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I am a retired Ironworker(35 years Local 7), a lifetime Boston, Mass resident. I am old enough to know better - but don't.

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Blog Posted:1/23/2023 7:52:00 PM

To Comment or Respond to Same

I read a lot of poems and comment on many that touch my heart, or funny bone. This takes some time. As I revel in the comments I receive on my poems I struggle with trying to respond to the comments …… or read others poems and in commenting offer them the same lift and encouragement that the comments give me.

Alas, ‘tis a torturous two step. So, I offer my blanket of thanks to all who have supported me in my years on the Soup…THANK YOU ALL.

For as the old shopkeeper said when asked …”How do you deal with those who stop to look but purchase nothing?”

“The dust of their shoes is profit.”

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Linda Alice
Fowler

Date: 1/28/2023 11:02:00 AM

Love this post John. I often only leave dust as there just aren't enough hours in my day! I add my thanks to yours, for those who read and have less time to comment.

Unseeking
Seeker

Date: 1/24/2023 6:47:00 PM

“The dust of their shoes is profit.” That’s a deep one! :)

Sam
Kauffman

Date: 1/24/2023 12:41:00 PM

John, I so resonate with your blog! It does take time to comment thoughtfully with encouragement and I do so appreciate the comments I receive. I see this exchange as part of the responsibility I joyfully embraced when joining the soup! Even if I get behind, which is often, in congratulations or commenting I try to be as current as possible with comments. Often I find that my comments become inspiration for a new poem or a contest that I am struggling with but want to enter. Many thanks for your blog. It is appreciated more than you know. Blessings and gratitude.

Kim
Rodrigues

Date: 1/24/2023 12:15:00 PM

To do our best to comment within our time restraints, we all struggle. I appreciate it when people take the time, pay it forward, etc.. if we all try to do a bit then that is some thing. We all want to be read and receive comments. We all are poets here. You express the want “to be a good friend” and we all appreciate that, John!

Brandy
Nicole

Date: 1/24/2023 11:27:00 AM

Hi John, your blog is so beautifully expressed. As for me, it takes time to comment and respond. (Those moments between moments). I love this quote and I am the same way. "The dust of their shoes *is* profit." My heart is satisfied. I am Content. :) Many wonderful blessings to you. :) Hugs, Brandy

Constance
La France

Date: 1/24/2023 6:49:00 AM

John, I totally understand how you feel about comments and responding, time is not our friend and there is a whole other wonderful life waiting besides Poetry Soup, God Bless, Constance

Heidi
Sands

Date: 1/24/2023 6:38:00 AM

You are welcome. I hope you have a nice day :)

Harry
Horsman

Date: 1/24/2023 12:30:00 AM

I'm so guilty of this also, John, i try so hard to comment, yet to reply i find my time is so limited. I add my apologies. Harry

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 1/23/2023 10:55:00 PM

Cool closing quote there, John.

My Past Blog Posts


FINALLY FINALIZED....There is a darkness Date Posted: 4/22/2024 2:07:00 PM
HI-POO SENRYU CONTEST FLUSHED... Date Posted: 10/30/2023 4:50:00 AM
Hi-Poo contest Date Posted: 10/28/2023 6:33:00 AM
What was I thinking contest finalized Date Posted: 9/27/2023 5:15:00 AM
ALERT!!! HE JUST COMMENTED ON HIS OWN POEM!!!! Date Posted: 9/19/2023 6:49:00 AM
Don't Fight it - Write it contest results Date Posted: 6/25/2023 11:58:00 AM
HITHER AND ANON Date Posted: 6/14/2023 5:33:00 AM
COMPLIANT POEMOLOGY Date Posted: 4/12/2023 6:37:00 AM
To Comment or Respond to Same Date Posted: 1/23/2023 7:52:00 PM
JUDGEMENT FREE ZONES Date Posted: 1/14/2023 6:04:00 AM
inserted ads in poetry comments Date Posted: 11/28/2022 8:42:00 AM
OH TO BLOG Date Posted: 11/17/2022 5:22:00 PM
HOW TO JUDGE A POETRY CONTEST Date Posted: 10/10/2022 6:57:00 AM
PAPER AIRPLANES CONTEST Date Posted: 9/14/2022 5:51:00 AM
SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW.......FORGOTTEN CONTEST Date Posted: 6/8/2022 5:22:00 AM
DEAR INHABITANTS Date Posted: 4/21/2022 5:06:00 PM
ALAS, ALACK AND BALDERDASH Date Posted: 3/18/2022 6:40:00 AM
DAY BREAK Date Posted: 2/16/2022 4:57:00 AM
REMEMBER WHEN.... Date Posted: 11/19/2021 4:49:00 AM
STEM CLASS - circa 1955 Date Posted: 11/11/2021 5:00:00 AM
FRIGHTDAY (aka Friday) Date Posted: 11/5/2021 8:04:00 AM
THRIST DAY (aka Thursday) Date Posted: 11/4/2021 6:28:00 AM
WHEN'S DAY(aka Wednesday) Date Posted: 11/3/2021 6:27:00 AM
thoughts on a murky morning Date Posted: 10/28/2021 6:54:00 AM
TOO'S DAY Date Posted: 10/26/2021 6:26:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
4/24/2024	If all there is---is	Rhyme	fun,time,word play,
4/24/2024	EPHEMERA	Free verse	life,memory,
4/23/2024	BEAUTY	Monoku	garden,
4/22/2024	Civil Lies	Questionku	confusion,
4/21/2024	ZEPHYR	Verse	allusion,life,
4/20/2024	Monoku-ku	Monoku	spring,
4/20/2024	That Was Then, This is Now	Free verse	humor,irony,
4/18/2024	half and half	Senryu	spring,
4/17/2024	To Which Image Shall We Cling	Free verse	art,life,spiritual,
4/15/2024	YELLOW	Free verse	yellow,
4/15/2024	TAXING THOUGHTS	Couplet	words,
4/14/2024	lost and found	Free verse	confusion,god,
4/13/2024	I Speak of Peace	Free verse	america,confusion,
4/12/2024	take two aspirin and	Monoku	humor,
4/12/2024	I Saw God But Now What	Free verse	god,
4/11/2024	Hot Line Call	Monoku	humor,lust,
4/11/2024	I WRITE	Free verse	poets,writing,
4/6/2024	Lost Sock Trail	Rhyme	humor,
4/5/2024	splash	Monoku	rain,
4/4/2024	For love cannot walk away	Free verse	age,character,love,passio
4/1/2024	OH APRIL	Free verse	sexy,spring,
4/1/2024	Touche'	Monoku	dark,
3/30/2024	If I Listened	Verse	beauty,sound,
3/29/2024	If you asked I would tell you of my secrets	Free verse	silence,
3/29/2024	Love's Limits	Monoku	love,word play,
3/27/2024	is love not like the weathered bark	Verse	love,
3/27/2024	Just hit enter	Monoku	humor,
3/27/2024	Wis-dumb	Monoku	marriage,
3/27/2024	smooth as silk	Limerick	cat,technology,
3/27/2024	The Last Bus	Limerick	humor,
3/24/2024	Ethereal Lanterns	Verse	beauty,dream,
3/24/2024	7:15 on a Sunday evening	Free verse	confusion,
3/22/2024	long tail - short poem	Rhyme	fun,muse,poetry,
3/22/2024	BITE ME	Free verse	humor,poetry,
3/20/2024	wind dreams	Free verse	dream,wind,
3/20/2024	for worse	Free verse	time,
3/18/2024	become as we	Free verse	poets,
3/17/2024	COLD SUN	Free verse	age,
3/16/2024	I saw God	Couplet	god,life,
3/13/2024	Winter	List	seasons,
3/1/2024	JAN-itorial overreach	Rhyme	fun,humor,nature,
3/1/2024	Oh, March	Free verse	march,
2/29/2024	For Love is but a Word	Sonnet	love,lust,passion,
2/28/2024	the hem of sunset	Free verse	lonely,
2/27/2024	beware the gods	Verse	confusion,god,men,
2/27/2024	TRUTH BE TOLD	Monoku	silence,
2/27/2024	GAME TIME	Rhyme	humor,
2/26/2024	a hazy full moon sighs	Free verse	moon,poetry,poets,
2/25/2024	the sun was late this morning	Free verse	morning,
2/24/2024	What To Do	Monoku	wisdom,
2/24/2024	Lost Amid Now	Free verse	age,life,time,
2/21/2024	this trail of words	Free verse	poetry,poets,writing,
2/20/2024	A Raindrop	Free verse	silence,
2/20/2024	table for three	Senryu	fate,
2/20/2024	a Streak of Red	Free verse	bird,nature,
2/18/2024	It started with a blank canvas	Free verse	art,imagination,
2/18/2024	POTTY TRAINING	Rhyme	humor,
2/17/2024	paper trail	Monoku	dog,humor,writing,
2/16/2024	MUD	Etheree	spring,
2/16/2024	P-oopS	Questionku	animal,
2/15/2024	so I did	Monoku	growing up,life,
2/14/2024	Soft Shadow Slippers	Free verse	sunset,
2/13/2024	A Fistful of Senryu	Senryu	life,
2/12/2024	JAN'S FANS	Limerick	fun,
2/10/2024	I heard my tongue scream	Free verse	sensual,
2/9/2024	Arguing With Inanimate Objects	Free verse	humor,technology,
2/9/2024	Under the glow of a dead moon	Free verse	moon,
2/9/2024	The Period	Monoku	history,time,
2/8/2024	Love's Muse	Monoku	love,
2/7/2024	Before the day turns into night - NFC	Free verse	sunset,
2/6/2024	In Grimaced Glee	Free verse	dark,
2/6/2024	AP-less	Rhyme	fun,word play,writing,
2/5/2024	Nothing Seems To Matter	Free verse	loneliness,sorrow,
2/5/2024	FOUR PLAY	Verse	poetry,
2/2/2024	Anger Hides	Free verse	age,love,pain,
2/1/2024	Half a Buzz	Monoku	lost,
1/31/2024	I am February	Free verse	february,
1/31/2024	MUSELESS IN SEATTLE	Rhyme	humor,muse,poetry,writing
1/30/2024	Chances are	Monoku	irony,
1/30/2024	Quiet on the set	Questionku	humor,
1/29/2024	I have seen the peaks	Free verse	life,wisdom,
1/29/2024	ICE CHIPS	Haiku	wind,
1/28/2024	Hunters moon	Haiku	autumn,
1/27/2024	PAPER KINGDOM	Free verse	dog,humor,
1/26/2024	twice	Monoku	word play,
1/25/2024	For fluffy tails may tempt a wily minx	Rhyme	fun,winter,
1/25/2024	HOORAY for the N-A	Rhyme	judgement,poetry,poets,
1/24/2024	what do you do when duct tape won't fix it	Free verse	age,confusion,fear,life,
1/24/2024	till death	Senryu	age,love,
1/21/2024	sunrise	Haiku	snow,winter,
1/21/2024	darkness brings its loneliness	Free verse	introspection,
1/21/2024	Irish Foreplay	Limerick	valentines day,
1/21/2024	UN-TAUT THOUGHT	Free verse	confusion,
1/19/2024	Would that all be silent	Rhyme	life,silence,truth,
1/19/2024	Moving Mountains	Monoku	humor,life,
1/13/2024	The Weaver's Yarns	Verse	language,word play,words,
1/12/2024	KNOWING	Free verse	environment,nature,relati
1/11/2024	LAST CALL	Free verse	age,anger,fear,
1/9/2024	A POETIC ORPHAN	Free verse	life,poetry,words,
1/6/2024	silent envy	Free verse	blue,

My Photos

Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
She's Always Drawing Mermaids	Sonnet	sad,
Paradise Now	Free verse	religion,
A Friendly Goodbye	Free verse	beauty,
Painting With Words	Couplet	poetry,writing,
Roadmap	Rhyme	age,
Dark	Cinquain	dark,death,
The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria	Sonnet	grief,
Death Becomes Art	Rhyme	death,depression,poetry,
And Still She Smiles	Free verse	depression,friendship,lov
'theatre of the Absurd'-Catoptric Corridors of Time	Rhyme	humanity,metaphor,solitud
Moonless Curse	Senryu	appreciation,hope,longing
Resolutions	Rhyme	new year,
Totems of the Mind	Free verse	history,muse,mystery,
Rise Up and Sing the Sun	Sonnet	day,
Scurry Now a Panther Comes Your Way	Free verse	poetry,
Courage	Free verse	courage,love,
Sacred Dwellers	Couplet	animal,native american,sp
The Souls of Leaves	Rondeau	nature,
Understanding	Free verse	truth,
In Praise of Anonymity	Free verse	poetry,
God Was Wearing a Dress	Free verse	spiritual,
The Park Fountain	Free verse	light,moon,night,spiritua
Lightning They Name Is Woman	Personification	sky,
Meditations On a Derelict Wharf	Free verse	age,hope,mystery,visionar
In All Its Splendor	Haibun	autumn,nature,seasons,
The Poets Are Dead	Free verse	writing,
All That I Have Taken In	Free verse	eve,nature,spiritual,suns
Your Name	Free verse	anxiety,childhood,fear,
On Rainy Afternoons	Free verse	child,sad,solitude,
A Life Not Lived	Etheree	angst,anxiety,betrayal,co
Seattle Streets	Free verse	age,old,
Tomorrow	Free verse	sunset,time,
Wasted Things	Free verse	poetry,
How Much More God	Verse	childhood,memory,
Narrow Margin	Dramatic Verse	analogy,how i feel,life,
Nameless	Rhyme	sad,
A Little Caveman Reasoning	Free verse	poetry,
Dew Kissed Dawn	Free verse	appreciation,light,mornin
Snowflakes	Free verse	analogy,life,perspective,
Death To The Poets	Rhyme	poets,war,
Betrayal of Innocence-A Tattered Flag	Free verse	betrayal,innocence,
What is Black Beauty?	I do not know?	beauty,black african amer
The Brutal Truth collaboration with Sandra Weiss	Rhyme	age,angst,
Ashes	Free verse	fire,nature,tree,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Maurice Yvonne	Canada	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Nette Onclaud	Philippines	Read
Connie Marcum Wong	United States	Read
Dialectic Crisis	United States	Read
Gershon Wolf	United States	Read
Dale Gregory Cozart	United States	Read
Panagiota Romios	United States	Read
Regina Mcintosh	United States	Read
Maureen Mcgreavy	Canada	Read