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patriciajj commented on: IRREPARABLE STAIN OF INK by georgeschaefer 2 years 41 weeks ago
In this highly meaningful: In this highly meaningful poem you speak for all of us. What a relatable metaphor: the demoralizing "stain of ink", the "living tragedy" that seems to block the entry of hope and inspiration.   But what is unsaid still glistens through. You were tempted to give up, but didn't, and the implication is that positive change can happen if we all, as a whole, bear the burden. Brilliant commentary. 
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patriciajj commented on: Return by owlcrkbrg 2 years 41 weeks ago
You make a gorgeous, symbolic: You make a gorgeous, symbolic case for a completely immersive and profound rest after the storms of life. Stunning! 
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allets commented on: My ode to Bill Gates by DaztheDruid 2 years 41 weeks ago
Mudslung: Jesuit scum - I stopped reading at that point. 
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patriciajj commented on: Almond Milk by saiom 2 years 41 weeks ago
Looking forward to that!: Looking forward to that! There can be no ascension without kindness for all living things. Uplifting and beautiful thoughts. 
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Starward commented on: Return by owlcrkbrg 2 years 41 weeks ago
This is one of the most: This is one of the most beautiful poems I have read in a long time.
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Starward commented on: 20,000 Thoughts .... by giajl 2 years 41 weeks ago
I wish that, when I was a: I wish that, when I was a younger person, I could have had the sense to say something like that.  It may have smoothed over to very rough patches.
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georgeschaefer commented on: STAY MAD?! by georgeschaefer 2 years 41 weeks ago
glad someone likes it: glad someone likes it
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allets commented on: IRREPARABLE STAIN OF INK by georgeschaefer 2 years 41 weeks ago
Chuckle Chuckle: I lean left when I write there is no better angle underneath lava flow signifying change in a world motivated by fear. . No page remains empty for long. The end cometh and like Cassandra, I speak to those who can never hear me. The gods of greed will not share. We sing anyway. . Lady A .
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Starward commented on: Tacos in the Rain by MvnK 2 years 41 weeks ago
I really, really like this: I really, really like this poem.
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Starward commented on: Promise Of The Dawn by GailHudson 2 years 41 weeks ago
This is an excellent poem for: This is an excellent poem for your first posting here, and it is also full of wisdom.
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Starward commented on: + 2ND POEMS: Nearing; A Poem Inspired By The Doppler Shift by J-C4113D 2 years 41 weeks ago
And thank you for that very: And thank you for that very kind comment.  I do not think I could have gotten this poem down without the precedent of your cosmic poems.
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patriciajj commented on: + 2ND POEMS: Nearing; A Poem Inspired By The Doppler Shift by J-C4113D 2 years 41 weeks ago
I'll tell you how I know that: I'll tell you how I know that this came from a place within you yet beyond you: It alludes to ancient wisdom and to universal, esoteric truths. The fact that it poured itself onto the page in your eloquent voice but without the constraints of your preferred forms (appropriate for your other poems but for not this one) is another sign of a finer, wondrous source of inspiration.    Yet it takes skill to funnel higher wisdom onto the page without filtering it too much with poetic interpretations that come from overthinking and second-guessing. And yet you managed to maintain the purity of the message while delivering it in a reliquary of soft, gleaming artistry.    There's no shortcut to a profound relationship with the Almighty. You can't get there any other way but through love. Not the easy, convenient love that falls apart with every gust of emotional wind, but the love you described in this gorgeous and moving poem.    To see in "the faces of our neighbors . . . the Face of Our Lord . . . regardless of what aspects are, or are not, appearing."    Yes! You struck gold. That's what it's about. That's all there is, actually.    A melodic invitation to "weave our common cloth more closely". Amen and bravo!    Thank you kindly for your acknowledgment and support.     
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Starward commented on: Sparkles and Glims by FLboy555 2 years 41 weeks ago
Patriciajj's comment led me: Patriciajj's comment led me to this magnificent poem, but leaves me with nothing to say, because she has so succinctly summarized its effect.  But, unable to improve upon her comment, I will gladly add my applause for this beautiful poem.
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Starward commented on: At The Escape Of Vergil by J-C4113D 2 years 41 weeks ago
I am so sorry I failed to: I am so sorry I failed to respond to this kind compliment, and I thank you for the encouraging words, even after all these years.
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Starward commented on: Yet [*/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Final Measures; The Cosmos Addresses Christ, Its Creator, In Whom It Consists by J-C4113D 2 years 41 weeks ago
Thank you so much for those: Thank you so much for those kind words and that very validating comment.  I am glad you liked the word "Nearing."  It comes from the little that I know about Doppler shifts of light in astronomy---red show a moving away, and blue shows a moving near.  (I have to thank Edwin Hubble's research into galaxy expansion for first showing me that concept.)  That is why Cerulean appears in my poetry as a name, and a named person.  Eliot spoke of "blue of Mary's color" in Ash Wednesday and, while I do not think he was then (1927) aware of Hubble's findings, it gives contemporary readers another meaning to bring to that manigificent line,    Thanks again for the comment.  The poem could have taken form without the precedent of your Cosmic Poetry.
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