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...and now I have more to look forward to!
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That, my friend, sounds like a mega twinge. Only my spine does that to me anymore ...
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I was hurt by someone who I trusted. But that time is long ago, now. Funny how old wounds sometimes twinge, isn't it? That person would never guess he's remembered this way in this hour. Thanks for reading this, and responding to it.
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You need not be sorry - I write about something long past. But your support and kindness humble me. Thank you.
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Good thing you know about air conditioning, eh? Might need to turn it up a notch. Seriously, though, I am glad you liked this. Hope the whole collection adds a dash of colour and heat to your days from time to time. Thanks very much for reading this!
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You put me in mind of a completely different sort of spice rack. I am glad this helped you get your day off to a good start. Hope it is merely a beginning, and the rest of the day is ordered as you wish.
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Thank you, Def. These Spice Rack poems were fun to write, and this particular one had quite a lot of flavor. It was good to save it for last. If you come back to them once in a while, I shall be delighted.
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And there are any number of bottles and packets still unopened. Glad you liked the selections made from the rack. And yes, it was fun to save the spiciest for the final offering.
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Thank you tim. I hoped you might enjoy that particular spice...
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Kneeling – head down, wrists locked, tense anticipation of reward or punishment – thrills my frame; light airs reveal your scent, your presence near; I feel your hard power, hear your low growl You're mine.
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Reflections on Airline Travel
Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Reflections on Airline Travel
I got there, eventually. After sleeping on the airport floor overnight, too tired to be livid. These were written as a good way to vent, as my difficulties were not made by the ground staff or flight crew. -
Reflections on Airline Travel
Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Reflections on Airline Travel
Thank you for that. It is invariably at one's most anxious times that misconnections and delays occur. Must be some corollary of Murphy's Law. But writing helped in the moment, even if these were originally done in block caps. -
Reflections on Airline Travel
Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Reflections on Airline Travel
I have the feeling that Dante would have enjoyed updating the Inferno in our modern era. Or maybe he would have simply added more layers of hell to include hub airports. Thanks very much for reading these and for your lovely response. -
Reflections on Airline Travel
Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Reflections on Airline Travel
The sense of powerlessness and anxiety was quite overpowering until I pulled out my little poetry notebook and started writing. Funny how just penning these words spread a little oil on my troubled waters. So was the power of the pen demonstrated. But still, given the state of mind of the other passengers, perhaps it's just as well nobody had a sword. Many thanks for reading this! -
Reflections on Airline Travel
Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Reflections on Airline Travel
Oh, yes. You can tell I was a little fried. But airline management did not seem to enjoy my poetry, oddly enough. -
Anger and frustration at delay on delay builds like awesome thunderheads in August; no doubt we look placid at a distance, but roil and seethe inside with destructive lightning. Perhaps we will take off, or maybe sit some more on pavement's purgatory, the runway; condemned to hear the cries of innocents, worries of the anxious, and sounds of teeth grinding. My flight was cancelled early, and rebooked for evening, took off
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Chocolate is quite bitter in its raw state. Mixed with other ingredients, it is sublime. That doesn't stop the palate from being aware, however. Thank you for enjoying this offering.
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Sometimes, it seems as if pain or discomfort is a lubricant to poetry. At least it is not a necessary condition. Thank you so much for your kindnesses.
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Thank you for taking time with this poem. It is not as sweet or sensuous as some of the others, but its flavors are more complex. I am glad it connected with you.
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Thank you, Val.
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Thank you for reading this, and for your kind words of support. The hurt and the delight were bound up in one person; my distress unimportant in the big scheme of things. But things don't go as I might want them to, not all the time.
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Terribly ironic, I agree. Thanks for reading this, and for responding.
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In whose name do they kill, Cows who rejoice in the blood of the proletariat... This is a stunning and powerful indictment, rich in metaphor and scorn. You predict their end, their destruction - and if words could do this, your poem would have accomplished it.
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This poem has me thinking of centuries of scholastics arguing fruitless points from texts that had very little basis in reality. And yet, these were powerful minds in their day. What are we to say about our own times, when we allow similar philosophers the same sort of sway today? Your poem reminds us to question. Thank you.
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I find this one more than a little chilling, as well as a stirring call. Water cannon needed to both cleanse and quell a riot; old men becoming the armor of the new. I do not fancy my chances in this world of your imagining.
