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Some Excellent Advice

I’m going to take some excellent advice Some poets whose negativity is depressing [Actually, it’s not going to be such a sacrifice Negativity, I have long been suppressing.] Some poets whose negativity is depressing Can find so little to be uplifting about Negativity, I have long been suppressing Why read them if they come on with a shout? Can find so little to be uplifting about They focus on all that’s unsavory and sad, Why read them if they come on with a shout? Frankly, not everything afoot is always bad! They focus on all that’s unsavory and sad Spending their time tearing down what’s good Frankly, not everything afoot is always bad True, not everything is going as it should. Spending their time tearing down what’s good I, on the other hand, choose to think positively True, not everything is going as it should, Some things are just natural and not causative. I, on the other hand, choose to think positively It is not going to be such a sacrifice -- Some things are just natural and not causative, I’m going to take some excellent advice. Written November 6, 2022

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Constance La France

Date: 11/25/2022 5:31:00 AM

Milt, agree, so many beautiful perhaps sad sometimes to write about and some chose to write negativity, wonderful write !

L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/25/2022 8:30:00 AM

Thank you, Constance. I appreciate your thought-provoking comment on my poem.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/7/2022 2:06:00 PM

I run from these people screaming "They focus on all that’s unsavory and sad,"

L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/7/2022 2:11:00 PM

Me, too, Caren. I've just stopped reading those who are getting a reputation for negativity.

Robert Gorelick

Date: 11/6/2022 11:32:00 AM

Anger and cynicism tend to produce a lot more heat than light. Destroys rather than builds. I'll take your advice! Robert

L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/6/2022 11:41:00 AM

Thank you, Robert. I hope I can live by my own advice. This sounded somewhat like a New Year's Resolution, but I think it is something we can vow any time of the year.