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The Thes of The Heart

The source of love
The vulnerability of hate
The agreeable organ
The organ of fierce debate
The freedom to choose
The Handcuff of Fate
The Lost
The Found
The Forward
The Turned Around
The All
The Nothing
The First Class
The Second Rate
The generous mate
The selfish ingrate. 

(The heart is strong
and the heart is weak
the heart is brazen
and the heart is meek -- 

needy enough, fond nature
enough, to take a baseless
chance on love in advance)

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Victor Buhagiar Date: 9/23/2025 5:12:00 AM The used in the plural. Quite ingenious. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/23/2025 10:21:00 AM Thank you, Victor; have a beautiful writing day my friend.

Sara Etgen-Baker Date: 9/21/2025 5:47:00 PM I appreciate you sharing your thoughts, the opposites...I'd share, but I'm a bit brain dead at this point in the evening...enjoy your week ahead Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/22/2025 7:06:00 AM Thank you, Sara. Rest is important. We all need it. Shamefully I must admit, not for of lack of subject, but sometimes I simply wonder, why bother? What's the point in my writing? Just getting old I guess.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/21/2025 2:50:00 PM So interesting your thoughts process and patterning of this poem on the heart. At first I thought THES was a new word I didn't know because I was hearing it as rhyming with Tess. I enjoyed this one Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/21/2025 3:00:00 PM Just a silly word I made up. "The" doesn't really have a different plural. "The" is both singular and plural form. So, like usual I made up a word thinking it added a little twisted fun sense to the title. I often play fast and loose with language; but spelling errors are also because I am a terrible speller -- really don't pay close enough attention to spelling. I can read something over 20 times before realizing, wait a second -- that is so wrong! Geez! If only spell check knew what I was thinking.

Paula Goldsmith Date: 9/21/2025 12:39:00 PM I enjoyed reading your creative "The Thes of The Heart" write.  The heart has many feelings both good and bad. "Good Luck" if for a contest. Have a fun day writing away......... Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/21/2025 3:08:00 PM That's it! The heart is feeling organ more than a reasoning organ. I bet, on an subatomic level, the ticks and tocks are always bickering. Thank you, Paula.

CayCay Jennings Date: 9/21/2025 9:16:00 AM I have read this 3 times and may read it again, there are layers of much between each line, and I garner a new one with each read. There is a poetry form, LIST it's called, and this fits that as well as free verse. "The Thes", is a cool title. Poetry hugs ... CayCay Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 9/21/2025 9:32:00 AM Hi CayCay; thank you. When it comes to matters of the heart I suspect I know as little no more than most everyone else. Just thought it would be fun to approach the subject in this way. If you have time, come back with a few ideas of your own. What the heck. Have a great day my friend. CayCay Jennings Date: 9/21/2025 9:19:00 AM I noticed the box below after posting. It would be fun to come 'back' at your poem, a good time for sure. For now, I've other people to annoy and things to maybe not do. My heart, she vacillates. Oh, I left a comment on an earlier posting of yours, "The Heart." CayCay

Joe Dimino Date: 9/21/2025 5:52:00 AM If one comments, maybe comment with your own opposites. Could be fun.... Joe. Login to Reply