| Don't look up
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2025-04-28
Yes, this poem so effectively highlights a scene we see all the time. We take our mobiles out with us in the car "in case" - but that's it. No surfing, no calling, no gaming, no social media! (We dumped Facebook so long ago it is hard to say exactly how long, but say at least ten years ago! There's no appeal in SM for us , so even if we were into such things we wouldn't use 'x" for obvious reasons! I do think that SM can be like an addiction though, and addiction is an illness. Will they get well soon? Blessings, Allen
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| Final Day
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2025-04-28
Your poem completely describes those feelings when a holiday/visit is fast approaching its end. After all, I feel we often go to these places because they do, in some way, feel like a home from home in the first place. À bientôt. Blessings, Allen
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| Spring
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2025-04-24
Take care on those excursions, and make sure you are fully charged. Freedom! Beep beep....
Blessings, Allen
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| Flash Flood Warning in Lafayette
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2025-04-24
I'm sure I would - with your guidance of course. I would be like a fish out of water otherwise. "scuse the pun. Blessings, Allen
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| The Selkie
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2025-04-22
Ah, the last stanza of this epic poem gives something of the author away, doesn't it: 'While his regret kept him in that dreich place,' and 'So, he stripped and set out to dree his weird.' Well done, Dougie, and the tweak was well worth it. It's good to see you here too. Blessings and brotherly love, Allen
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| As I Sit in the Gloom
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2025-04-21
Too damn true!
Blessings, Allen
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| Incredible
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2025-04-18
A similar thing with me: Inasmuch as I was never baptized. As an octogenarian I have never feared that my God would not unconditionally love me... since he or she mas maintained my being / my existing in this life, and given me such experiences to satisfy my belief that existence is eternal. I myself chose to give my children their own choice in such matters. I concur about the hypocrisy that is evident in so many 'missionaries'. Blessings, Allen
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| Ramblings 659
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2025-04-17
That is a shame. Here is the hope that tomorrow (today) will be a better day for you. Blessings, Allen
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| Her Voice
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2025-04-17
And very lyrical it is too. Well done. Blessings, Allen
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| Not All it Might Have Been
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2025-04-16
And we all wonder the reason why. An excellent 'leave 'em wanting more' is this. Blessings, Allen
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| TRUMP JUST THE FACE! (Addid Two Lines)
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2025-04-12
Very True. Blessings, Allen
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| confidant
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2025-04-12
It is a feeling I share - so well described in your poem. I can survive happily on my own, 'in my own company', but in those intervals of initial separation after enjoying the company of a loved-one, in particular, the silence is the first signal of the void their leaving has created. Deserves accolade. Blessings, Allen
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| Cowley & Cathedral
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2025-04-12
I like it. Well written. Blessings, Allen
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| Viv in the Coffee Shop
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2025-04-12
A fine piece of poetry, this. Your descriptions bring the scene to life brilliantly, Jim. Blessings, Allen
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| Please Don't
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2025-04-11
No, I get where you are coming from. Maybe such congratulations just get on your nerves. Blessings, Allen
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| A Sonnet by This Arrant Bard, an Other
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2025-04-11
A fine sonnet. The subject matter reminds me of the saying: You can choose your friends but not your family. Sad isn't it. Blessings, Allen
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| One of 26,000
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2025-04-11
Only 26,000! You have some catching up to do. o:) On a serious note this poem is very relatable in the sense that all these ordinary events combine to make up much of our experiences in life and we do tend to take them for granted I feel. Because many of them have been repeated for getting on towards 26,000 times (give or take) they have lost their 'sparkle'. Blessings, Allen
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| Winter 1985-86
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2025-04-10
Fabulous are memories such as this! I watched a lone boy child yesterday sitting on a swing in his garden reading a book... a BOOK! What is the world coming to! Blessings, Allen
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| A Dream
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2025-04-10
So absolutely true, this. For the most part this could be acheived by use of the simple word 'toleration' between one human and another, and by the regocnition that we all do the same bodily functions whatever our perceived status or importance is!
Blessings, Allen
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| The World Has Suffered Predators and Zealots, but Never Such Complete Idiots
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2025-04-10
Certainly this poem must resonate with the thinking of a whole host of people around the world. I think it is borne from the ICDP of it all (Incongruity,Contradiction,Dichotomy and Paradox)! There must be someone, somewhere, who can see a plan to all this.... or not?
Blessings, Allen
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| Hard to Believe
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2025-04-09
Self confidence is a wonderful thing, and yet sometimes if can... Well, it can just totally get out of control. Lawrence (below) comments that it is a pandemic, and I can see where he is coming from when you extrapolate the core of your poem into the real world as we see and experience it today. And as your poem title says, it is hard to believe.
Blessings, Allen
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| Eyelids over the eyes
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2025-04-08
From the heart! Blessings, Allen
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| WHAT IS
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2025-04-08
Damn, I really hope so!
Blessings, Allen
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| Home
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2025-04-08
Never a truer word said! If you are mega wealthy then the world is your oyster (subject to personal security) and wherever you nest can be tops as far as you are concerned. But for the rest of us (I hate the differentiation!) .... well, let's put it this way, I think about where I could be, this is the best/safest place for now.
Blessings, Allen
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| Dreamland
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2025-04-08
It is almost as if the initial mating ritual of Humans is actually counterproductive! Blessings, Allen
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| How to Lead a More Satisfying Existence
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2025-04-08
I like your poem. In a way it is actually funny, but then again isn't, is it? I think you have to be at least a bit of a narcissist to agree with that premise. But I saw where you were coming from of course.
Blessings, Allen
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| It Finds Us by Various Means
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2025-04-06
I am guessing it wasn't Marjory Kempe in 'person'... so a book perhaps. I can see you sitting in the sun, closed book by your side, and a beer to you lips. What was it you muttered? :o)
Blessings, Allen
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| NOT HOLDING HANDS
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2025-04-06
@Lawrence Beck: Yes. She died in 2017 aged 95 years.
Blessings, Allen
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| Dear Reader,
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2025-04-05
Writing is without doubt cathartic, and the reading is educational, so everyone gains something from the process (hopefully!) :o)
Blessings, Allen
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| Go Figure
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2025-04-05
And you know, we are interested to read it too! Actually I thought the construct was pretty clever. I liked the complaints, and all was well until you said you were insignificant. Nobody is truly insignificant. Everybody is unique. The problem (maybe it is a blessing) is that we can't see the wood for the trees! Blessings, Allen
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| Patting the Horse's Nose
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2025-04-05
More than a draft isn't it? That's a rhetorical by the way, because it was a pleasure to read. If your drafts are like that you put mine to shame, Jim!
Blessings, Allen
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| REMEMBERING THE PAST 2
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2025-04-01
What a fabulous thing to have done, Alan. You should have received a medal. Blessings, Allen
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| Rules are for Losers
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2025-04-01
There's also an ex French president who was sentenced to 3 years jail this week. Apparently his appeal will probably drag on for maybe even years - during which time he will be free - they say he is the first former French president to receive a custodial sentence. It happens!
Blessings, Allen
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| Word Cloud
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2025-04-01
Very interesting poem, Sona. Love the metaphor of cloud. Blessings, Allen
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| Renewal
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2025-03-29
Highlighting a major problem in the world today. What would you call it? Procrastination? No... but that gets near to it. Anyway, an enjoyable read even if the final three lines make you think, 'Yes, this is the problem!" Blessings, Allen
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| 3.23.25
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2025-03-29
A really interesting piece, dealing with the imponderable. I think it is cleverly constructed, full of pathos, and descriptive enough to make me 'see' the scenes you paint. Deserves accolade IMHO.
Blessings, Allen
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| HERE I STAND THE ACCUSED
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2025-03-27
Alan, I greatly respect you, but I have to say that one of the problems with the UK today is that no-one seems to stick with it: They want the results they want, and NOW - regardless of the reasons why that might not be possible or in the country's best interests. Just my pennyworth after reading your poem. Blessings, Allen.
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| Ladies Night
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2025-03-27
And some Bertrams masquerade under a different name. Epstein comes to mind. This poem reminds me of some of my demised friend CoolHermit's poems. Another bar, another cocktail, a better time.
Blessings, Allen
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| BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN TRANSLATED BY ANN WOOD
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2025-03-27
@Ann Wood: I understood that. My critique was not aimed at you, it was a critique of the poem. Only my point of view. You should be congratulated for your linguistic skills. Blessings, Allen
PS: I looked at Mariq's work on Otkrovenia. she is a good writer IMHO. :o)
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| BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN TRANSLATED BY ANN WOOD
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2025-03-26
I found the poem to be 'enjoyable' to read, but whilst I understood (even as a man) what was being expressed so eloquently, I could not help feel that it was very gender specific. (As a man I would, wouldn't I!) Having said that, I also recognise that in general men have done nothing to give cause for nullification of many of the emotional responses described. Blessings, Allen
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| Poems for you
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2025-03-26
You can tell that this is such deeply thought out poetry, Sona. It's conversational tone proves to be effective in describing your connection with an other/loved one, and isn't it wonderful to fellow poet lovers that the way you extol is via writing poetry! Blessings, Allen
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| Taxonomy
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2025-03-26
All of them are concerning. Perhaps the last of your list is the keystone to your dis-ease. If it isn't, it certainly won't be in any way easing disquiet in this unfortunate reality. Blessings, Allen
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| Joy In The Chaos
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2025-03-25
Your poem highlights the importance of mindfulness and appreciation of small, positive experiences in life. Having gratitude in your mind during those small fragments of time is hugely beneficial I've found. Lots of interesting metaphors too.
Blessings, Allen
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| THE CRYSTAL'S IN MY EARS
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2025-03-25
As a fellow sufferer I can wholeheartedly sympathise, Alan. I've sent you the came of a medicine that might help you. Eply maneuvers (mentioned by Jamsbo Rockda) helped a bit, but didn't stop the vertigo, but the medicine did. Keep your chin up, my friend.
Blessings, Allen.
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| DEMENTERED AGAIN
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2025-03-25
You are in my thoughts, my friend.
Blessings, Allen
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| Nomad no More
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2025-03-23
Please don't be. There's always more life 'in the old dog' and you're a spring chicken by comparison! Blessings, Allen
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| Rain on Red Earth
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2025-03-23
I'm with Lawrence on this one, Dougie. Fabulously descriptive. There's so much to say about this, but "the fan syruping the limpid air" and "the night velvet with moths" stand out in my mind. Blessings, Allen
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