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by ajduclos
Wed Apr 24, 2019 1:50 pm
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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painful thought not required Indeed Aj, this is the crux of the issue to my reading. It should almost be the title of the poem. I am hoping to go through the entire 30 day effort and look at the poems of single writers in turn. Many, such as your brother's triolets and Colm's 30 ways to die will be...
by ajduclos
Wed Apr 24, 2019 12:55 pm
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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Views: 679615

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Dave, Deb, Marcel, Colm, Vaughn, Indar, Gyppo, Lisaeagle, DocCom, and the missing Tracy - I am so lucky and filled with joy and wonder to be in your midst, to read your amazing poetry.  I am thankful for your comments on my meager offerings.    Day 24                                                 ...
by ajduclos
Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:08 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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Colm Roe wrote:
Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:17 pm
Cute poem Deb :)

Deb - The Literal Child - seriously cute and clever... so much fun to devolve words...........
Aj
by ajduclos
Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:43 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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And now, for the final installment of "the jay and the doves" trilogy... good thing Tracy is away, given his admonition about the dreaded limerick...... Day 23  Doves   six Doves were under White Cedars peaceful their lunch spilled from Seeders        mighty Sir Blue Jay        denied his Entrée mee...
by ajduclos
Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:23 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: Say 22: Relentless
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Doc - "a glass football" - what an image, passage of time.......
Aj    
by ajduclos
Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:14 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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Lisaeagle - "Old Pictures" is lovely and so personal, tenderly written.  "the memory is weak and far away" speaks so clearly of the passage of time, as does "years have faded the memory like pages left in the sun", such a perfect phrase.
Aj
by ajduclos
Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:06 am
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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Deb - "Forsaken" is a study in anguish, despairingly painful... and written with such sensitivity.  beautiful.....
Aj
 
by ajduclos
Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:30 pm
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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Gyppo - the theme continues... lines and (en)light(en) ....... I like it, controlling the dark  !!! Colm - another worthy write on death - I'd prefer to face it rather than have it take me unawares. Indar - Splendid - "Such is the difference between first vision and learning how to see" - would that...
by ajduclos
Mon Apr 22, 2019 1:06 pm
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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The Man in Room 2B I lament for the loss of my youth-- for the ripple of taut skin over tight muscles that answered to my will with ease and grace. You really should have seen me. You really should have seen me. Vaughn - a wonderful job at describing aging and the almost end product.  My favorite s...
by ajduclos
Mon Apr 22, 2019 12:55 pm
Forum: Archive - National Poetry Month Celebration 2019
Topic: National Poetry Month Celebration 2019 - Post Poems Here!
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Views: 679615

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AJ, you provided the trigger line/image for this one.  I had nothing in mind, and then... ===== NAPO 22 - 2019 Penumbra Colouring outside the lines offers an open season for adventurers. Colouring right up to the lines, and maybe peering over the edge  in wonder at what lies beyond, is the province...