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Thank you, Fia.
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Powerfully penned, Tim. Lots of layers and depth in this write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thanks for reading Damian. 🙂
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Yet, you ARE a bright light nonetheless Tim. Shine on!
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I appreciate that my friend. Thanks. 🙂
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Boom. You bring the reader along for the ride. Excellent.
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Thanks Thomas. 🙂
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RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS posted in the group ”BACK TO POETRY BASICS”
On our group “BACK TO POETIC BASICS” we’lll soon be covering anything poetry anyone wants to address.
We will meet here once a week each Wednesday beginning October 22nd, 2025. Our first session will begin with the Sonnet.
If you would like to get a headstart, checkoutAnd, if you watched the…Read More
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Read MoreI wish I'd seen him in Fairmountwith a Stetson hat, blue jeans, and boots;or with his collar turned up on a drizzly day,before his fast life crashed throughthe intersectionof folklore and fame..Before his sleek silver Spydergripped him to death in...
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You gotta be talking about James Dean. Taken way too early.
It was a preventable tragedy. Getting too comfortable in a fast car isn’t good!
Fast cars and young men can be a death sentence if you are not cautious.-
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Yes, tragic unforeseeable events can always alter life if one is not careful.
“He’s gotta see us.” Dean’s last words.
Thank you adelly.
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Beautiful tribute to James Dean. He loved speed, freedom, and the open road… his passion became both his muse and his undoing. He adored his Little Bastard, and though he burned bright and brief, his legend never slowed down. I like to imagine he’s still racing somewhere in eternity.
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That’s a fun thought. Thank you, Romaj.
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Powerfully penned, Tim. Excellent tribute my friend I liked this a lot. Appreciate you.
Damian
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I’m glad you liked it, thank you, Damian.
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Read MoreAt one time, where we lived, morning commuters stood on long wooden platforms, patiently waiting and watching for a dark blue train with wicker seats. The light posts that rose above the shoulders of the metal railing were a smudgy light green color that looked like shower heads. Earlier...
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I like the old trains. It’s like being transported to the past when you get to sit in one. Went to a train exhibit once.
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I remember them well. Thanks for the comment, Fia.
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You described such a great time. Where safety was expected and not out of the ordinary.
Everyone was at ease and not erratic. Nowadays you never know.
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Right you are. I thank you for your comment. :))
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Powerfully penned, Tim. Excellent write my friend, I remember when railroad crossings and locomotives were abundant as well. Dig this! Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thanks for all your comments, Damian. They’re much appreciated. 🙂
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Read MoreCOMING HOME: SONGS OF AFRICA“Always, there is someone hungrier than the poorest in America.”“Some of us know how we came by our fortunes, and some of us don’t, but we wear it all the same. There is only one...
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What a raw and intense tribute to Africa!
I’ve never been but you put into words and song a powerful truth.
How do we aim to live with it. Just wow-
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Hi Adelphina, thanks for your visit. I wrote this during a time when my poems had more of an ‘edge’ to them. I wanted my poetry to be part of and reflect a culture of resistance, that was not agitprop but still drove straight to the heart of the reader. To tell the truth about the world but not preach at people. This poem began that journey. I liked this poem and so workshopped it with a writers group at the University of Iowa, and then I submitted it to some literary magazines, but none of them printed it. Oh well.
Adelphina, thank you for your comment; it is truly appreciated.
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This poem is powerful. Both a song of mourning and a call to remembrance. I love how the repetition and rhythm make “Africa” itself feel like a heartbeat pulsing through each stanza.
The imagery is rich with longing and pride, and the movement from loss to reclamation is deeply moving. It feels like a spiritual homecoming through language itself.
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What a beautiful comment, RomaJ. Thank you so much. You might be surpised, but a few of the people in the writers group (mentioned above to Adelphina) expressed similar feelings. But they also tore through it viciously. This is the final version.
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This is deep. We all feel isolated and surrounded by the dark at one time or another. Felt this.