thanks for your visit to my blog. Keep writing. I wrote for my self for some years hiding my poems from other folks so I could be more honest, then one day I shared one with someone and they connected with parts of it. Now it’s much easier to share and now and then a few folks find some connecting points that get them thinking in their own directions on what they read in my poem.
True, Life is a journey you take and you mark signposts and move on; your poems show your progress while those who are running helter-skelter are following theirs. Never mind them.
Everyone has their own taste. Includes poetry, mysteries, romance novels (and of course romance), clothes, hair styles & so on, & so on, & so on, & so on. Did I bore you with the “& so on”? If I didn’t thank you for your patience! 😴😴
I’d love to try some of your poetry on my new blog. Would be perfect and you would get full credit for all your work. Check out my newest barely started blog and read the description of it.
One writes from ones Self in the hope of finding an audience who resonate with your expression… That audience is rarely among friends unless you are very, very lucky 🤔 stay inspired into the coming year ✍🏼🌸
I’d say you need new friends,
But their means aren’t justifiable reasons
for your odds to be their end.
Their approval isn’t as important as their support;
And even if they don’t like your work –
they still love you and brag that they “know a writer,”
anytime the mention is of import.
Your friends may not like your poems,
But it’s 100% likely that they share them with all who know ’em!
Hi, your poems are nice, expression of your own feelings, you don’t need to wait for others to like them , by default its excellent and i read most of them, have a smile and write more , many people who have taste surely like them,…. keep posting and cheers …
I write my poems and them i have to tell all my friends. But i do not know why i do it. I havr a need to express myself. Maybe because i dud not say much ehen i was growing up being a shy kid. Not anymore.
Absolutely elevated quips.
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Poems are not friends but for other co-poets, who read it, enjoy and strive to reach the standard set. 🙂
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It’s a good thing you keep making new friends! ❤
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Yes, thanks.
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I felt this way about my blog it’s between me and God. If others are blessed, that’s great!
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That’s a great thought
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ah, those friends!! 😀
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on the nose!
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Just another salve for the wounds, Frank. PS thanks for the likes
More Fool Me.
Hey, my friends don’t read,
I say, ‘who cares?’
How many critics do I need?
I’m just glad to not hear theirs.
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Your friends don’t like your poems. That’s their problem, not yours. Keep writing, dear poet friend…
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Thank you, Jasbir
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This struck a chord!! 🙂
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They just don’t understand. 😀I get that too
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never mind, since you like to read them 🙂
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Yep
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thanks for your visit to my blog. Keep writing. I wrote for my self for some years hiding my poems from other folks so I could be more honest, then one day I shared one with someone and they connected with parts of it. Now it’s much easier to share and now and then a few folks find some connecting points that get them thinking in their own directions on what they read in my poem.
Carry on!
C.-
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Thank you
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True, Life is a journey you take and you mark signposts and move on; your poems show your progress while those who are running helter-skelter are following theirs. Never mind them.
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True. Thank you for your words
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You cracked me up with this one Frank!!! Too funny! Has the same feel to me as the quote – “Not everybody likes you, but not everybody matters?”
Chuck
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Yes, thank you
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Everyone has their own taste. Includes poetry, mysteries, romance novels (and of course romance), clothes, hair styles & so on, & so on, & so on, & so on. Did I bore you with the “& so on”? If I didn’t thank you for your patience! 😴😴
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Hell yeah!
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Hmmm this I can relate to. I have shared my writing (such as it is) here to the world but I dare not share to friends..
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You going to follow me and let me get things going so we can see the different perceptions people have when reading your poetry?
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I will not be following your blog but would definitely be checking it out regularly
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So, does cruel and apt mean true and appropriate, being relevant to the circumstances? Just honest. Or no?
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Sort of
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I’d love to try some of your poetry on my new blog. Would be perfect and you would get full credit for all your work. Check out my newest barely started blog and read the description of it.
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Jealous and don’t understand if they don’t have a brain that can comprehend and understand the art.
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Haha. That is far too cruel and apt
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Word… Lol
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Short and Sweet… a good shot at the “friends”!
😀
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Thanks again
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you are welcome again 🙂
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Haha, I love the last line! Best thing I’ve read today.
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Thanks
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Haha this made me laugh. It’s more that I cringe that I read them, and they felt awkward. Whether they liked it or didn’t like it, it’s weird.
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Perfectly written! We write for ourselves, even when we write to or about others.
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Thank you
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You’re welcome!
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My friends don’t even know I write, well most of them. And I like it that way, they wouldn’t understand anyway
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Frank, I just read your poems, they are really appealing
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Thank you
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Happy New Year, Frank and thank you for supporting my poetry site.
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Happy new year to you too
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Thank you for the laughter you have just given me. Happy New Year!
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Happy new year
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Happy New Year!
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Really?!
Cannot believe this! :O
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Like it!!!
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Thank you
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One writes from ones Self in the hope of finding an audience who resonate with your expression… That audience is rarely among friends unless you are very, very lucky 🤔 stay inspired into the coming year ✍🏼🌸
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Thank you
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I’d say you need new friends,
But their means aren’t justifiable reasons
for your odds to be their end.
Their approval isn’t as important as their support;
And even if they don’t like your work –
they still love you and brag that they “know a writer,”
anytime the mention is of import.
Your friends may not like your poems,
But it’s 100% likely that they share them with all who know ’em!
have a great day, and Happy New Year! ☺
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Thanks. Happy new year
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You’re welcome. Thank you!
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NOT just friends but relatives as well! I enjoy your poems and we’ve never met!! Sounds like you should think about a new ” Circle of Friends!”
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I don’t think they should even be your friend anymore. HAHA
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Bullshit, you write for me 😁
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Haha
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Hi Frank. Your 4 valuable lines cant be a boundry. you have hit a sixer by saying so many things in these 4 lines.
Great post.Love this.
Have a great 2018.
ravi
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Thanks. You too
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Lmao
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Yeah when we write too, people don’t understand what we’ve written poetically, even thought they like but there’s no point if they can’t understand. 😋
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I love this! So true, Frank.
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Thank you
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Best poem yet
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Too kind
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ignore them :p
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Good one.😀
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Thanks
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Hi, your poems are nice, expression of your own feelings, you don’t need to wait for others to like them , by default its excellent and i read most of them, have a smile and write more , many people who have taste surely like them,…. keep posting and cheers …
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Thanks a lot. Cheers
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Welcome. 🍀🌹🌺🌷
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Your poems are your creation no mater somebody else like them or not.I love them and thank you for sharing them! Keep writing!
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Thank you so much
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Frank whenever u feel that your friends are not listening to your poetry just post it here.Its always worth a million views.
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Haha. Thanks for that
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I like them.
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Thanks
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But I like your poems too 😉
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Thanks
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You’re welcome
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write for you! 🙂 and I like reading them.
Although I have to admit sometimes it feels like you’re fishing, and I’m sure I absolutely fail the test. 😉
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Yes, I agree. He was fishing. You did not fail, Gail. You took the bait!!
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When time permits and I don’t have problems with the internet I really like and appreciate your poetry.
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Thank you
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Same case. Not everyone can understand art, shame on them 😉
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Your friends are morons. LOL! Well, I love them! 🙂
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Haha. Thanks
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Haha! That’s a great poem! And I like your poetry!
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Thank you
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Got that right, I tried to show my poems to friends and family for years, finally found people with similar tastes and goals
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Very apt. I only write poetry for myself to fill the gap in between talking to my friends.
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Thanks
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I like your poetry. Make me your friend..he he
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Sure. Thank you
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One person told me my poetry was random. I took that as a negative. Your perspective is so much better. Thanks for that!
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Welcome
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Heehee who said poems are for friends 😀
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Your friends are boring..
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Haha. So very possible
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🙂
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brilliant
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Thank you
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good point!
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Laughing, maybe you need new friends. They have no taste!
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Haha
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😂
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We like them and that is all that matters.
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Thanks a lot
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I can totally relate to this. 😆😆
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Exactly. One doesn’t write for friends. One writes for one’s self
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True
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I agree. I write for myself but I’m writing to be read as well or I’d journal instead of blog
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True. There’s also ego involved
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Good point! I journal, but a lot of that is ideas or sarting lines for my blogs & poetry.
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I think that’s how all friends are
You start talking they start snoring
The only reason they read your poems
Is that they can make fun of you in the end
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Too right, Frank.
Mike
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Thank you, Mike
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I write my poems and them i have to tell all my friends. But i do not know why i do it. I havr a need to express myself. Maybe because i dud not say much ehen i was growing up being a shy kid. Not anymore.
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Writing poems is the stuff of life. Continue apace…
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