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For Constance's contest

the surprising thing is not that every man has his price but just how low it is Quote By Napoleon Bonaparte searching under stones curious what the worms have holes become the norm stay there a little too long and you will envy the worms

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Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 11/25/2023 7:32:00 AM

Congratulations dear friend on your inclusion of your awesome poetry in Poetry Soups third Anthology - Reflections on the Important Things. Blessings, Jennifer.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 11/16/2023 2:05:00 AM

Congrats on your placement. Blessings

Terry Flood

Date: 11/10/2023 5:52:00 PM

Unfortunately, those holes are tunnels that look like escape routes; alas, they only go down. You are the master of these ‘snipped’ writes, David. I’d love to write something as worthy in five lines ;-)

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 11/10/2023 2:06:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. A powerful write. I really enjoyed it. Some will go very low. The world has gone mad... Have a great day............

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 11/9/2023 2:15:00 AM

Loved your quote and the way you wrote your thoughts as an inspiration. Blessings.

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/9/2023 4:45:00 AM

Thanks Victor I’m on a hiatus from the soup, take care going forward, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty

Date: 11/8/2023 1:16:00 PM

As I have long since pondered and painstakingly thought over David Sir We obviously do speak the same " Languish " Yes everyone does have a price Only thing relevant worth discussing haggling over

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/9/2023 2:40:00 AM

You have just reinforced my Tanka and (Napoleon) with that comment, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 11/8/2023 3:43:00 PM

So cheap worth less than a golf ball . In S.A locals used to fish golf balls out of the water in order to sell for money. Seen 2 start arguing over who found a ball 1st. The next minute 1 was brown bread

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/8/2023 2:35:00 PM

Thanks Christopher, indeed we all have a price, some would like to think it’s pretty high, but under the right circumstances, people would not believe how cheap life becomes, and would fight to the death over a loaf of bread, good story that about Hansies, I must look it up, cheers David, PS I will soup mail you later or tomorrow!

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 11/8/2023 1:20:00 PM

Funny story that because the story ends much later with him announcing. Anyway he announces releasing his tell all Autobiography. Anyway his Plane crashed into a Mountain/ Hillock . No Steward Enquiry , Place your Bets please

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 11/8/2023 1:16:00 PM

Hansies Cronje South Africa Cricket Captain Got done for Betting and Match Fixing And I thought not a single chance no way in hell Until he was sat at a press conference admitting to it with his Pastor sat besides him explaining it wasn't actually him what it was actually was The Devil made him do it placed temptation in front of him and at at a moment of weakness He thought what the hell

Di11y Da11y

Date: 11/7/2023 10:11:00 AM

Gets the brain cells whirring! Interesting take on the contest :) do we want blue sky thinking or is that exactly the same just inverted?

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/7/2023 10:58:00 AM

Heya Dilly, perhaps the Tanka is inverted, bouncing off Napoleon’s quote, humanity never really has a fixed low, and on the face of it can stoop subterranean if need be, sad but true! Cheers David

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 11/7/2023 10:09:00 AM

Very interesting, David!

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/7/2023 10:51:00 AM

Thanks Kim, just how low can humanity actually go, I’m honestly not sure, cheers David