Once More Again

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  JokerGem

  Well, as I’m speculating, views do not necessarily translate to enjoyment -or appreciativeness -and aside from someone (obviously) as astute & insightful as you appreciating my themes, I’m reluctant to trade off my anonymity for a surplus of new readers that may not echo your enthusiasm. Steve Dupere told me shortly after I joined here that, “sadly alot of poetry goes unnoticed,” but, to keep at it and attempt to get my name out there. For me now, the contests at least are a vehicle, or mode of exposing my efforts to more folks, though, it’s evidently up in the air how or if they’re connecting with them. One of these days maybe I’ll promote something again when I scare up enough cash!
  But I’m enjoying writing these and thankful that at least you are grasping and liking them...it is satisfying to go the extra mile combining creating and pre-prep to put together a piece that does get noticed.
  --Love that you’re loving it and that IS a great Plato quote! more »

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  Vixility

  Carpe diem! A call to life. Love it, brother, love it!
  
  I completely agree with the message here, we take the lives we lived to the ‘spirit realm’ and so we must live it not only well, but intentionally.
  
  The phrase you use ‘the aim of course, to aim high’ reminds me of one of my favorite quotes by Plato:
  
  “We must fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.”
  
  Matching the ‘heaven with the sky’ is an intriguing phrase.
  
  Since day one, I’ve been a fan of you poetry and style. Hope others get to read this work of yours. more »

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    JokerGem

    I just realized that I didn't properly reply to your comment (I accidentally do that sometimes) so you probably didn't get notified of my actual reply to it above so if you come back here you'll see it - I'm sure....but some afterthoughts I had were, it was interesting that my wording in the poem was similar in the "spirit has to fly' line to the words by Plato.. .. and yes, I considered altering the "match the heavens with the sky" wording but I ultimately decided it worked well and fit the cadence and theme well. It does pack a ponderous punch.
    Actually, this poem came about after reading a short story titled, Ghost Walker, which contains a short poem in it itself, which reminded me alot of the speech in Henry V (exerpted above the poem) and they both are suffused with the message of giving one’s truest self in their actions. For some reason I wanted to build this through a rondeau form to try it on for size and I am pleased with the final product.
    
    I know not all the contestants who participated seem to exchange comments, as we do...but in deference to Je Woo taking the news of Robin’s health struggles strongly, it is awesome you are taking the time to embrace and compliment the lot of them. You do us all proud and I believe Robin would be equally pleased.
    This is a warm and comforting space to come back to because of folks like you. I graciously thank you. more »

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    Vixility

    Wow, what a story behind the origin of your poem! I love it when several perfectly placed streams of thought come together and present an idea for a poem–I suppose that’s why writers who are having writer’s block are advised to read, read, read. And I dig that you’re constantly working with different poetic forms. I don’t think I’ve played around with a Rondeau for years!
    
    About what Steve said, I unfortunately agree with him: too many really good poems go unnoticed, and probably for several reasons. Some people, I imagine, just want to post their own works (expecting them to be read immediately) without themselves offering any effort to explore the works of others. Inasmuch as the contest goes, I’ve noticed that the average ‘views’ of my poems are around 40 when the contest results are in, which doesn’t make sense if there are 150 contestants who are at the same time the judges. Maybe people just don’t know that they are judges as well. Or maybe reading 150 poems is too arduous a task? I know that for me, reading each poem, taking some notes, then rereading it again (sometimes a few times) takes up the entire 6 to 7 days we have to place our vote … who knows?
    
    For my part, if a note I have is ‘complete’ or contains a sufficient amount of info, I’ll try and share it so that people know that their works are being read, and hopefully (as you and I do) make connections with others so that we can continue to check out each other’s poems, leave comments, encourage one another, and the list of positivities goes on. I personally feel blessed because I have a handful of friends here (you obviously one of them) who make me want to come back and see what’s going on. It’s pretty exciting to see what others are working on.
    
    And might I add, it’s nice to run into your comments and encouragements on other random poems that I go to read … pleases me to no end to know I have friends here who take the time to read people’s works and leave comments. more »

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    JokerGem

    To me, part of the novelty of being a member here is being able to explore, peruse, and comment on anything that's been added (new and old) - I greatly enjoy that - so it's no wonder we found one another and became fast friends.
    
    In regards to the contest, yeah, I think that's exactly what's going on. Alot of absenteeism. Perhaps even a week isn't long enough or there is generally no being effort made--and therefore that many less (potential) votes to tally. It's difficult to believe that many of the newcomers are unaware of the ‘job’ they have as a contestant, unless they are misunderstanding the contest description and rules and regs. I try not to overthink my vote, its tough enough only having one to give. Hopefully we can set an example of how the site’s mechanics work just by continuing to be active participants. more »

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    Vixility

    Agreed! Couldn’t have said it better.

    LikeReply 17 months ago