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arqios commented on: smoke and mirrors by arqios 43 weeks 5 days ago
To have survived the: To have survived the labyrinth is often a mixed relief, there is scarring there that occasionally reminds one of the horrors. Thanks kindly for your kind response.
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arqios commented on: Autumn Coffee Run by arqios 43 weeks 5 days ago
Thanks pjj. : Thanks pjj.
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S74rw4rd commented on: To The Poet, The Eminent Constantine Cavafy [XLIX] by S74rw4rd 43 weeks 6 days ago
Thank you so very much for: Thank you so very much for that comment.  Looking at the several failed relationships and missed opportunities in his past, Cavafy found a way to redeem them by bringing what was beautiful (or instructive) in them into a lasting poetry in which others could, in a way, commune in his fellowship even after his soar had gone on to the stars.  In the last few days, I have been feeling my own massive list of failures and miss-outs very sharply.  I should like to think that the poems that emerge from that chaos can, provides, as Cavafy said, "a perception of the beautiful" to those who read them.
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patriciajj commented on: smoke and mirrors by arqios 43 weeks 6 days ago
Brilliant! The structure: Brilliant!   The structure sharply illustrates the nerve-jangling, dead-end process suffered by anyone who has ever had the experience of interacting with an irrational, slippery control freak. You even listed, in ascending order of aggravation, some of the verbal abuser's favorite infuriating, mind-numbing tactics used to keep one ensnared in their juvenile labyrinth.     Then realizing they just aren't worth our time and effort, you mock the lunacy with hilarious word play and bring the poem to an outrageously delightful, visual conclusion.   Spot on and thoroughly enjoyable.  
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patriciajj commented on: Autumn Coffee Run by arqios 43 weeks 6 days ago
You deliver one of life's: You deliver one of life's best kept secrets in a compact and cleverly simple package:   "Where else is boxed contentment? But where it's found in a moment."   Everyday Zen. Love it!   
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patriciajj commented on: To The Poet, The Eminent Constantine Cavafy [XLIX] by S74rw4rd 43 weeks 6 days ago
As I read the pain-torn poem: As I read the pain-torn poem by Cavafy you referenced, I sensed shades of your own travail as expressed in many of your excellent poems. A worthy tribute to a legendary talent.  
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S74rw4rd commented on: THE EVOLUTION OF MY PRAYING by joy 44 weeks 1 day ago
This is an excellent: This is an excellent testimony and speaks volumes about your Faith.
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Teytonon commented on: Shakespeare quotes by Teytonon 44 weeks 2 days ago
Thanks for your comment..: Thanks for your comment. I'm sure it signifies something, but I can't figure out what it is. One thing for sure, you're certainly not an idiot. I'll have to read   it. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Pungus commented on: Shakespeare quotes by Teytonon 44 weeks 2 days ago
you should check it out: your first quote, though incomplete lacking it's finishing 'full of sound and fury' was what Faulkner used as a title to his book, which is really good.
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Pungus commented on: Valuable thought #1 by humanfruit 44 weeks 2 days ago
thank you: thank you quite. this one felt good to write; it's nice when Poetry comes full circle, like this did, effortlessly.
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beaconzbard commented on: I SHALL REJOICE IN MY INFIRMITIES by beaconzbard 44 weeks 3 days ago
It's now on YouTube: You can watch/hear me read it at:  https://youtube.com/shorts/C2d2h2BiHeg
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ramonathompsont commented on: workman’s woe by humanfruit 44 weeks 4 days ago
a different kind of write. I: a different kind of write. I liked it. thanks for sharing
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beaconzbard commented on: The Doorway by beaconzbard 44 weeks 4 days ago
It's now on YouTube: YOu can now watch/ hear me read this one at:  https://youtube.com/shorts/DS_HzJIaajA
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Teytonon commented on: If only the years were knowledge. by S.X.K 44 weeks 5 days ago
Thank you for this..: Thank you for this wonderful poem. If I may add the following: If only the years were knowledge I'm sure some of us, as we grow older Would accrue enough knowledge to graduate college While others, who no matter how old they get Still play the fool and will be in grade school And of course, there are a few, sad to say Who will still be in pre-K!  
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georgeschaefer commented on: WAKE UP HARD by georgeschaefer 44 weeks 5 days ago
thanks but it's really about: thanks but it's really about waking up groggy and has nothing to do with sex
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