| my old friend autumn
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2022-09-04
May you reap the rewards of a love well tended, like the farmer on his crop at harvest.
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| Who needs a spell chequer anyway
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2022-09-04
No, set it free to explore and learn some more.
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| To choose
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2022-09-04
Words, every single time, they have transformative power .
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| My Little Mum
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2022-09-04
For all of us who have missed their own Little Mum, thank you.
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| Brief Departure
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2022-09-04
My home too!
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| Image and Likeness
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2022-09-04
Ooowf. Poetry⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ right there folks
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| Wine and Whine
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2022-08-10
Yes. I have been here,I know this thought process. You write to us, yet not, it is poised between private pain and public acknowledgement. Oops, there I go falling fowl of alliterative allies
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| AS I WALK UP THE STEPS
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2022-08-06
And all us other square pegs hail your return.
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| Arthur Lawrence to his wife Lydia
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2022-08-06
I love the idea of a family being provided for by the toil of his shovel, that is a fantastic phrase. Hard graft for those you love. I can see him walking in after the pit, weary, hungry, clothed in a coat of coal. His good lady shoo- ing him to the tin bath.. brilliant concise writing
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| Senryu: August
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2022-08-06
Ooh, this could be a report on my night habits too
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| A Sweet Song
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2022-08-06
Amen and much trumpeting to acknowledge the misery/joy of allowing oneself to feel, and get hurt and learn.
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| ALMOST NAILED IT, BUT SCREWED UP?
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2022-08-05
Almost Nailed it, but screwed up?
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| NO MORE SMILES AT EVENSONG
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2022-08-03
I can only guess at how many layers this has been buried beneath, this has grit, realism and honesty. The innocence next to the hardship. What an emotional read.
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| sunday mornings
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2022-08-03
I agree with the other comments. You've captured that Sunday feeling for sure. I relate. Top poeting is evident when the author, the words and the audience connects. 👏👏
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| How'd That Happen?
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2022-07-31
And I bet you're a better singer in there too, huh?
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| The Sun God Smiles on the Rained Out Valley
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2022-07-31
Until "the night swallows us whole", what a wonderful image.
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| DOUBLE ENTENDRES
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2022-07-26
I'm filled with memories of the Carry On dynasty, Dick Emery and Bennie Hill (aka Ernie, who drove the fastest milk cart in the west)
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| Memory
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2022-07-26
Ah, that, is divine
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| normality
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2022-07-24
Was this a first date? Or introducing friends the the guy? Either way, I loved reading about it, how it unfolded and the worry. Fab x
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| GIVING BLOOD
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2022-07-24
It's a difficult grief to overcome.
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| UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS
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2022-07-10
Love a bit of silly musing.
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| among women
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2022-06-15
Just getting on with things I guess, day after day, doing what needs to be done, unsung, except for your words of acknowledgement x
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| JELLY BEAN
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2022-06-15
Ah, the Jelly Bean Blues. Maybe a Sherbet Dip Dap Dance or a Hubba Bubba hustle will lift the mood.
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| Prairie Grass
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2022-06-14
And that's exactly how I felt when I saw Wyeth's Christina's World for the first time. Wowsers, fabulous how you can stir memories with your writing.
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| This Awkward Dance of Ghosts
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2022-05-15
I'm not familiar with Stockhausen, but I like your description of the abrasive effect , sand between teeth, dreadful feeling.
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| ME AND BOOKS
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2022-05-01
There is something comforting about books. I am not a great reader, but I love the comfort of the library, I feel safe, knowing my brain could, if it desired read anything.
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| i am lynn
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2022-04-30
So, Lynn enjoys the music and the poetry. Lucky Lynne. Mornings in my house are the best time, before the cocophany when everyone wakes up . I have learned to flow, absorb, detatch....write it out...
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| COMING HOME
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2022-04-30
Good to know that though the place is gone, there are good memories here, places to escape to, adventures to be found, imaginary kingdoms to lord over, good people to hold dear. The place you were formed, where you learned silent skills of choice, decision making, risk, negotiation, how to fight, and apologise, so many more.
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| SHE NEEDS FEWER ECHOES
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2022-04-29
She speaks his name with such care
gently wrapping her lips around
the letters like baby kisses
so as not to break each dream....
How pretty is that , so delicate, so full of love.
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| plain language
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2022-04-29
O , very
More laaaaaaaah, I would think. 😁
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| jeunesse
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2022-04-29
A good tour of recommended reading, Seamus Heaney broke my heart with his grit. and Dylan, he's another story
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| Sometimes 1 - 3
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2022-04-29
See myself enjoying your journey and the style it is written
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| Father
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2022-04-26
Nicely done, waves of the ocean like the fluidity of dementia - being present, coming and going, remembering, recalling the solid memories. Love does endure, this much I know x
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| THE POLITICIANS
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2022-04-24
Aw Ken, wouldn't it be ideal if that happened, no more lies, no more corruption, no spin, sadly, politics is beyond , disconnected from the average Joe or Joline. My faith in them is non existent.
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| En ce moment (with translation)
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2022-04-24
Yes, I've felt this over the years, with my children, with friends, with absolute strangers, of late, particularly the Ukrainian devastation.
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| Sitting under the redbud tree
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2022-04-24
It goes like this when I read ...
Read read read,
Smile,
Breathe in,
Breathe out
And relax
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| Spring
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2022-04-24
My my, you have been observing very closely and the use of French adds a delightful delicacy, so reflective of Spring's lightness after Winter gloom.
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| No title
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2022-04-24
Fantastic piece of work, the title doesn't matter, the words are everything
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| Family
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2022-02-27
And there you show us how most of us are a mix of nature/nurture. I see your parents, I see you , so cleverly interwoven to a sonnet loving Dylan seeker. Fabulous.
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| in domum
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2022-02-22
Succint
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| Swifts
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2022-02-21
I wish I could speak bird and find out all their stories from their travels
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| Duality
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2022-02-19
It is cool and crisp and effective. More words are not needed here.
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| UNWORTHY
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2022-02-19
Hmm. I'm wondering who truly is the unworthy one? They that cry the tears, or the subject of their fascination. For the writer still grieves so for them, despite being treated unfairly, I deem the taunter unworthy of such tears.
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| La Bise
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2022-02-11
Yes I agree , it's like wearing a comfy jumper. Thank you. I feel restored.
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| Clear and Generous
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2022-02-11
Now then,
This line alone "under clear and generous starlight" is the one that brings it all together, ever so skilfully and truthfully.. I may steal that line at some future point. I am also brutally honest with my intent.
Well done.
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| Random Rhyme
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2022-01-19
My mouth just had a workout. Awesome
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| centering
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2022-01-15
There's an art to being understated, true things do not need trumpets to announce their existence, and here is a truthful description.
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| Deadly
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2022-01-15
Oooowf, so many references. There was at first a quick read through, praising myself thinking yes, yes I know that, or that, thinking to myself, this is charming, sing-a-long...but, as the vernacular goes " missy just got educated!" Rather, in Dublin's case, illuminated. So, on further inspection I'm happy to say it's not so much a biddy,biddy,bum poem, more Sonny, I've been bad a binged to death
Now, after that comment, I think I need a lie down.
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| ONE FOR THE GIRLS
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2022-01-13
One sandwich short of a picnic basket,
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| IN OUR TWOSOME KITCHEN
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2022-01-13
Missing anything is a hardship, more so people, pets, but I could see you in your kitchen. Well reflected .
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