Some people try to run away from their depression by taking heavy dose of sleep.
But it just appeared in their dreams.

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Got it! I think?

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A poem on how being lost in passion, nature and creativity and the ancient things that heal us brings us back. Still needs a lot of editing to turn it to poetry, it reads a bit like a list, I need mythic notes and I might make twice as long.

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Can you just tell us that again JC?

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Thank you, John and tryingthings. I think I'll have to write the script now for an episode in the new series with his nephew. I guess all the plots are fairly similar and it's the atmosphere created which makes it so watchable.

Thanks to Nigel, Telboy, Clare, Manish and Sailendra for liking.

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Written with a wild yet thoughtful imagination. A poem worthy of several readings. I enjoyed every word.
Thank you
Keith

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Thanks, Helene. What a delightful comment. I shall treasure it! 😄

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I agree with Keith here, JD. A superb poem with just the right amount of wry cynicism whilst considering deep philosophical questions. Bravo. 5 stars!

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Thanks Tom. That were quick our kid! John

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Thank you all so much for your kind comments! I love to write for my grandchildren, so I really enjoyed writing this - makes me smile to think of others smiling. Thank you! ☺️

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Original item by Clare

Welder Man

Yellow firedancers
Orange glow
Intense heat
Welder Man
Structure bonded
Job done
Scramble bike
Homeward bound.

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Thanks Keith and Stephen
I’m happy it gave you food for thought
I got to the penultimate line of the poem and thought it was all over ,!
Then I wrote the final one and thought , it is now

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The photo got me reading - transported me back to my afternoons in UK!

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Love this! A fun read about tidying things up in the garden & the mind. Really good flow to the words. Love the conversation between the surprised garden & the equally surprised gardener, and then a jump into the poet's shoes. Really cool!

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Lovely!

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In memory of 617 Squadron, Scampton. We're currently fighting a battle against the government and the Home Office to save this iconic site and its heritage with a £300 million private regeneration deal with a heritage centre, museum, hotel, and aviation and aerospace projects, bringing 1,000 jobs to the 4th poorest area in Europe, rural Lincolnshire, and to stop the inhumane housing of asylum seekers in shipping containers on the runway. ❤
https://www.change.org/p/stop-raf-scampton-being-turned-into-a-detention-camp

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Thank you Helene 🤍🌿🤍

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Thank you John.
I'd love to get a book published, but wouldn't have a clue how to carry on.
Glad you enjoyed this little "true" story.

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Thank you so much, John, your kind comment means a lot! 😊

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Love this, Stephen. Had me intrigued from the start. I want to watch the episode, now! Intriguing ! 😀

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Thanks so much, Stephen. I'm not so sure about being a gardener, though 😂. Thanks for the likes, Clare and Nigel.

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I can only echo John's words, Clare. A real pleasure, this one.

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A point well made, Uilleam. It looks like a rather sick own goal.
Some teenage scribblers have got to go, I reckon.

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I loved this poem, John. It is a story of achievement and redemption. OK, it's only a garden, but what a garden. And what a gardener!

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A breathtaking poem, Pete. I like the way it builds and builds, until the finishing line we can't quite reach.

But did the ball cross the line at Wembley in 1966?

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A poem transformed into a litany until the vanishing line. Poems such as this require reading between the lines to discover the real meaning of a line.
A Clever piece of work.
Thank you for this
Keith

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Original item by Edbreathe

Thanks for comments Manish, Stephen, & John! I so enjoy reading the tidbits of analysis. You make me notice things in the poems I didn't notice when writing them. That's one of the things I love about poetry and all forms of art...it often taps into the subconscious (even at times the "superconscious" (soul) level) perhaps?). A poet without a reader is like a song without a melody. Thanks to all writers & readers on WOL!

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A problem shared is a problem halved, as they say. A delightful, subtle poem, Helene. Such skill! 😀

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Aweso/e, KJ. Another classic. Get your narrative poetry book published. It would be a best seller! 💪

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Delightful poem, Clare. Whimsical and lyrical, but with a sprinkling of your wisdom, too! 😀

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Thanks John.. Yeah, I knew it wasn't full iambic pentameter but i enjoyed writing it still and glad you liked it too. means a lot. Cheers buddy

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I really appreciate your analysis, Uilleam. Thanks so much! 😀

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I love the conclusive lines, Holden. So very true!

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Original item by Holden Moncrieff

John,
This poem brought me to the verge of tears. The bond established with another creature, who despite the difference between us, gives us a new and different perspective on the world in which we both inhabit. Even if there is a gap there is also a deeper connection as we become a part of each other. As you say it makes absurd the notions of race, nationality and religion along with other human prejudices. With my two dogs we stand together. I cherish them beyond words. They are incomparable to to anyone else I know.
A poem which takes our humanity into a different place; one of mutual harmony.
I thank you for this
Keith

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Spot on, Uilleam. We should use our own rational powers not seek ancient scripture do justify our actions!

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This poem had a profound effect on me, John. Relationships are so important, even though deep down we understand their limitations.

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'Small smiles' seems to me to be the key to this poem, Hélène, followed by ' parting of the clouds'. So delicate, but so important.

Thanks for this.

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Thank you, Graham. I must confess that you have introduced me to the 'Red Wheelbarrow'. Perhaps a writer is not always in control of their poem, which is a good thing as it drifts off into unexplained areas.

And my thanks to Nigel, Clare, Hélène and Stephen A.

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Well I must be an excellent reader-I've several shelves full of unfinished books!

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I like the way you juxtapose age with youth, and paint a picture with the minutiae of an anthropomorphised old leaf.

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Well done David.
The subject of poetry in translation has always mystified me. How on earth can there be a "faithful/accurate" translation of a poem?

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Not in full iambic pentameter but that only makes it more fesh and contemporary. Reminds me of this sonnet by Keats, which is maybe my favourite sonnet ever:

After dark vapors have oppress'd our plains
For a long dreary season, comes a day
Born of the gentle South, and clears away
From the sick heavens all unseemly stains.
The anxious month, relieved of its pains,
Takes as a long-lost right the feel of May;
The eyelids with the passing coolness play
Like rose leaves with the drip of Summer rains.
The calmest thoughts came round us; as of leaves
Budding—fruit ripening in stillness—Autumn suns
Smiling at eve upon the quiet sheaves—
Sweet Sappho's cheek—a smiling infant's breath—
The gradual sand that through an hour-glass runs—
A woodland rivulet—a Poet's death.

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Thanks Keith, means a lot you like it. The capitalisation I need to relook at as I've had a long day and am a little tired but considering that's what my third Sonnet ever, I'm pleased with it.

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Andy,
This poem was refreshing and hopeful to read. Well rhymed and written in a good descriptive style.
Thanks
Keith

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Many thanks for your interest, Graham. My main reason for heading out to Cumbria was to visit Julian in his new abode, but I did also want to investigate Norman Nicholson and his locale. I'm interested in the poetry of place, and in poets and places, and of course Nicholson, partly because of his health, was more or less rooted to his place. He wrote about it almost all the time, and very well.

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Original item by Greg Freeman

Thank you Keith. You are very kind. We each need to resurrect ourselves from the slough of despond we so easily slip into and we need to seek to make the lives of ourselves, and of others, happier and more fulfilled. Easier said than done, I know. Happy Easter.

“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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Original item by John E Marks

A poem that defines friendship. Also an important message that sharing things with someone does loosen up your heart. Thank you for this.

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As much as the content is fascinating, I'm finding that I am also enjoying seeing you, Greg, discovering this new environment that you have moved to! Can't wait for more travels!!

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Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for reading and for your comments, Steve. Nicholson's poetry is certainly well worth a look.

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I miss my mom everyday too, Mike. Thanks for putting these feelings into poetry.

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