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Read MoreA window holds its breathas the day thins to a pale wash.Frost gathers at the corners,soft as dust. Someone walks past,coat brushing the airand sending in a brief drift of coldthat sharpens a thoughtthe way cold sometimes does—clean, immediate,quietly sure...
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Thank you so much, Styxian. You are deeply appreciated 🙏🏻🕊️
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is this a scam or what?
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need help deleting comments the one above by Benjamin3903 is a malicious link. Do not click in it!
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Read MorePoetry wasn’t a choice.It showed up at my doorlike a small, rabid animalI needed to nurture. Like a scar,like my eye color. Before book sales,before applause,before anyone gave a damn. I was jaded by color.Sunsets weren’t cute.They were edible —pink and orange,soul...
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The last stanza is brilliant. Love it and the poem. Great work!
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Thank you.
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Brilliantly penned, Thomas. Preach my brother, preach! You nailed this out of the park. Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you, my friend.
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Awesome.
Indeed, it’s that little angel/demon upon our shoulder, compelling us to write something, anything, to relieve the pressure of wanting to say something to the void. Life?Love?Pain?Loss? All of it.
Your write is terrific. I think we all write “for ourselves”. yet to have someone acknowledge our words does mean a lot. It makes us feel like it does matter, after all.-
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Thank you. I agree…it is nice when someone acknowleges us.
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Excellent ink & Not a single drop wasted .. Neville 😎👍
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Thank you, my friend.
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Yep. That’s just the way it is. We create because that’s how we deal with the world.
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so true.
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That last stanza…is everything. It’s never about accolades. It’s because we must. Damn…
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So true.
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RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS and
Sappho (Elke) are now friends
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Read More“winter palette"Winter leans inwith a painter’s restraint,lifting soft bluesfrom the frost’s first breath,letting tree‑shadows sketchsilver across the ground.Branches rise like quiet script,each stroke a reminderthat pared‑back beautyasks only to be seen..
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Outstanding piece. Great detail in a few words.
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Thank you so much, dear friend. Most appreciated as always. 🙏🕊️🤩
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Read More"Trump's Bloody Stump"Higgledy piggledy …our orange man, Donald Trump,sticks his foot in his mouthwith weird posings.Chews off his ankle whileincomprehensiblyspouting out foolishlymad disclosings.Rascal©2018
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Cleverly penned, Rascal. Excellent write my friend. He’s a walking punchline. lol. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you, Damian, most gratefully for the encouraging kudos,
I hope your holidays have been filled with joy and laughter.
Yes, Trump is quite the iniquitous bump.You’re appreciated, too, M’Friend! ⁓ Richard🖌
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Hoi @Rascal
Light verse has a very very special place in the hearts of the Dutch.
There was a time, Some 40 years ago, that I met THE promotor of Dutch higgeldy piggeldies/olleke bollekes every first Tuesday of the month.So i must have written hundreds of them. Most of them as part of lyrics for songs, almost all of them in Dutch.
And a few in English. One I remember where ‘sustainabiliy’ was the key word. But looking for this one is impossible.The very long and very impressive artistic life of Carole king, began with ‘O Neil’. An answersong to O Carol by Neil Sedaka.
With that in mind I decided to write an olleke bolleke to you. An answer song or thereabouts.I
Donald Trump wat is dat
Nog niet genoeg gehad
Tijd voor wat vrije tijd
Dat komt goed uitII
Wordt geen misdaad geschuwd
Naar de afgrond geduwd
Wanneer is het genoeg
B’donder de kluitWhat I like about it, is that it’s full of letters/pronounciations the English language doesn’t have.
I love your poem to pieces. Thank you for posting!
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Greetings, Gus 🌿
I’ve written a few Higgledy Piggledy pieces, finding them enormously entertaining to compose, if a bit fairly challenging … which I always enjoy, too!
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Donald Trump, what is that?
Haven’t had enough yet?
Time for some free time
That works out wellII
No crime is spared
Pushed to the brink of the abyss
When is enough enough?
Damn the whole lotYeah! When pronounced, comparing my English version with your Dutch version, I see what you mean by the fuller experience, and I completely agree.
“Trump’s Bloody Stump” (in Dutch)
Rommelig en chaotisch…
onze oranje man, Donald Trump,
trapt in zijn eigen valkuil
met bizarre poses.Hij bijt zich vast in zijn eigen enkel
terwijl hij onbegrijpelijk
en dwaas
gekke uitspraken doet.Ha-HAH! Poetry is such an endless smorgasbord of creative delight!
Thanks, Gus, for sharing some of it with me! ⁓ Rascal🖌
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Love the comically playfulness of the write.
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Many thanks, Dear Fia, for dropping by for a read 🤓
I’m so glad I’ve tickled your funny bone, and am truly grateful that you love anything about my poetry!
“Happy Holidays, Dear Poetess!” ⁓ Rascal🍷
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Delightful piece in every way.Quite the opposite of the orange buffoon.
His ascent to POTUS surely must put to bed the notion of an all caring,all loving,all knowing God.
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Salutations, Peter ✨
The most basic sensibilities would struggle to disagree with your well founded sentiments of our orange tinted Potus, Syr Poet … he’s emphatically that depraved!
Thanks bushels for reading and your much appreciated compliment! ⁓ Rascal🖌
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Simple but very effective. Creates a poetic scene for the reader to envision easily.
Well done.