Interesting, the author lives in the Bronx and the words apply to young people everywhere.
This poem does improve each time you read it.

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Original item by Greg Freeman

wow. beautiful words and story. I love this so much, thank you!

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Original item by Duncan McKenzie Ross

Lovely poem. Was thinking of the man I love the whole time I was reading it. Beautiful words and expression of love.

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I love how the poem flows and I think it has a great message.

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I love this poem, it's a great metaphor for depression and i know what that's like. It's just so beautifully written and honest. You're very talented.

Sarah x

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Fantastic poem.

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Fabulous. Love it.

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Original item by ray pool

Beautifully lean, well chosen imagery.

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Original item by A.M. Clarke

Beautiful. Love "deaths the bitterness". Great idea to use death as a verb. Love it when people play with language and this really works.

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Original item by Lan

Thank you for your comments. Yes I had quite the time writing this. Did not want it to end.

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Original item by Kealan Coady

A good point there Mark about regeneration - I didn't know about the Marshall Aid so thanks for that. I certainly have read the Scourge of the Swastika years ago - in which Lord Russell highlighted the death camps. Knights of Bushido i'll have to make a note of for the future. My wife and I just got back from Blenheim and are run through with Churchill and his exploits. I might consider a Churchill voice impression online soon - to invent a modern twist to current threats!

Ray

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Original item by ray pool

I love this,reminds me of my brother riding on his chopper,he did not give a flying shit about anything when he was on that bike,a beautiful act of defiance.
Gorgeous poem.

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Original item by Martin Elder

Changing lives is why we write...if only to help a little

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Original item by Shaakiera Schroeder

@terry believe it or not that is by far my most favourite poem next to our greatest fear. Thank you for your kind words.

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Original item by Shaakiera Schroeder

Heartfelt, strong poem.

Thank you for your comment on my poem 'Angel'.

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Original item by iesha washington

I put this poem on repeat read it again and again and again and....again

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Original item by ray pool

Thank you Hannah for your comments. Much appreciate.

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Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Another lovely trippy rhyme with hints of Alice. I like the steady counting that builds and runs underneath the overall rhythm.

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Original item by MyDystopiA

ah laura, a tug at the heart strings and away we go. sad and happy, serious and funny. what more could we want.

possibly chutney

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Original item by Laura Taylor

excellent rhythmic fare ray, full of passion for music, less so for decorating!

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i agree with nat, like a voyeuristic people watch and as well written and picturesque as usual.

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Original item by Martin Elder

i love the structure and the contents. its brilliant.

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

interesting piece this. i disliked it on first reading, but it drew me back in and i have now read it about a dozen times through. very much like a song that doesnt strike you at first but then becomes your favourite, while the instantly catchy piece fades to the background. i now find this to be fascinating and well constructed. a bit like jarvis cocker writing a nursery rhyme

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Original item by Greg Freeman

The news about the hurricanes is distressing. I am so pleased you wrote this.

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Original item by terry l shuff

There is an under-appreciated irony that Germany was
to be helped back on its feet via the gift of Marshall Aid
- surely reaching its present state of prominence
largely due to it, whereas this old country was required
to repay what it borrowed to lead the way in the fight to
preserve freedom in the world, only recently freeing
itself from that onerous debt.
Two books: "The Scourge of the Swastika" and "Knights of Bushido"
(author: Lord Russell of Liverpool)
remain essential reading to remind today's world of humanity's capacity for inhumanity.

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Original item by ray pool

This poem's subject is close to my own heart and I love the way Robert has achieved huge depth using simplistic vocabulary. Music has the power to provide a sense of belonging to many young people trying to discover themselves and the world they are in. Robert has captured this view perfectly. I enjoyed this very much!

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Original item by Greg Freeman

You're in fine fettle, Kealan. Hard lines abut hard truths, eh?
The imagery is quite - engaging. You enjoyed writing this, I am sure.

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Original item by Kealan Coady

Autumn, the dreamy season. The end of summer. Love this poem.

Thank you so much for your comment on my poem 'Angel', really appreciated.

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Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Three years later! I'm back on line now with more time again. I'll try to catch up with more of your work. Always sincere intentions.

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Lovely, imaginative imagery,a sheer pleasure to read and think about.

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Original item by A.M. Clarke

An unusual entry maybe, but one in my heart for a long time.

It did not transfer from my computer to this arena at all well. I may get back to some restructuring. But, today, it stands as is.

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Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Colin,don't think anybody can get enough of theses ? So thanks, and here's one for you C?L. Have a nice day.

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Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Thanks very much everyone. I'm glad people like it.

Raj - it's about my Dad. There was nothing funnier to him than farting or fart jokes, it would crease him up laughing every time, and of course he was at that age where it would often just happen accidentally ?

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Original item by Laura Taylor

you need one of these ? Desmond.

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Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

nice one Ray - a musical poem from our resident busker of words. I throw my pennies in your hat mate. Go buy a beer and some nosh for the dog. Have a nice day ?

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Original item by ray pool

topical also for the groups of youngsters riding in packs through city streets pulling tricks and wheelies. I know it's dangerous but it looks kinda wicked too. I remember fitting them big wide handle bars to our bikes in the 70's which made us feel like we were in Easy Rider but they were too easy to snap if you pulled too many wheelies. In the end I think we had bars welded across to give them extra support. Those were the days. But I'm not condoning any of the unruly practices in your excellent poem Martin.
C?L

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Original item by Martin Elder

Interesting poem. I happen to think sin is important. Often, the worse the better. If it weren't for sins like indulgence we wouldn't have so many beautifult writings such as Bukowski and Hunter Thompson. Anyway, a well written piece. The only problem i saw is that part regarding 'destined to hell in which we already live' How can u be going somewhere u already are? Unless this was intentional? Nice piece overall though.

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Original item by Silverrust

I like the idea of writing poems about / to your sleeping child - a theme that could be easily developed into an illustrated book. When it's published send me a copy ?

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Original item by yannahnorth

I would be impressed to find anyone in England who finds "no gap too small to fit"! Very evocative.

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Original item by Martin Elder

I bet that smile upon his face was him dreaming there was a black belt for Tai Chi -- and he was just awarded one.
What a way to go!!

There's more than sweet conversation here.
I see an enduring friendship, stunning in its simplicity.

Nice one Laura.

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Lovely poem Hazel right from the opening line of
'the ink penetrates this parchment' right through to the end
Fabulous

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Original item by Hazel ettridge

This is all attitude Martin. Even as a kid I remember the bravado of guys like this - they were called yobs. Often with turned up dropped bars (cowhorns). I suppose a forerunner of the bikers. Not to say there weren't genuine adventurers. The poem moves nicely and takes us back. In addition, it is topical in terms of the recent jailing of the fixed wheel twat with something to prove.

Ray

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Original item by Martin Elder

This is a telling indictment of a secret world that quite a few people are in that the rest of humanity very often know little or nothing about. Thanks for posting this

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Original item by Meike

this is a beautiful piece Laura all based around a wonderfully simple conversation between you and him.
Nice one

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Original item by Laura Taylor

love the interplay of decorating with music here Ray, particularly that opening line
'I scraped some music off the walls'
marvellous stuff

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Original item by ray pool

Wonderfully simple and simply wonderful Laura. Not a great advert for Tai Chi, but the power of hope is in there.
So impressed by thy grasp of the medium!

Ray

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Original item by Laura Taylor

Mark, thank you for expanding the theme. So many stories flesh out that period and the civilian numbers killed far outweighed fighting troops. Off to Blenheim tomorrow home of Churchill and his glass case of toy soldiers!

Thank you Tony for following this. It is hard to capture the horror in poetic terms, but the moral dilemmas will always be there to be examined. As I understand, the fighting of the Japanese was so insane that they wouldn't surrender, maybe triggering the H bomb event. Of course as with all technology, it had to be used to be proven in a way.

Fascinating log of travel Col. I was a muso in Germany three times and went to the Reeperbahn, and other cities. They just seemed to have more funding available somehow than our lot!

David, you can only get a feel for the realities of life by meeting old and wiser heads, those affected which after all is shared in common with the enemy, rightly expressed. Chess with the masters is what's wanted with those two.

The future of war Martin - what's it to be? - probably germ based I imagine. Thanks for your full comments .

Ray Love to all.

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Original item by ray pool

Lovely lyricism, this one flows beautifully, to lose your muse

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Original item by MyDystopiA

I couldn't agree more.

Free minds is what we're after.

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Original item by Rich

This is a very thought provoking piece Ray about which only a now aging population probably have direct memories of. But none the less present and future generations should not forget the fallibility of mankind. After all the first world war was meant to be the war to end all wars. slaughter of any kind on any scale can be very difficult to justify.
nice one Ray

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