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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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Damian DeadLove wrote a new post
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Read MoreLost moments these gaps in time Surrounded by such strange faces Unable to reason can’t find a rhyme Empty thoughts in random places Can’t recall when the mask slipped Sometimes minutes feel like years Somehow the scale must of tipped Got this constant ringing in my...
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Amnesia, would be a lonely thing for a poet of the forgotten. This was exquisite, Damian.
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Adagio. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Hello dearest Damian great write I feel this I often wonder if forgetting is a blessing or a curse ❤️
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Brenda. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Maybe a little of both depending on what’s forgotten. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Tremendous work, my friend.
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Thomas. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Damian, this is strong tonic. I could feel this in my bones as I read. This i the stuff of poetry that feels like strong whiskey on the tongue. Sad but great writing.
John
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, John. So glad you connected with the write my friend. It is sad indeed. Thank you for your continued support. Appreciate you.
Damian
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It is cruel when the mind slips and cannot grasp what you have lost. Food for thought.
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Fia. So glad you connected with the write my friend. It is food for thought, these are the little things I think about late at night. lol. Appreciate you, cuz.
Damian
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Older age? I know all too well the fading of a few things within myself!
Yet you haven’t lost your literary touch! You are blessed with talent, that hasn’t ebbed. Thankfully we write down our material, no need to remember them from scratch! LOL.
You still can kick some ass with a pen, Damian. Wield it high!-
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Mark. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Getting old isn’t without the fear of losing one’s self along the way. I’m just trying to hang in there. You’re much too kind, Dear Sir. But thank you for your continued support brother. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Exquisite piece Damian. Well written my friend.
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Keith. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you, brother.
Damian
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exceptional read! full of concise, vividly profound imagery…
a sense of melancholic unrest. ~ c-
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, C. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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As you so often do, you stirred levels here again. I read this from the personal perspective of memories slipping. A sense of self lost in blips of time. I also see this as the world arena and how people have lost their sense humanity, their compassion, their community. Like the whole damn world has global amnesia. And I read it as literal amnesia from losing time in the form of blanks in memory from drink or drugs. Many layers, my friend
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Well you know me, I love when there are multiple meanings and endless possibilities. lol. Sometime’s I think it’s probably little pieces of all those things rolled into one. I follow where my muse leads me. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Read Morelavendar sung for megently as the wind blew carrying its fragrancesuch a beautiful melody my soul alone could hearpurple delicate and truerevealed what was still goodmy thoughts vibrate with their songthe humming carried me alongunderstanding flora connecting me to...
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Beautifully penned, Brenda. Such an amazing write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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hello dearest Damian I’m happy you liked this thank you ❤️
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Chère C.,
We’ve an allotment garden (edge of Amsterdam – so we’re rich) and use lavender as a separation between patches of veggies. We don’t have to (will never) use chemicals and as a bonus, all the bees in the neighbourhood love us. They set our garden in motion, because they constantly move the lavender flowers with their weight.30 meters of lavender? Easily!
You just made me think of all the lavender we’ve chopped, bound and hung in the log cabin. The whole cabin smells lovely.
How lovely that you posted this poem.
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hello dearest Gus it sounds like a dream come true so beautiful I love the garden it’s where I can hear our creator the best watching nature at work and listening to the Earth’s voice thank you graciously for sharing such a lovely scene from your life with me ❤️
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This is fantastic, Brenda. Bravo!
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hello dearest Adagio thank you graciously by the way why aren’t you allowing comments I thought your latest dark indeed ❤️
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Peaceful & quite lovely. xox
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thank you dearest Keith I was in a dreamy mood this day ❤️
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Dear B,
The peace and gentleness in this write is so calming and soothing I could weep. I really appreciated the magic of this and its balm on my soul. Lovely piece. H🌷
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Daniel Long wrote a new post
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Read MoreThere was a time when the wax streamed from our hot flame. There was a time when our fire was a spark, then passion caught flame. There was a time when the flame light burned like hellfire. We burned on like candlelight until we were...
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Powerfully penned, Daniel. Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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It’s amazing how you succeed in telling this sad and bittersweet story, using extraordinarily beautiful and heart touching words!
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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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This is great work
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Much appreciated.
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