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Doug Stanhope

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Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
It had merits? 😲
ssshhh, adults are talking here, please.

Doug Stanhope

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Originally posted by divegeester
Why didn't you close the parenthesis on several occasions?
Cadence, mostly.

In strict sense, it means an aside, a sidetrack, so it signals that a
thought is open and, in the overall sense it could even be removed
and the whole structure would still say something, but by leaving it
open (or closed in the case of other poets) it intends to convey a
certain message, an unfinished thought which may find an answer
later down the road.

Resident of Planet X

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Originally posted by Seitse
ssshhh, adults are talking here, please.
Sir, you are yet to demonstrate your adult status.

chemist

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Originally posted by Seitse
It's funny how a mere piece of original poetry triggers the thumbs
down game. I doubt they come from a critical reading of the piece
on its merits.
actually you got 12 thumbs on your post (time of posting) which is a lot of atention. The direction (of the thumbs) is probably of secondary importance...

Doug Stanhope

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Originally posted by Ponderable
actually you got 12 thumbs on your post (time of posting) which is a lot of atention. The direction (of the thumbs) is probably of secondary importance...
Of no importance, I'd even venture to say. Merely pointing out an interesting
speculative exercise regarding a potential, perhaps involuntary link in the
minds of the reader between the piece of art and the identity of the artist.

As an artist, I conceive all types of attention as a welcomed lifeline to the
byproduct of the creative process --recognizing, indeed, that its first
purpose is to unravel the inner workings of self-emotion, introspection, and
search for meaning.

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Originally posted by Seitse
The truth is
everybody has it
blossoming at the tip of the tongue
(cascading
at every interjection;
solace. Blessed be those inhaling
to reload their mouth
--a weapon of mass destruction
for that is the precise instant
(centrifuge alignment of planets!
when some silence
finally happens
and the other can tell its truth.
Though its just their turn. ...[text shortened]... t snoozed without a single worry
in this damned world.
And I hate cats.
I have never had one.
I have attempted to right the balance of thumb foolery
(or perhaps it is left or rightery
it is difficult to keep our associations and divisions in
inexact formulaic order
however any way one looks at it
from my perspective
you have stumbled upon a truth

chemist

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
I have attempted to right the balance of thumb foolery
(or perhaps it is left or rightery
it is difficult to keep our associations and divisions in
inexact formulaic order
however any way one looks at it
from my perspective
you have stumbled upon a truth
I think an "inadvertently" is missing here...

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Originally posted by Ponderable
I think an "inadvertently" is missing here...
Eing?

Read a book!

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Originally posted by Ponderable
I think an "inadvertently" is missing here...
Doesn't stumbling suggest inadvertence?

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Doesn't stumbling suggest inadvertence?
I inadvertently stumbled into this thread and found it waaaay too intellectual for me...so long.

Read a book!

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
I inadvertently stumbled into this thread and found it waaaay too intellectual for me...so long.
Is it the two-syllable words?

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Is it the two-syllable words?
Syllable...what dat?

Quiz Master

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Syllable...what dat?
A celibate bull in a field full of cows.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
A celibate bull in a field full of cows.
Is that like a field of dreams?

Doug Stanhope

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Yes, GBS, everything is about you, sweetie.