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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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QUEUEING UP 18 February 2011 Comforting how poems queue up patiently and impatiently when they are ready to be born. Owl |
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Spiros Zafiris Senior Member
since 2002-10-20
Posts 982Canada |
..another poem from Owl..! i must ignore all else..! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ain't dat da truff? ~ Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks ~ |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Spiros and Jerry, you make my heart smile! Thank you. Owl |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
comforting? I I were to be completely truthful, I would have to admit that the word I use more often is 'frustrated'...but I love your take on the subject...nice write (as always) |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Giggles, Steaven - perhaps your unborn poem queue is longer than mine and perhaps your poems are jostling to be first! Smiles. Thank you for your kind words. Owl |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
You make me smile, Diana. It's comforting unless the poem decides to be born at 3:00 am. The labor pains are killin' me. xoxoxo Alison |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Giggles, Alison. I am sorry to hear that your poems have such a sense of humour - but believe me, look at them after they are born - they are worth all of your trouble - well, at least to us! Owl |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Ha ha, I am like Alison. Sometimes my poems make their appearence in the wee hours and keep me awake while formulating. I have been sleeping lately. Love this little poet's poem. Ida |
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Misty Lilacs Senior Member
since 2005-11-15
Posts 1060White Birch Forest |
Diana ... and that is just what happened at 5 a.m. this morning! Love what you said. ooxx Marti I do the MS Walk everyday!! |
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faithmairee Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441Poe Haven, USA |
nice one, Owl...always enjoy your work! There must be a poem in here somewhere. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Ida. I am glad that you have been sleeping lately, but I hope that means that your poems are being born during the day, for now. I love your term, ‘poet’s poem’. Thank you, Marti. Seems it is catching! Thank you, Faith. Smiles. Owl |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
indeed they do ! |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for reading, Bruce. Owl |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Do they? I have a problem with queues ... I understand the impatient poems better than the patient ones  .You lucky girl! Some hints of inspiration sometimes do knock on my shoulders though ... maybe I do need to sharpen my awareness in those moments. Love and hugs. Margherita |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
I have to agree. But also, the last line can be very unsatisfying and grind your prefrontal cortex into cranial dust.....OOOOHHH my head! Love it Diana! Eric the writer views a critic like a fire hydrant would view a dog |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Margherita, sometimes they do. I had a very barren poetry-writing period after Daisy then Tigger went to Heaven. When they, along with Flicka, sent me Benji and Cleo, the five of them also slowly started clearing the way for me to be able to start writing again. Poems have queued up before too, but they don’t always. However, like you, I hate queues – but that is when I am in them. Your poetry is so beautiful, Margherita, and most certainly doesn't EVER sound as though it was born with a struggle, but to the strains of Liszt! Giggles, Eric. Men ain’t too good at birth pains! Owl |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Hello Diana, it is good to have inspiration like yours, so vivid and beautifully expressed, for me it is one poem at the time, oops, don't know if it souds english...thanks for the lovely words, yann |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thanks, Yann - sometimes for months I don't write anything, but now and then they just pour out. I wouldn't correct you, but you did ask - usually we say one poem at a time. Smiles and thanks again. Owl |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
I long for impatient poems or even patient poems to queue up for me Diana in the meantime I enjoy the way they queue up for you |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thanks for your reply Kate. Though poems may not queue up for you - patiently or impatiently - when you eventually give birth to them, they are as beautiful as you are both inside and out - and that is saying a lot! Owl |
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