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Read MoreA Book Report using Cliff's Notes ( a non-scholarly review) The Whale filled several hundred pages the one-legged captain harpooned his dream and in the end went overboard with his quest and then in jest Ishmael told the others to call him finding later on that to be the first...
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Oh brother…they gave us such boring books to read.
Fia, thank you for replying to this piece.
j.
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Oh, thank God! For a moment I thought this would be some dry learned lecture, then the first verse got me chuckling. When Ishmael asked the others to call him, I just howled and my wife came back here and asked me what was wrong. I told her, “I’ll just have to read this to you.” So I did, and we both roared with laughter all the way through. Thank you so much for this one, Jake. We really needed that. You have any more like this? I can go put on the popcorn!
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ha ha….I don’t even lecture to my classes. All satirical and glad that it could give you a few chuckles. Thanks for letting me know this.
There is truth in this in the fact of me hating Moby Dick with a passion.
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Just please give us more of these. You now have a niche market your fans are literally howling for. Doing anything else could be dangerous.
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Cleverly penned, Jacob. Amazing write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you, Damian.
j.
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I feel the muse here is the dead one for eight years now.
Painful loss…she is no longer inside him. Either she forced him into the drugs or he forced her out because of them.
I think your poetry screams about the underside of life…the side many may not want to see because it mirrors them.
The unwanted sides.
This is really good, FD.
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Thank you so much, J. All true, of course; however, in poetry, all readers can see only what they can interpret from their particular viewpoints, their own life experiences, and thus, their “interpretation” is valid only as possible truth, their truth — but actual truth can be diametrically opposite: The muse is the hero: eight years gone, killed by pain, and now, with the HELP of the morphine, is finally the resurrector. Then, of course, the morphine itself must be, and was, vanquished, and the man is back. For now, at least. In a situation like this, nothing is permanent. Try it from that viewpoint.
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I already replied, but I keep getting a notification that takes me back to here. So I don’t know if you got what I replied last night, above this.
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I sure did get it….the poem is universal when readers might get something different from the poem than what exactly inspired it.
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I figured the notification number would change once the reply had been read and answered. Guess not. That’s confusing.
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Read MoreThere it was!There it was, right there in theAustin American Statesman,page E11, Sunday, April 9th, 1989:incontrovertible scientific proof!At first I thought it wasn't important,just another filler,relegated to deep burial on page E11 --and then the revelation swept...
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Now that is interesting. That tiny brain was in control all that time. So we have the same tiny brain and respond just the same way as a man would. Was that article in the Times? Nice read
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See the 1st verse: Austin-American Statesman, April 9th, 1989. A real study. And boy, did I get a lot of flack from the “gentle sex.” Just reporting what I read — in my own words, of course. Isn’t that what good reporters do?
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Yes, that is what good reporters do.;))
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I was intrigued the whole time reading this.
Informative and entertaining!
With a side of “it wasn’t my fault”. Hahaha
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I’m glad you enjoyed it. It is a fun one to perform, though it’s been a good while since I have done that.
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Read MoreHow to Get ElectedBy FlatDaddyIt takes big buckscause the luck's with the cluckswith the cash,the stash of tucks in the pocket.That's the socket, the clock to set therocket of success,luck's bestwith big bucks sucked in trucked inshucked an' jivedby...
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Very entertaining! I don’t trust politicians no matter who they are.
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Ah, thank you! Did you play the audio? I need to redo it, but it’s not too bad.
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I listened to the audio and it sounded great to me. Lots of rhythm.
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Oh, good. I still need to fix it though (it’s missing a word I had to add after Trump took the throne, er, office.)
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haha, well then get that word in flat daddy. One word might not make a difference unless it’s a real good one. 🙂
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Oh, yes! The word is “nay” — it wasn’t in there before. I won’t tell you where (oh, boy, a treasure hunt!), but once you find it, you’ll understand why I had to add it. So now I must add it to the audio — which, of course, requires doing it again.
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I wish you luck in your endeavor. 🙂
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Thanks, Tim
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Super cool and fun poetic satire on the cash that floats our politicians. Buying elections with the telegenic looks and velvet tongue has been going on for a long time. Great poem.
John
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Ah, yes, and I find it strange for that very reason that I did not go into politics myself; it’s too bad my mirror does not agree. Damn lying glassy two-dimensional things that populate every bathroom I’ve ever been in. Who put those damn things there? Certainly not me! Thanks for the nice comments, John.
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Read MoreShe left without a goodbye.As though our nest was no longercomfortable enough for her. As though from a high perchshe saw something, or someone,better than meand flew off. But life is funnyand often horrific. They found her among the reeds.Some human animal...
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Powerfully penned, Tim. Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you. 🙂
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hello dearest Tim this is very dark great write ❤️
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Thank you, crimsin.
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Wow! The whole write is moving but the line about having her wings plucked and her breath made off with, great metaphors for death. You have a great talent mister!
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Thank you, my beautiful friend. 🙂
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lol, My nightmare book report was Silas Marner. I remember those days of summer that were stolen from us.