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  1. Parker Owens

    Chapter 20

    Parker Owens commented on Valkyrie's story chapter in Chapter 20

    Galen is so wretched, so broken in this chapter, that I hurt with him. Liam came to the rescue this time, but he's going to have to do it again and again, I fear. Hope there is an expert therapist nearby.
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    Thank you for what you said. The repetition of the lines of the final couplet really help drive the rest deep into the mind. This poem reminded me of why kings both admired and feared poets in bygone ages.
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    I read and re-read your comment. So much to say, and I will try to be quick. Hereabouts the state is trying to close a a mental health facility for teens and young people which they want to merge with a large mental health hospital for adults. It might save money, but it probably isn't good for the kids. Saving money is not always the best thing for government to do. What is rational in a planning meeting is not necessarily rational for an individual. Your work in building homes is inspirational, and it makes me wish I could handle power tools without fear.
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    You have no idea how glad I am that this poem struck a chord - perhaps in a minor key, but loud enough. I have an old friend who is a professional city planner out west. I'll send this to him!
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    I echo tim ( @Mikiesboy ) in saying I do not believe you are that man. Fear twists our better selves, and it has surely happened to me. My hope is that if everyone fears a little less and steps forward a little more, then fewer will go hungry and cold and unloved.
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    You're absolutely right. There are studies and models and plans, but the real problem is how to lift up real people. You put it really well.
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    Thank you. Your words mean a great deal to me.
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    No, not because of you, my friend. It came from a careless remark an acquaintance made in conversation, and then it took shape slowly after that. What got to me was how easy it was for this person to ignore, push away, forget...
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    It's not an easy form to write in, but it seemed naturally to flow into this tone and subject.
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    Thank you, tim. This one gnawed at my heart for a long time.
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    Your visual image is exactly the one I had in mind, at least at first. It seems there are so many grey persons and grey things in life - inconvenient to recognize and deal with. That is the shame and pity of it. Thanks for reading this, and for commenting.
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    Pay no attention to the man in grey his rumpled face unworthy of much note, ignore him and perhaps he'll go away to bother someone else with vacant stare and ordinary weatherbeaten coat; pay no attention to the man in grey who sits without permission in the square, his rheumy-eyed expression quite remote, ignore him and perhaps he'll go away; maybe he has some kinfolk who might dare explain the reasons why they never wrote;
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    You paint a dark picture with high-contrast shadows of two men in great pain. Put another way, the dissonance of two instruments, played even slightly out of tune, can be enormously painful. You are giving us that duet now. I wonder if the music will get sweeter one day.
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    The rare joy of finding an unexpected gift from the wild bounty of nature is beautifully recounted in Ode. It is a sense I often feel deeply in the field or woods. Visit, and the insubstantial visitor it describes, piqued my already primed capacity for melancholy. Memory, desire and so much more are the stuff of dreams, they say. But your words give body to the intangible, and in so doing, haunt me.
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    Ablution

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Ablution

    You are absolutely right, and there are fewer more sensual pleasures than sharing a shower. Thank you for your comment, my friend.
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    Rainy Day

    Parker Owens commented on Valkyrie's story chapter in Rainy Day

    I like this! So very much left to the vivid imagination. Beautifully done.
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    Cinched In

    Parker Owens commented on MacGreg's story chapter in Cinched In

    Like tim, I reread this, and I felt the pain and melancholy anew. This is a poem that cannot pass easily, unlike the car you travel in.
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    It's Raining

    Parker Owens commented on mogwhy's story chapter in It's Raining

    Such a sad poem; a story wrapped in sorrow.
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    Number Nine

    Parker Owens commented on Rip Skor's story chapter in Number Nine

    It does indeed sound like a really happy new year. It must have been a blast.
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    Anticipation

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Anticipation

    I am so glad you picked up on that. Those two syllables certainly heightened the anticipation for me. They made this a poem picante indeed. Thanks so much for reading this and commenting on it.
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    In Why? the second stanza grabbed my attention. Stray too far from who you are your insides become hollow. That is deeply true, and it is important to hear, frequently. As you say in a later stanza, we are apt to be cut and sliced by life. The hard part, as you so eloquently put it, is to pull the pieces back together again. Your elegy to June, 1969 is quite stirring. Forty eight years later, and it is not to be forgotten. But it is Price which echoes most loudly in my hollow soul. Words have made us pay, over and over again. This is a wonderful expression of the mind and heart of the poet. Thank you.
  22. Parker Owens
    When I was an undergrad, I sang this as part of my senior recital...
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    Ablution

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Ablution

    Thanks!
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    Ablution

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Ablution

    Thanks. Hope this is good for the meantime, though.
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    And for you, @AC Benus...
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