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To Whom It Applies

All that you despise this man who now toys A human beings eyes The void and how it lies All that you despise Quorn covered in flies A guy who seems wise Never winning first prize All that you despise This irritating noise of a rhymester who tries His comment that defies All that you despise those who are baptised A will you cannot prise The US military size All that you despise those of us who rise Having to break off ties A poet? now chastised By David Kavanagh

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Shirley Hawkins

Date: 1/29/2023 10:06:00 PM

We write for pleasure and to try to give pleasure to others. It is not a contest. I am so sad to read this happens on Poet Soup. We are supposed to be pen pals, not enemies. Oh, Dear. Take care, David. Old Duck

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/30/2023 2:07:00 AM

Sure thing Shirley I too write for pleasure, and put some abstract ideas out there, that make sense to me if nobody else, the one who mocks us with misanthropic nihilism, is no more than a troll, who will be faced down, like I do so here, at my own time of choosing, Take good care, cheers David

Panagiota Romios

Date: 1/29/2023 4:52:00 PM

Let it roll off your back. Even the saints here will backstab you. Does not matter David be the star you are! Devils posing as saints? And honored as such. Indeed, off their rockers. There are sane and insane people here. Those who care and those who work in groups to toss you off PS, Their halos shine bright but are as black as ignite coal.)))) Be joyful, Panagiota xo

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/30/2023 12:59:00 AM

Off their rockers indeed Pangie, the one this is aimed at likes to mock us with nihilistic satire, just because we’re human, so occasionally I fire a few shots across their bow, to let them know, I’m not intimidated by their antics, but hey I’m like that in real life, if I’m disrespected by arrogant ones I let them know exactly what I think of them, but indeed I am joyful most of the time, cheers David

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/27/2023 12:10:00 AM

Typical trolling again, hiding behind a screen, they're like moles on your lawn whack one and then another appears. Greetings from Woburn Forest. Tom

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/27/2023 6:02:00 AM

Aye it’s a troll to be sure Tom, it’s eating itself alive with hatred Tom, nothing to offer the living so now digs up the dead, cheers David

Terry Flood

Date: 1/26/2023 3:36:00 PM

I can’t quite recall Soup’s own words, but they say something like ‘offer encouragement and say what you enjoyed’… I take that to mean ‘if you have nothing constructive to say… shut the f*** up’. I don’t get how this bullying/ridicule is allowed to continue: is Soup asleep at the wheel? Nicely called out David. Terry

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/26/2023 3:56:00 PM

So true Terry, I love to have a bit of banter with most people on the soup, but this hateful mocking goes on unchallenged by Soup, so like you said I see it, and call it out, no appeasement or looking the other way, thanks so much for stopping by and making a stand, cheers David

Jenna Logan

Date: 1/26/2023 8:05:00 AM

I comprehend, David. I wrote a little something out of respect for those who have been/are being maligned. There are stark changes here lately, and none for the betterment of the site.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/26/2023 9:27:00 AM

Always on the ball Jenna, so many poets are being mocked here on the soup by the stark eyed one and they don’t realise it, even the recently deceased are vilified and desecrated by the loser, how cowardly is that, cheers David