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Lewis Raynes
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Hi, thoughtful poetry and confronting art..... and mathematics, are my interest. Have been writing, poetrying and painting for about 20 years and mathematicing for about 25. Of course we all have thoughts about random stuff often enough, I like putting those random thoughts into verse making sense or putting them on canvas to be a provoker. I prefer all styles of poetry depending upon my mood.

By the way, unless i state that a poem actually occurred to me, then they are all made up, fiction, whimsical, not true events, they are not biographies and only touch on uncomfortable topics to make the reader question things. I believe poetry has the ability to make us question our own morals intimately, like how the bard made us question suicide in Romeo and Juliet.

p.s. the bard didn't do suicide.

My art is   www.facebook.com/popartwagga

What I write in poetry does not necessarily reflect the opinions or morals of the NSW department of education...

Are you a social poet

Blog Posted by Lewis Raynes: 9/10/2016 6:11:00 PM
Hi soupers, was sitting reading poems with my partner the other day and discussing stuff when I realised, I don't do poetry with anyone else. For that matter I don't think anyone else, apart from poetry soup, know this side of me. So I'm wondering how "out there" or "social" are you with your writing? And why...... Cheers.


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Date: 9/11/2016 2:14:00 PM
I started reading my poetry to small groups of friends as one of my friends had heard some of my work. Now I occasionally give public readings at my local library. I have also been asked to present a poetry class at a local school. More recently I have been asked to have some of my work printed in our local U3A Newsletter. I feel quite honoured that my poetry is asked for and that people come back to hear more.
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Lewis Raynes
Date: 9/11/2016 8:25:00 PM
You sound like you have a voice, I practiced once recording my voice then listening back.... I hated my voice though lol. I'm forever wondering what style of poetry works best for which topics.
Date: 9/11/2016 8:00:00 AM
I started to read poems on stage and loved it until the other participants got up occassionally and did poetry about their body parts... explicietly! So I left. Now We eat lunch at McDonalds on Hubby's day off... He now writes, helps me write, gives me ideas and still edits and helps in the revisions... We hand them out at the McDonalds every week... They love them... and honored us with a free lunch for making their days brighter... We've been ask to hand them out at a Nursing Home... and already do so at a Hair Cut place and Hardware store to the employees and anyone else... Their smiles are priceless to us... And apparently us to them... What's not fun about that? What's not to like?
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Lewis Raynes
Date: 9/11/2016 8:26:00 PM
nursing home...... great idea, i might approach one, great ideas.
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Carol Eastman
Date: 9/11/2016 8:06:00 AM
I would love to read them again some day. The cooks even stopped when my turn to read came. They came into the room to listen.... Perhaps some day I can get some one to read them on the radio...
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Carol Eastman
Date: 9/11/2016 8:03:00 AM
My Dragon Story Poems are very popular. One of my friends just went to college and his Mom collects a poem to send to him every week at his request.
Date: 9/10/2016 7:50:00 PM
Sadly, only one friend of mine (in the real world) has even a modicum of interest in reading and writing poetry. Thus, I had to seek the virtual. I would be open to a poem or story collaboration in the future.
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Lewis Raynes
Date: 9/10/2016 8:59:00 PM
Same
Date: 9/10/2016 7:35:00 PM
I go a piems and pints night, listening to other peoples work, the other poets encouraged me to read which i have done cant sah i like doing it mind ,get a buzz of the applauds mind
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Lewis Raynes
Date: 9/10/2016 8:57:00 PM
I think it'd take a bit of dutch courage for me to recite...lol
Date: 9/10/2016 6:44:00 PM
Since I started writing poetry I've developed a self confidence I never had before - I now go to open mike nights and will be performing 2 poems at a charity fund raiser on 18th November - if its a sell out it will be in front of an audience of 800 people, the other charity even was in front of about 250 people. I have also done a couple of talks on poetry to the creative writing group at the school I worked at:-) I also plan to publish a book of funny poems - for one reason only... to say I did it:-) hugs Jan xx
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Jan Allison
Date: 9/11/2016 5:13:00 AM
The first time I got on stage to read poems was in 2015 at the memorial service of 2 brothers who died aged 19 and 20 - I was asked by their mum to write and read poems about my memories of them - I was a total wreck standing in front of about 160 people but just about managed to get through the reading - anything after that has been relatively easy! I do get nervous and will definitely be standing on the stage of a real theatre but I am so honoured to have been asked to share my work - we have a rehearsal this week but not at the theatre but the people doing involved in the night are great and many write funny poems so I feel really at home:-) hugs Jan xx
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Lewis Raynes
Date: 9/10/2016 7:15:00 PM
Wow, I wish I had ur confidence, u must get the nerves when reciting, do u go into ur own world when reciting? I couldn't do that.

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