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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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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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FUCK OFF!
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Read MoreFroward.I found the word highlighted in my Bible.I remember liking how it rolled off my tongue. And thinking about tongues,all the women I loved over the years came to mind.Red dresses dancingbetween shots of rock gutand sloppy bar bands. Wayward.Full of...
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Powerfully penned, Thomas. Excellent storytelling my friend. Nicely done as always. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you, my friend. I appreciate it.
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Brilliant .. sums it up perfectly .. Neville
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Thank you Neville. I appreciate you.
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This is fantastic poetry writing my friend! Gritty, strong, like a shot of whiskey. Colorful, great story telling, and imagery. Great work.
John
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Thank you. Much appreciated.
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Waw raw and I can see the imagery in this.
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Thank you so much.
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Goldenmyst said it accurately. I concur wholeheartedly.
But, thunderbird? My god, man. At the least Seagrams 7 !!! LOL
This is very good writing. A bullseye on a dartboard of a swanky bar life.
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lol. Thank you, my friend.
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Outstanding and real. Nice work.
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Thank you.
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I love how you wove it all together into a cohesive story. There’s an underlying homage to the women and their fire and marks left on you that ties this all together so beautifully. I can’t help but think you made a difference in their existence as well. Fire water or no, this one is brilliant
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Thank you. I appreciate you.
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RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS posted in the group ”BACK TO POETRY BASICS”
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SESSION SEVEN
“POETRY, A FEW IMPORTANT BASICS”
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“WHAT EVERY POETESS OR POET SHOULD KNOW”
by RW Jenkins, MFA ©2004If one’s goal or wish is to ever master the true art of poetry (as in any art form), whether it’s in oils, watercolor, or acrylic…Read More
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Thank you most gratefully, SeaCat, Dru, and Fia!
Appreciation is such a wonderful gift to receive. 🙏
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Read MoreIn winter’s depth,I walked broken streets.Empty pockets.Head full of hissing demons.Whiskey for warmth.Neon nights for company. Underneath the frostand frozen hearts.Underneath the lonelinessin shadowed rooms.Something small, powerful—a dim pulse, barely there, but consistent.A heat without a name. And these days?Well, I’m...
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Powerfully penned, Thomas. Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you, my friend.
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Thomas this spoke to me of a man who found the summer within after a long lifetime in winter. Really loved where this took me as I read. Truly fine work.
John
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Thanks, John. Much appreciated.
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Outstanding piece. Great detail in a few words.