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    The Things a Drunk Will Do

      Before dawn, Highway 6 bridge. Mallard ducks wobble across wet pavement. I scatter bread, grab my big black garbage bag, take a few morning swigs to knock off the shakes, vomit it back up.   City sleeps, dumpsters smell of rot. I climb in, sifting through cat shit, discarded...

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    • Powerfully penned, Thomas. Excellent write with precise imagery my friend. This was raw and real brother. Appreciate you.

      Damian

    • Another dark slice of the side of life most of us abhor and pretend isn’t there at all. It is so difficult trying to picture you there, my friend, so hard to think of anyone other than make believe movie made bums living hard, rough lives no real, educated man who writes so beautifully could possibly live among and be himself, hanging on to humanity by the slenderest thread. You show me parts of myself in these seedy climes, just another few tarifs or heists of my rent away from joining you on your morning quests. You bring tears to my tired morning eyes.

    • Thanks, my friend. I appreciate it.

    • Freaking great piece with the real life descriptions dude, tight work

    • “trying not to get hit by their apathy,
      daylight swallowing my quiet survival.”

      That right there sums up so much in this world. Identity means nothing without a trendy label to too many. And those struggling to survive, invisible. The undecided dawn was one helluva exclamation point on the situation. Another solid piece of reality

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    Wally wrote a new post

    The Traveler

      He traveled across many universes Trying to find the one he had left behind Looking to catch the emotion in verses Versus the different paths that fate had aligned   He entered through many doorways and portals Through every gateway and wormhole to explore With a...

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    Souls Speak

    Aticus Abbey has conducted ssveral interviews with Starsrite poets and poetesses, and this way introduced them to our community, allowing us to learn more about the people we share the same passion for writing with. This was a valuable...

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    • Thank you, Elke. It’s not often that I speak of my privacy and I couldn’t care less how some perceive me. I am what I am, hitched to a higher being.

      • It was an honor. Your writings reveal a subtle person with a great sense of humor and mastership of metaphors and imagery. In this interview you add your integrity and principled side. Again, thank you very much!

    • I have two books by David McCullough I’m reading now so I’m glad to see he said that. I’ve been a musician for over fifty years and started when I was very young. If I couldn’t write (which for the most part I can’t anyway lol) I’d be hitting a drum or playing guitar.

      You did a good interview here, Elke. Nice job.

      • Thank you very much for reading and commenting, Tim! Your musical career sounds very interesting, especially because my own experience in music is pretty poor, besides torturing the violin for some years. Watch out! Maybe you’re the next one i’ll torment with questions…

    • It’s interesting to get a glimpse of the authors behind their words. And, perhaps we find a few things in common that we didn’t predict prior, like their personal beliefs, even.
      After all, we are not generic souls hashing out the same results. Diversity is strength, even when the tastes are not always agreeable.
      Good job, Sappho!

      • Thank you so much, dear Styx, i agree to you absolutely. It’s always enriching to get to know other people and their opinions and beliefs. Open mindedness and tolerance are values we can cultivate by experience.

    • Amazing interview, Elke. Adagio is a great writer it was interesting to learn more about him. Appreciate you both.

      Damian

    • I like that he was being interviewed instead of the other way around. Good job

    • Hoi hoi chère S., and chèr A.,
      This is the 4th time I came back to the scene of the Rhyme, to be submerged in this ocean of beauty.
      I’m no hero with alcohol, so I Raise my glass of chilled freshly squeezed orange juice.

      Cheers to the interviewer; cheers to the interviewee!

      This one is a solid proof of what Roger McGough said:
      Keep it simple
      Let’s not take ourselves too seriously
      And (this one I love the best):
      All this talent is fine, but bring your empathy

      Alive and gigging – as far as I know he still performs – 88 years old.

      This interview floored me with a deeply felt (or feld) human touch questioning. As well as simple but bulls eye answers.
      Raise the flag and sound the trumpet.
      I wave extra warmly to Sappho and to Atticus

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    Inking Ink 7 - an interview with Nick DC

    Tonight, I am interviewing Nick DC, who doesn't flinch when tilting the scales, in favor of "dark's" heavy weight without a sonar.Atticus: Nick, for the viewers who haven't read you, introduce yourself.Nick: " Well, I go by Nick DC...

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    The Revenant

    strange it wasthe outcome...yeah?making covenant with the governmenta bureaucratic cabalpreaching change is gonna comechildren of lesser godskept you at odds  pre-occupied  slow cooked like that framed frog   while you over-lookedthe hand up Mona Lisa's skirtbartering idealism for dirt sans Eden didn't see the...

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    • Your pen has power, Naajir. You weld it like a trident of discourse. Because you see that discourse and use it against itself.
      Always well spoken with a keen wisdom.

      • This was one of those vibes that started one way but ended up
        on a more inspirational tone. I like those moments.
        Big thx for such a profound comment, Styxian

        Much respect

        Naaj

    • Powerfully penned, Naaj. Excellent write my friend. This has a flow that would make great song lyrics. Nicely done per usual brother. Appreciate you.

      Damian

      • You read my mind in regards of putting it into song format. I’ve been in and out if Suno
        and I like how they piece things together. Big thx for droppin by, Damian.

        Much respect

        Naaj

    • We read this thinking of all the people now wanting to claim innocence, The supporters of Nero and Caligua who supported the emperor even after discovering their madness. The mad rulers campaign on their sickness and still found themselves in power. There is no depth to the madness, you lose yourself using the normal routes to navigate. Tight

      • Great analysis, bro. We gotta stay grounded in our covenant in times like this
        Thx or droppin in.

        Much respect

        Naaj

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