The Ebbs and Tides of Friendship

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12/6/2023 If your best friend, stops reading you, it is perfectly OK.. I do know the feelng, but it’s no reason for dark dismay. Just be very glad you once were great,warm. friends Realize that this is, in no way, your ultimate poetic end!, Some grow very popular and toss you in the trash. That’s fine, too, and no need for you to crash As poets, i know we are so terribly sensitive. But far more sound, to find new friends, be inventive!

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Elena Eagle

Date: 12/8/2023 7:09:00 PM

It is like hot and cold water. Hot one day cold the rest. I agree with your sentiment.

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 12/7/2023 4:12:00 PM

Hello Panagiota, My dead husband friend, i met through him has been quiet for a very long time. I will give her a call and chat. As for p.s. some of us are getting ready for Christmas. there is so much to do. Hugs. /Darlene/

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 12/8/2023 10:38:00 AM

Hello Panagiota, I will call my friend. What! No tree lightening?! That does not sound good What is wrong with n ot having a tree lightening? Your welcome Panagiotaz. Hugs. xxx

Panagiota Romios
Date: 12/7/2023 6:02:00 PM

Hello, Darlene. Yes, you should call that friend..a grand idea I think. This is the most anti-Christmas season I ever saw. Governor just canceled the tree lighting ceremony.. I think Newsom is a have been moron. And heaven help the USA with that moron ever became president.! I wish you a merry Christmas. Your friend from the beginning when I xame here and I thank you for that. You never turned your back on me.. God bless you. Pangie xxxx

Regina Elliott

Date: 12/7/2023 2:39:00 PM

Hi Pangie, I can empathize with how you feel. This happened to me 8 years ago. Sent a friend a gift of my art, never heard back. But, I have moved on with some nostalgia still, for the "good old days" I once had with friends on Long Island. But you lost a friend right here on the website. It's their loss. xxxx

Panagiota Romios
Date: 12/7/2023 2:50:00 PM

So sorry, Regina, on social medua, we do not know who we are writing to. Just think of them as paper people.. I know how real. They seem.. and in some cases they are.. I erased the tribute to certain people I had. I would advise no one to write a tribute to another poet.. you are asking to get hurt. General Tributes are OK. some people just develop fat heads. Do not pass out your telephone number city or address.. I am serious. Your real photo can be copied by anyone in the world and used. FOr nefarious reasons..New friends always show up! Please be careful. Pangie xxxx

Yann Rolland

Date: 12/7/2023 4:15:00 AM

i love this wise poem, we have to move on, anyway w.hen losing good old friends, it happened to me recently in real life after 25 years , your poem is very cute and intelligent ( to my opinion, humbly(, thanks poet

Panagiota Romios
Date: 12/7/2023 10:22:00 AM

Bon Jour. Yann! For me losing a friend is similar to them passing away..At least in death.youknow they won’t be coming back. But, when you see them here?Passing your poems by and reading many others, it is asif they are crushing your soul with their fists. But, Yann, we musy. Saras comment, below, you should read ! Heart hugs to you , after the loss of years of a long friendship. Marci, Pangie xxxx

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 12/6/2023 4:53:00 PM

I maintain that people flow in and out of my life (even online) for a reason. I've learned not to fret about. I quietly move on...I appreciate your words, hugs, Sara

Panagiota Romios
Date: 12/7/2023 10:04:00 AM

Sara! I love your idea!. The flow of friends. New friends bring us new ideas and open our eyes to shiny horizons.i might change the tititle of the poem, tanks to you.)))) thank you for your wisdom. Pangie xxx