
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.
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.
Hello, everyone! Here’s a poem on poetry:
https://roshniramanan.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/poetry-poem/
I’d love to hear your take on it.
Looking forward to reading your posts. Have the best week ahead 😀
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I love your poem… The way it articulates itself like poetry is amazing.
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That’s mighty kind of you, Lazarus. I am overjoyed by your words. Happy blogging!
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Oh wow Roshni, that’s certainly a full menu of poetry, and your love for the written word shone through beautifully.
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I’m sincerely grateful you took the time to read and thank you so very much for the magnanimous words. Have a fabulous week ahead.
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Always my pleasure….
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I really enjoyed this. The words and their pace left me smiling.
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I’m so happy to hear that. This is one of my first attempts at a simple pace. Many, many thanks for your feedback, Ian.
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pretty sure i just said “yes” about 100 times while reading this. i love the clean simplicity of the language. it speaks volumes!
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Yes! That’s incredibly kind of you to let me know. Thanks a million. Have a blessed day, Mia.
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Life and poetry, beautifully expressed.
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Thank you for the high praise. I’m very grateful.
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Well deserved and you’re welcome! 🙂
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LA sending wishes of positivity and much gratitude ❤
https://wordslessspoken781842219.blog/2019/01/06/518/
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Incredible imagery, and I loved the punch of your finale
“will i find you in a heart?
as i tread upon my gum stained pavements”
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Thank you, Ivor ✌🙏
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powerful imagery! i love the line, “trapped between the edge of ancientness and gigabytes.”
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Thanks, Mia 🙏❤✌
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I love the line by line read in your poem and I love reading in between the lines. Very expressive piece and well done.
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Thank you Eugenia ✌❤
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You’re welcome!
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Here’s one I wrote a blue moon ago. Hope you like it. https://thepoetspeace.wordpress.com/2019/06/03/who-likes-to-see-the-sunrise/
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Oh Yes, let the sunshine in !!
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a joyful read!
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Thanks
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Delightful piece!
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Hiya! Another fun one written for the 4th of July!
Enjoy the read!
https://randomrantsruminationsramblings.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/between-breads-americana-vs-bambaiya/
Thank, everybody!!!
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You definitely the American burger a thorough chewing over… you must’ve had a cast iron guts !!
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Hahahahaha, if you’ve grown up on Indian street food, you would for sure! Delhi belly… heard of it? Thanks, Ivor!!!
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I shall eat carefully if I get there…
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Never a dull moment when reading your poems, Kunal! 🙂
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Thank you, E! I’m glad you enjoy them!
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Many thanks for the opportunity to share a post, https://kmorrispoet.com/2019/07/07/i-have-no-wish-to-leave-these-dark-trees/. Best wishes – Kevin
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Reading Frost in forest shadows sounds awesome to me.
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Thank you, Ivor. I am delighted you like my poem. All the best to you – Kevin
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a deep and shady spot, away from everyone. a book of poetry in your lap. what’s not to love about this?
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Thank you, Mia. Yes shady spots are magical places in which to contemplate and lose onself. Or, simply places in which one empties the mind and becomes one with nature. Best wishes – Kevin
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This is a lovely poem, Kevin! One of your best! 🙂
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Many thanks, Eugenia. I very much appreciate your comment and your compliment. All the very best to you – Kevin
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You’re welcome, Kevin!
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Hello Everyone!
My post this week is
“Obsidian And Alabaster”
https://rarityofparadise.com/2018/12/07/obsidian-and-alabaster/
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An enchanting observation and summary….
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beautifully crafted!
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Thank you for reading Mia! 🙂
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Hi all. Here is a short piece.
https://johawkthewriter.com/2019/07/06/caught-in-illusion-weekend-writing-prompt/
Hope you all have a great week.
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A haunting piece, “Night is not always black, you know”
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Night comes in many disguises. Thanks Ivor.
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you really nailed the challenge of word economy here. “my world did not exist.” wow!
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Thanks, Mia. Glad you liked it.
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Thank you to Go Dog Go Cafe, for the opportunity to post my poem here On Promote Yourself Monday, which I find to be a wonderfully generous initiative…..
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/white-clouds-over-forest-floor-snail-trails/
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i really admire your use of rhyme without being sing-songy at all. i love the line “Feeding hungry digital mealtimes.” great work!
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Thank you Mia, I don’t always use rhyme, but here the rhymes seemed to give my short poem some extra depth..
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Hi,
Here is a poem that I wrote recently:
https://itrainsinmyheart.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/only-for-a-bit-nayana-nair/
Hope you like it.
Have an awesome week. 🙂
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raw, honest, and lyrical. lovely work!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Yes let your heart bleed
while recovering from bad-seeds….
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Thank you.
https://lookinginyourwindow.com/2019/07/05/flowing-through/
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a beautiful piece on all those possibilities of words!
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Your words were chosen well, and especially liked these two lines
“words are often borrowed
before they can be owned”
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This post came out on this day last year: https://andrewmcdowellauthor.com/2018/07/08/questions-of-narrative-and-tense/
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thank you for sharing this informative and insightful piece!
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You’re welcome, and thank you!
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Thanks for the information.
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You’re welcome!
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Happy Monday everyone,
Today I want to share micro poetry about love. A topic which resonates with everyone.
https://meghasworldsite.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/presence-micro-poetry-3/
Cheers,
Megha
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lovely! i’m a sucker for the word “undulate”!
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hahaMe too
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Beautiful.. :”A moment we call our own”
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Thanks so much Ivor.
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Good Morning all from Arizona! Sharing a piece I wrote about home. https://charmedchaos.com/2019/07/07/texas-roots/
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i love the imagery. i can smell that texas air on a hot night!
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Thank you!
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I thoroughly enjoyed your wondrous story, i had butterflies fluttering over my heart, remembering my own childhood days
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Thank you so kindly Ivor!
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https://padresramblings.wordpress.com/2019/07/06/mistaken-identity-2/ Thanks for the chance to share
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a fun and interesting short read!
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ah, i’ve missed you, friends. today i share a personification poem of sorts. hope you enjoy. have an amazing week!
https://19poems.blog/2019/07/08/anguish-and-famine-at-their-own-intervals-stage-notes/
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A very interesting and intriguing read, I felt those moments of famine….
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Some micro fiction I posted recently:
http://everyday-strange.com/2019/05/27/two-sentence-horror-story/
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Oh, that terrible feeling of being in the wrong place….
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Hey guys and gals, here is a poem on the destructive march of civilization.
https://theirrationalmuse.wordpress.com/2019/06/29/prometheus-revenge/
I’d love to hear your opinion on it. Looking forward to reading a lot of awesome posts here.
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Profoundly poignant and sternly powerful… a fascinating read… well done, thank you for the share…..I’ll send you my upcoming new poem later ‘Eating Our Own Waste’…..
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I’d love to read it. And thanks for the encouragement.
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Happy Monday! Here’s a piece I posted this morning for an awww moment with a couple of cute furry friends – https://amanpan.blog/2019/07/08/besties/
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It’s a pity us human’s haven’t taken a leaf out of their book…..
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https://everydayisuniqueforthevagabond.wordpress.com/2019/06/05/i-am-the-same/
Hello all,
here is a short poem, I had written recently. Do read it and let me know your views.
Have a good Monday !
Thanks,
Sneha
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The intense tone of these lines,touched me deeply, and in particular this piece….
” I feel the same tiredness, washing over me, till I finally decide to soak my pillow silk with my salty tears.”
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Thank you for taking your time to read and letting me know your views.
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I’m a little late in the day. Sorry!
http://mkvecchitto.com/2019/07/08/dragonflies-and-promises/
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I like your promises……perfect polished stones, soaring on the wings of ‘My Dragon’…….
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/my-dragon-the-trilogy-3/
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Here is my link for today. Thanks for the opportunity to share it here 🙂
https://poetryforhealing.com/2019/07/08/papa-why/
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A playful piece for this busy Monday – https://www.djranch.org/2019/07/08/haiku-playful/
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Hi Hope your 4th of July went well~: https://eastelmhurstagogo.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/the-other-fourth-of-july-milestones/
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