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Labor of Love

world weary of iambics and prose ~ work with inkwells write from your soul WORK PERSPECTIVE MONOKU Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Beata Agustin how many syllables (17) 05/05/22

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/23/2022 12:33:00 PM

One of my favorites on the winner list. Congrats, David.

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/23/2022 2:09:00 PM

Thank you Andrea, high praise indeed, cheers David

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 5/22/2022 3:32:00 PM

Love it! Congratulations!

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/23/2022 2:08:00 PM

Thank you Kim, I really meant it too, cheers David

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 5/22/2022 8:39:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. A "Wonderful "write. Yes, write from the soul. Have a great/blessed day.......................

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/22/2022 8:55:00 AM

Thank you Paula, your another poet like Beata below, that writes what’s in their soul, cheers David

Beata Agustin

Date: 5/22/2022 8:05:00 AM

Congrats! Thanks for sharing your quotable monoku on work perspective, showcasing poem writing. God bless you.

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/22/2022 8:53:00 AM

Well thank you Beata, you for one certainly write from your soul everyday, yes we can all make up poems, but feeling them emanating from our souls is cathartic in itself, cheers David

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 5/12/2022 12:44:00 PM

I believe you are quite correct David ,my friend, about time that we mend, and write what we really feel, and what is absolutely real. Maybe from tomorrow! Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/13/2022 1:43:00 AM

It can be quite cathartic Jennifer if you tap into absolute reality, however abstract it seems, ink flows from it, cheers David

Tom Cunningham

Date: 5/6/2022 2:43:00 AM

Some of the poetry forms are too clinical for my liking, but each to his own. Tom

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/6/2022 3:10:00 AM

It can be difficult enough at times for this philistine to find the words Tom, without having to meter them out in iambics, but like you said each to their own, cheers David

Gary Radice

Date: 5/6/2022 1:10:00 AM

Rules aren't necessarily a stop sign for me.. more like speed bumps. I prefer the motorway..unless it's the M6 ..and I honestly haven't got a clue where I'm going with this..Just that I totally agree with your sentiments David. Cheers - Gary:)

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/6/2022 1:53:00 AM

I think I understand where your going Gary, take the off ramp, and go with your gut, rather than sitting stationary in the rat race of life waiting for it to start moving again, cheers David

Anselmo Boles

Date: 5/5/2022 11:03:00 PM

I believe that the most sincere flood of emotions within one's thoughts, arrive from the depths not from academic ghosts. Meaningful Monoku David!...ab

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/6/2022 12:21:00 AM

Indeed Anselmo, the spontaneity carries a more raw direct line from the source, than the rehearsed ever can, cheers David

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 5/5/2022 9:56:00 AM

Oh yeah. Soaking in it. xomo

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/5/2022 11:14:00 AM

Soak away Super Mo, as you well know, we must tap into these inkwells, but we can never be sure what to expect if anything, when we reach them, cheers David

Sotto Poet

Date: 5/5/2022 9:47:00 AM

David, your monoku is a treasure trove of wisdom and compassion. It's amazing how much you can communicate in a few syllables. Best for a win

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/5/2022 11:05:00 AM

Thank you Lasaad, it’s a simple message with perhaps innate intuition to use the concept of one’s soul as the conduit to our inspiration, cheers David

L Milton Hankins

Date: 5/5/2022 8:19:00 AM

Very, very fine monoku, David, full of truth and inspiration.

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/5/2022 3:02:00 PM

Good topic for a blog Milton

L Milton Hankins
Date: 5/5/2022 10:27:00 AM

You are absolutely right. In fact, I will often alter a poetry form in order for something to make better sense. I think forms and formats should only be for guidelines and never to stifle one's creativity.

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/5/2022 8:43:00 AM

Thanks Milton, this one is probably suited to my own personal poems, if I try to force metering over words I tend to lose my way, and mess up expressively, cheers David

Jenna Logan

Date: 5/5/2022 8:08:00 AM

... and just let your words flow. Hi, David. Love the thought.

Jenna Logan
Date: 5/5/2022 1:19:00 PM

We’ve been in touch. Thank you, David.

David Kavanagh
Date: 5/5/2022 8:37:00 AM

It’s really the only way I can honestly express what I feel Jenna, I tend to get distracted by metering, and fall way short of the mark, I think Milt is seeking your oracle, sounds desperate, cheers David

L Milton Hankins
Date: 5/5/2022 8:18:00 AM

Jenna - when I try to contact you, I get a "Poet has turned off commenting" message. I've tried several times. I'm bereft!!!