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  August 2022     1 day ago

Latest Entries: 2 total

Exasperate vs Exacerbate

Exasperate vs ExacerbateThere can be a tendency to confuse these two words and incorrectly swap them out, as they sound similar. Read on to learn how to properly use them in speaking or writing....

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Chiasmus and Antimetabole

Chiasmus Chiasmus (pronounced ki-AZ-muss) is an ancient literary device, as old as ancient Greek verse and Hebrew scripture, which when used appropriately can be an effective way to transform your writing. It is basically, a rhetorical fi...

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Latest Comments: 267 total

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thank you --it still means alot to me

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Not bad. I don't get netflix so not familar with any of this but the other poem, 'Stardust' was alot like this one, in my opinion.
also, damn you for your username making that Beatles song get lodged in the bounds of earwormery! 

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Do we have your word that all suspicious/suspected accounts have been removed? Because, (and I cannot be the only one) I have been receiving some 'spammy' comments lately and when following up to ascertain anything about those users, I am finding that they have been at it for a period of time doing the same thing all over the site just to reap the coupon benefits —and as we are seeing , then potentially misappropriate them.

I’m seriously thinking these incentive bonuses may be more trouble than they’re worth and am very apprehensive about entering the monthly contest again....any other of the senior users who wish to comment to this and provide you’re opinion --l'm all ears. 

1 day ago

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Jon, voting for 2024 poem of the year is set to kickoff March 15th!

3 days ago

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As Pessoa wrote, “The poet is a man who feigns/And feigns so thoroughly, at last/He manages to feign as pain/The pain he really feels,” “And thus, around its jolting track/There runs, to keep our reason busy,/The circling clockwork train of ours/That men agree to call a heart.” 

5 days ago

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you are one of dozens who seem to not be heeding the site guidelines on commenting.... :
Avoid short, spammy comments and strive to contribute to the community's growth. Let's foster an environment where every poet feels valued and inspired.
I guess it doesn't matter to folks hungry for incentive bonuses. 

15 days ago

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you’re always welcome ..but, come one, by now you have to know you're really good!

15 days ago

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Great poem –nothing more needs said.

15 days ago

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is it ironic that cemeteries are seemingly the most serene and peaceful places to be in—for the living?

18 days ago

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Nice rap...I’ve actually done this too...not sure if I posted one of those on here but I can see how the honest expression and personal themes could cause a hesitance to share —but this is pretty catchy, though I gather, honest too.
Also, I’m either not familiar with a couple of the 'metaphorical' references or perhaps, a couple typos in there? All in all, worth multiple readings. I always say artistry -in any form- serves to heal the one who created it first. 

18 days ago

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I think obscurity is undervalued and something to be appreciated ...what’s really to be said of the 'discovered' ones, when the real work is still really done and done honestly where no one sees.
Terrific subject , exceptional poem, and I quite like that title for it, as well. 

24 days ago

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Hey John, your poem brought the Thoreau quote to my mind, “There is no remedy for love but to love more.”

26 days ago

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You’re absolutely welcome, Sue.
I think it may have been the allusions to hearts (yours and god’s) in the respective poems that made me connect the two. These illustrative extollings on love make for simply wonderful poems and seem to be firmly in your wheelhouse. 

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eh, looking back this seems kinda hokey and run-of-the-mill

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thank you (i guess) but if you can figure out a style after reading all my poems you are something of a scholar ...my style is that I don't fit one mold

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