| SO BE IT
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2025-07-03
This reminds me of my old Buddhist teacher, who said: "Yesterday is past, tomorrow is unknown, now is the knowing", or words to that effect. Another thoughtful poem Allen.
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| APOGEE, IF YOU WILL
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2025-07-03
I liked the image of the point of equilibrium, the moment of stasis when the swing can go forward or back, but as we know it cannot remain still, though we may wish it so. So, for me a profound meditation on our transience. Thanks Allen.
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| INBETWEEN
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2025-06-24
As always Allen a poem that gives me so much to ponder, the subtle emphasis on our existential dilemma, thanks for this.
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| NOW THEIR'S ALONE
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2025-05-25
You have such a gift in the use of metaphors Allen, and here it all come together.
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| CONVERSATION ON A STRING
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2025-05-25
"A half eaten apple Rocks uncertain on my table of life." A brilliant metaphor Allen, and a poem that makes one think. And glad to see it in the light.
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| Don't look up
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2025-05-04
A revision on the last stanza.
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| SEA OF LIFE
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2025-04-28
The early hours, when we are awake with our demons; very well put Alan.
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| Feels Like it's All That's Left
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2025-04-28
How hard to express how much I feel for your suffering; I just hope that there will be some light at the end.
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| Windy day
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2025-04-24
I liked 'Clouds run in the sky' and other nice metaphors.
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| five year old me
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2025-04-24
.....a child maybe? Good poem.
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| THE IVY LEAGAGUE UNIVERSIES - TRUMP
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2025-04-24
Reminds me of the poem by Martin Neimoller -"then they came for me"; and of course, we haven't seen the worse yet!
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| Viv in the Coffee Shop
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2025-04-24
The photographs left behind, as a metaphor for all the rest she'd left - a brilliant poem Jim; and as someone now married to someone who did this, let's hope she found her freedom.
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| Patting the Horse's Nose
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2025-04-24
This was a pleasure to read Jim, how you've captured a moment in time, with such feeling for the life and the land of the cowboy; and it must be a hard life, but with such moments of epiphany.
I can only say...Bravo!
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| INDISPUTABLE
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2025-04-24
I enjoyed this Allen; the way you lead the reader to the conclusion in a good rhyme scheme, and we can say _ The Pope is dead - Long Live the Pope!
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| LIFE... IS A BOX OF BITS
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2025-04-24
I liked the use of metaphor - the box of bits, all fitting together until completed - then the end; it works well and leaves me with a sense of a proper resolution.
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| ONLY
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2025-04-24
This evokes in me an archaic feeling, so beautifully conveyed, and the skill in composing these lines is so understated - one of your best Allen.....Bravo!
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| A PLACE OF TRIAGE
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2025-04-23
A poem that gives contemplation, I appreciated the metaphor of the morning light entering and breaking up the dark; subtle and profound - a good one Allen
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| The Moon Spoke to Her
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2025-03-09
The moon, such a perfect evocation! And how she is so important to poets - reflecting light into our art.
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| WHOSE WILL BE DONE?
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2025-03-06
A good poem Allen, and it took me a second reading to understand what was being deposited there.
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| TROLLS AND WARMONGERS SHOULD NEVER WIN
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2025-03-06
Thanks Alan; all you say I agree with, but I wouldn't be much use with a gun! I'd be a liability; but we can still express our opinions, and that is what we couldn't do in Russia.
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| Afterlife
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2025-03-03
Excellent Ray; not just how it flows, but the denouement on the last line; as for me if a bird, maybe a Rook.
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| Lesson 64
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2025-02-27
Good poem Sameen; and maybe all that's left of us is love.
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| wonder of wonders
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2025-02-27
A pleasure to read, so well balanced and with a fine ending; masterful Jim.
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| A Thorough Cat
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2025-02-27
'a snowdrift that’s forgotten to melt'. a great metaphor in a damned good poem, I enjoyed reading it.
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| feasibility of lifelong friendships
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2025-02-27
A good poem, evocative of our longing for connections. I've made and lost many friendships, and it is still a mystery to me how any endure, maybe it's a gift?
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| SO ××××××× xxxx THINKS I'M A MORAN
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2025-02-27
I've only just come to this one Alan; am I right that you've received a negative comment? When I was a moderator on another site we classified them as trolls, and treated them accordingly.
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| ZELENSKY A DICTATOR ACCORDING TO TRUMP
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2025-02-27
Good one Alan. And as for the Orange Manbaby, he's just the latest in a long line of megalomaniacs, who have got their hands on power, but hopefully will go the same way as the rest; meanwhile , strap in for a bumpy ride!
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| Short Work
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2025-02-25
I enjoyed the poems with the poem Jim, and the devilish haiku! A trap for the unwary!
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| The Devil Walked Out
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2025-02-25
Thanks Ray, but that won't work, line ten rhymes with line nine, with line eleven having a half rhyme between religiose and organise; and to get another rhyme would require an extra line, to no useful purpose. Having said that I did dash it off last night over my second scotch!
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| Kim Kardashian’s Arse
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2025-02-25
Excellent Kim, a timely tirade against our corrupt system.
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| BAGSY
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2025-02-25
He knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
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| A Day Unresolved
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2025-02-23
The first stanza immediately hooked me; a poem that skilfully evokes a sleepless night.
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| WILLY-NILLY
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2025-02-23
Simple really, Trump wants to be Putin, while Putin wants Trump to want to be him. Manipulation.
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| GORGOIZE
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2025-02-23
Pismire! I loved that - well done Ken
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| IN THE END GOD WAS KIND TO HER
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2025-02-22
Cathartic no less, and there is much underlying pain and regret, a powerful piece indeed Allen.
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| WILLOW
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2025-02-22
Your poems just get better Allen. I liked this for its lyrical quality.
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| carousel ride
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2025-02-16
I enjoyed this, the metaphor of the carousel works so well.
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| BROUHAHAHA
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2025-02-16
Best place is on the loo Ken 😄
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| Spark of Magnesium
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2025-02-13
Sometimes we need a little helper, to come back to ourselves. a thoughtful poem - well done!
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| [winter night-walks]
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2025-02-13
This to me evokes Ted Kooser, that most observational poet, and neglected on this side of the pond. A good one Thomas
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| For what it's worth
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2025-02-13
My wife makes the perfect cappuccino, all done by hand; and my day starts after one.
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| Lunar
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2025-02-13
Ah, but she can be a harsh mistress.
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| During Meditation
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2025-02-13
This reminded me of a similar experience, when meditating, when the mind becomes peaceful and we see with different eyes.
Nice one Thomas
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| Hey handsome
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2025-02-13
No Jambsbo - I'm Spartacus! But seriously the last stanza just flew like a released bird.
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| Weather in love
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2025-02-13
Yes, and often others love us more than we love ourselves; a lovely poem.
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| My Mortal Archive
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2025-02-13
Such vivid imagery, then all hanging on the hook of the last line; another gem Sameen.
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| Lesson 35
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2025-02-13
'The salmon braves gravity itself' - what an opening line! But is the narrator being too pessimistic in the last two?
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| feburary
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2025-02-13
Spare and eloquent, what I enjoy from your poetry.
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| Broken people 😞
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2025-02-13
We complain (here in the UK) about our NHS, but we just have to travel to see how lucky we still are; this is a very poignant reflection.
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| peanut seller
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2025-02-13
I like how you condense the narrative into sharp observation.
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