Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe readers, guest writers, and baristas are invited to post one link to one specific post (600 words or less please!) from your blog into the comments section below.
If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing people have linked to.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet and commented:
Be sure and come share your very best work in the last week or so with the over 4,000 people at The Cafe! We will be watching for you!!!!
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Hi Everyone, Hope you enjoy my – SCRIBBLING WORDS ON WHITE PAPER!!!
https://godoggocafe.com/2018/10/08/scribbling-words-on-white-paper/
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I sure did. Beautiful poem.
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Thank you, Megha for your sweet comment! So Happy you enjoyed it!!
xoxoxo
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My pleasure Chuck.You are most welcome.
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In The Backside Of The Night
I Sit In Silence
In Flickering Candlelight
Great opening! I can feel you there.
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So happy you enjoyed it! Yes, I kind of wrote it off what a movie first scene might be!! Thanks so much for your encouraging comment, My Dear!!
xoxoxo
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Wonderful piece, much more than refrigerator art. Your poetry is lovely.
Jordan
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Thank you so much for your kind and sweet comment! It makes me happy to know you enjoyed it!!
You might find some others you enjoy in my archives??
xoxoxo
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Thank you I would enjoy teading the poems in your archives. I just started my blog this past July, and while I dabble in short stories, poetry is my first love. I would be honored if you would take a peek. My blog is https://desertrose.blog/
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I enjoyed your poem. Thanks for sharing.
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https://alifelesslivedblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/dverse-quadrille-heart-string-balloon/
if you feel like a bit of whimsy, come fly away with me
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I love the whimsical flight of the balloon symbolizing go
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I imagined it should be given a color infused farewell
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Beautiful letting go of sorrows and the start of something new!
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so right Punam, the start of something new when we let go of the old
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It is and wishing you happiness in all you do, Gina.
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that is the best wish I could ever receive, thank you so much
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Always there for you, my dear.
You are so welcome.
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Great imagery, a lovely poem!
Jordan
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thank you so much Jordan!
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http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2018/10/07/stretch/
I wrote this yesterday. Hope you enjoy it.
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i liked all the “stretch” you discussed. informative and entertaining!
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Thanks a lot. Feeling encouraged from all the positive feedback.
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that’s awesome! I look forward to reading your insightful posts.
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🤗
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Nice way to reference eact facet by ‘stretching’
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Thanks.
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Lovely thoughts. I will do several stretches right after I reach for that first cuppa Joe this morning. 😉
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🧘♂️🤸♂️
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Hello, I am here for the first time…how about a poem on the subject of love. I hope that is ok and you enjoy reading. thank you
River of Love http://doriannasbedchamber.com/river-of-love/
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the subject we all love to read and dwell upon, Dorianna this was amazing!
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Thank you so much Gina…you always make me feel encouraged.
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you are welcome, i especially loved your “vulnerability is strength”
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I make note of that one because that is the most difficult for me, I imagine for most of us.
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it is indeed. we build up these walls when we should be allowing people in.
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Yes, it is easier to push away even though not as fulfilling
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agreed. ❤❤
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Well done, Dorianna! 🙂
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Beautiful poem!
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Thank you Eugenia
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Welcome! Thanks for sharing your beautiful poem.
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thank you for reading and commenting.
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Lovely. Love has a way of seeping into every aspect of life if we let it. Nicely done.
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Thank you
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Really lovely!
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Lovely Dorianna. I loved, “my undernourished lips
with the honesty
of your honeyed kiss
that touched my soul”
Meaningful and flowing poem.
Jordan
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Thank you so much Jordan.
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Thank you for this. Here is a recent story.
https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/2018/10/03/crunch/#comments
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a refreshing story
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No one can get under our skin quite like a brother. Thanks for sharing.
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Excellent writing, losing thru gaining a win…but boxing is a sport that makes me shudder.
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Yes it’s hard to get behind a sport that does so much damage. I just needed the rules of it to tell this tale. (Writers are brutal too)
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Yes we are…words are the most lethal weapon there is and the blood it drains is that of heart and soul.
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Hello everyone. Wrote this one today.
https://paeansunpluggedblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/touch-2/
Hope you all enjoy it. Have a great week ahead.
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loved it! reminds me of courtly love
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Oh my! Thank you so much.
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That first meeting can be such a heady thing. Thanks for sharing. 😊
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Thank you so much. I am glad you liked it. 😊
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A lovely poem magic of that first exciting encounter
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Thank you so much for liking it. 🙂
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Loved this beautiful sharing of a wonderful moment that we all crave.
Jordan
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Thank you kindly Jordan. Such moments make life more beautiful.
Punam
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Hi, peeps. 😀
I’ve tried something new this time for my poetry. I hope y’all find some time to read it:
https://wp.me/p7Klwb-KC
❤
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very good!!
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Thanks. 🙂
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I do enjoy Urdu poetry! 🙂
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Love this! Words can be so meaningful and yet so distant.
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So glad to see that you could derive that concise meaning. Thanks a lot. 🙂 ❤
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You’re welcome.
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Amazing. Thank you for sharing.
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Hi all, I have a new short story all about being alone. Give it a read and let me know what you think of it
https://theunfinishedscripts.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/the-last-of-us/
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Nice story, Matthew! 🙂
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your vivid descriptions are fantastic
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Great story. I want to read more!
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It’s one of those I write and introduce new aspects and characters and just want to keep writing!
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Compelling story and well done!
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Thank you for giving it a read
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A very intriguing story. Nicely done.
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Thank you for giving it a read
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Read like a sci-fi movie…like the ending with the woman wearing his shirt, leaving it open for the imagination to seek meaning.
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Just what I wanted to grab from the readers! Thank you for giving it a read
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Very creative, and nice to have such a synchronus happy ending!
Jordan
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Thank you for giving it a read!
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Here’s a six-word story I wrote today:
https://thedarknetizen.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/six-word-story-h/
Happy reading! 🙂
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awesome six words! fitting with the season…LOL!
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Thanks so much! 😀
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Is it bad that I laughed? Happy Halloween. Beware. Great six words. 😊
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Hahaha! Not at all! 😉
Thanks so much! 😀
Happy Halloween! 🙂
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Well done!
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Thank You! 😀 🙂
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You’re welcome!
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Well done!! Especially for October!
Jordan
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Thanks so much, Jordan! 🙂
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Loved this!
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Glad you did! 😀
Thanks so much! 🙂
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Given it is halloween season it fits right in but I will probably have nightmares…lol
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indeed!
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I’m having a lot of fun writing two sentence horror stories for October! Here is one from last week:
https://everydaystrangeblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/02/strange-writing-2/
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very spooky!
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Chilling. I felt that shiver. Nicely done.
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Thank you!
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You have been singled out…by whom and why….eerie
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Thank you 🖤
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This is my recent poem titled ‘Being fine’
I hope you enjoy reading 🙂
https://themoonlight847.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/being-fine/
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a sensitive write, on a word that is loosely used but means volumes
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Thank you so much 🙂
Your words are really kind
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You hit on a truth that hides so much pain. Nicely done.
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Thank you so much for the kind appreciation 🙂
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sad but true,no one is fine in the dark or the light when loneliness settles in
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Indeed !
Thank you so much for the kind read and warm words 🙂
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My “Big Question for the Day”. Each day I post one “big question” for readers to have fun pondering and answering. Here’s the one for this Monday:
https://cafephilos.blog/2018/10/08/pauls-one-big-question-for-october-8-2018/
Thank you Go Dog Go!
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something to really think about, thanks Paul
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Thanks so much for checking it out and commenting, Gina!
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It is certainly a big question. I wonder at how you would answer?
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Thanks for asking! To me, consciousness is basically a form of awareness in which — among other things — there is a perception of the world as divided between self and non-self. That’s how I’d start off.
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Well consciousness is comprehensive awareness. This awareness can be on many levels for many topics. One benefit if considering consciousness of self is the confidence and self -assurance that comes with knowing one self well.
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Hello Everyone,
My most recent poem “i’m coming after you”
https://shortprose.blog/2018/10/07/im-coming-after-you-poetry/
I hope everyone has a fabulous week and many thanks to our hosts!
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a great week to you too! this was very interesting indeed!
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Thank you so much, Gina!
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Wow. I feel like I need to check who is behind me. Thanks for sharing.
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😊
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very nice…love with a mighty force
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Thank you very much, Dorianna. I am thrilled you liked it.
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This is my first time participating, thank you for the opportunity to share my work and experience the work of others! Such a rich endeavor.
This poem is one of my favorites.
https://desertrose.blog/2018/08/11/fields-of-gold/
Jordan
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Beautiful prose Jordan…nice rhythm, beautiful images…felt like I was flash backed to Cleopatra time
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Oh I like that Doriana. Thank you.
Jordan
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Reblogged this on Writing and Reflections and commented:
Join us at Go Dog Go Cafe. We’d love to read your work.
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Good morning! Thank you for allowing me to share something. I wrote this poem earlier in the summer.
https://poetryforhealing.com/2018/06/23/save-the-sailor-from-the-sea/
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this was very moving. the fine balance of a person’s mind.
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Thank you Gina 🙂
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The despair is heartbreaking. Nicely done.
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Thank you so much 🙂
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We have to love that sailor from the sea! Well done!
Jordan
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Thanks Jordan 🙂
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Happy Monday everyone!!
Here is my piece on big and small realizations in life
https://meghasworldsite.wordpress.com/2018/10/06/realization/
Hope you like it!
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oh yes! Megha this was amazing, solitude is what I love, it gives that clarity you write so beautifully about
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You are such a beautiful reader..I’m so blessed to have you reading my posts and sharing your beautiful insights with me and my readers.
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it is your writing Megha that stirs the soul
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Just what I need… some alone time. Lovely.
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Thanks JoHawk for reading and appreciating my work.
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Lovely Megha. Especially love, “nestled deeply in your resplendant mind.”
Jordan
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Aww thanks Jordan for picking your favorite lines
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Love the line ‘realization is a sudden cool breeze’ nice poem.
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Thanks so much for reading and sharing your thoughts.
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My response to Reena’s Exploration Challenge last week –
https://amanpan.com/2018/10/04/character-development/
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perfect rhymes and an honest look at your own character – a real gem Eugenia
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Thank you, Gina!
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Aw, the realization that comes too late. Tragic. Nicely done.
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Thank you!
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self reflection is good for the soul…nice write
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Sharing on old one. I read this at The Austin International Poetry Festival in 2017. It’s one of my favorites.
Keeper of the Fields
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Very touching. A real slice of life. Congrats on the reading.
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Thank you so much. It was fun. I’m bummed I missed the event this year but hope to return in 2019.
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Very nice! Nostalgic and reflecting on a simpler lifestyle.
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Thank you!
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generations of working the land…nicely written
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Thank you
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Many thanks for the opportunity to share one of my posts. Here is a link to me reading 3 of my poems, https://newauthoronline.com/2018/10/07/k-morris-reading-a-selection-of-his-poems-3/
Best wishes – Kevin
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I enjoyed all three.
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Well done! And loved Ad Infinitum!
Jordan
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Newest post in my endeavor to complete the #OctPoWriMo challenge.
https://midwestfantasy.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/my-love/
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soft yet fierce – lovely contrasts Beth
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I can’t take total credit as that phrase was a prompt from Twitter. But thank you
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Very passionate. Nicely done.
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Much appreciated. TY for reading😊
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‘dominate your senses’ and run rampant in the wilds of your heart’ so beautiful.
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Thank you lovely!!
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Glad to know. ❤
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Reblogged this on Charmed Chaos and commented:
It’s Promote Yourself Monday at the Go Dog Go Cafe! Hop on over, share your latest, and read some great pieces from other writers. Enjoy!
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Here is one I hope you will like. Thanks for reading. 😊
https://johawkthewriter.com/2018/10/06/sirocco-seduction-friday-fictioneers/
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Sun teased her memory and the Sirocco whispered long forgotten words’…beautiful
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So happy you enjoyed the story. 😊
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the mention of Sirocco wind stirs the poet in me, lovely Jo!
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Thank you Gina. Glad the wind is touching you today. 😊
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My most recent poem, My Heart’s in the Highlands
https://darknessofhisdreams.wordpress.com/2018/10/06/my-hearts-in-the-highlands/
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Very poignant John. Lovely glow and rhythm.
Jordan
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Thank you, Jordan. Glad you like it!
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a heavy heart yearning…deep words
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the description takes me to this country, the stream of your words are very fluid
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Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
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Pulling my hair out over the Kavanaugh hearings/confirmation
https://rivrvlogr.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/american-dream-senryu/
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Truth creatively portrayed!
Jordan
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Thank you!
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It is a dark comedy what is happening with the political leaders of this country
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Sigh.
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Here is mine for today: https://charmedchaos.com/2018/10/08/kintsugi/
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Wonderful poem, loved the molten gold mending a heart. An Alchemical truth.
Jordan
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Thank you so much!
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I loved this, I remember reading that in Japan if a porcelain or similar item breaks they pour gold into the cracks to repair it and its value is priceless in the mending of it. Your lovely poem reminded me of that custom.
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Thank you.
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Hello everybody! Here’s a short piece of poetry… Love can sometimes be brutal and messy 😉 A great week to all!! xx
https://cyranny.com/2018/10/02/violent-love/
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Indeed, and wonderfully described in this poem. Well done!
Jordan
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Wow…strong angst…a love forsaken can produce such fury…good write
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there’s a simmering violence in every act, love ignites passion I am not surprised, love the imagery of your words
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I was honored to be published today on Writing in a Woman’s Voice
http://writinginawomansvoice.blogspot.com/2018/10/adams-rib-by-christine-elizabeth-ray.html
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Very powerful, Christine! A poem to remember.
Jordan
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Thank you Jordan!
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Congratulations! It was a wonderful read! 🙂
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Thank you so much
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You’re very welcome 😊
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I shared your poem for my twitter readers…loved it. The plight of a woman…well done
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I am honored Dorianna
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congratulations! Very powerful!
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https://everydayisuniqueforthevagabond.wordpress.com/2018/06/09/stars-and-their-twinkle/
Hello,
this is a short poem written by me a few months ago. Do read it and let me know your views.
Thanks,
Sneha
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stars have such different effects on people – sadly in the city light pollution blocks many of their twinkles
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Yes. Very true.
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https://thesunshineartist.com/2018/10/08/namaste-monday-light-in-the-shadows/
Salutations and Happy Monday 🙂
Here’s a short poem about finding hope and light in the shadows and spreading that light outwards to others.
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love the hope and the light
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Thank you Gina 😊
Hope and light are always something we can use more of in the world
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As is often the case, out of her dark torment came the light to share…lovely
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Thank you Dorianna😊
Much like the transformation of a butterfly as it emerges and flutters its wings sharing and its light and beauty with the world.
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Seems like everyone is in the Cafe today. Here is my offering. http://muellermusings.com/2018/10/05/truckin/
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Poignant, bittersweet and reverent. Thank you for sharing such a deep, warm part of yourself.
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Heres my personal blog!! This post is about self love— and how to be fearlessly vulnerable : https://coffeewithallie.wordpress.com/2018/10/17/power-of-vulnerability/
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My latest poem titled Remembering.
https://flashlightbatteries.blog/2018/10/23/remembering-3/
Thanks for the community event and the opportunity to share.
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Hello this is a post about makeup trends for this season:
https://lafashionbubble.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/a-w-2018-2019-makeup-trends/
Good luck with your blogging
LFB
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I so love these Mondays! I’m a bit late to the café gathering today but am sipping an afternoon cup of java at the moment so I am all perked and ready to share 😊☕️
This is a poem I posted earlier today called “lighthouse”.
Thank you for sharing everyone! Looking forwards to reading your beautiful words 💖
Michèle
https://michelesorganics.wordpress.com/2018/11/12/todays-heart-whisper-letting-the-heart-light-the-way/
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oops! Don’t k now how l ended up posting this in October when today is November 12th… I need more coffee 😉
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