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Proof In Living and Carnations

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What's found at the crack of an egg wonderin if I have somethin', anything left to say.. bright yolk or young generations hope.. open your mind, try if you can whether breakfast or prayer for man. Y'know I go to visit the lonely in their lonesome lands.. sit a spell, hold their hands. Visit with Bukowski, well of course I would. A lit cigarette held in shears.. expertly placed beween the spring and the pivot point, tryin' to learn the meaning of the word poet. We're all stuck like swirling smoke between the spring and the dull edge, hoping for shear ecstasy in cut rapture like passing of the last carnation (flower for Mariupol). Searching for myself in spoken word just may've found it.. In verse of Cohen's Hallelujah, brought to life in an age of Buckley, an age of genius and beauty.., tho' perhaps a little short-lived.. proof there's so much more we can give.

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Date: 5/11/2022 2:03:00 PM
A creative write. Love your line, "Searching for myself in spoken word." Have a blessed day writing away...............
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Date: 4/23/2022 1:04:00 AM
An unique poem, on today. Love this Richard.
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Date: 4/21/2022 6:30:00 AM
I love that song, and yes we are here for just a short while, best make the best of it, and give what we can of our talents, and love, :) have a blessed day dear one
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Date: 4/20/2022 11:25:00 AM
I enjoy Cohen's Hallelujah and there are a couple of Christian interpretations which are just beautiful. I think one is Easter and the other Christmas. So sad what we are seeing on news on TV and reading on the internet about what is happening in Ukraine.
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Date: 4/19/2022 3:44:00 PM
thanks for the sweet Fave, Richard.
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Date: 4/16/2022 10:17:00 AM
happy Easter to you, my friend
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Date: 4/16/2022 10:16:00 AM
I like what Michelle says to you down here. My feelings also.
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Date: 4/15/2022 2:23:00 PM
A deep poem with a powerful lasting ending. ....proof there's so much more we can give. Well written Richard. :)
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Date: 4/15/2022 8:56:00 AM
This is the quest of the poet, to find what is left to say, to visit the lonely in lonesome lands, there are so many profound verses here (and I too am a big fan of Cohen's Hallelujah)
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Date: 4/15/2022 4:34:00 AM
Much depth you convey in this exploration, Richard---searching for myself in spoken word...
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