Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to post one link to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
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Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all are happy and healthy. Here’s a poem I recently wrote-
https://meliorateblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/17/riddle-antinomy/
Hope you like it. Thanks!
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Lovely and very touching. Some relationships are not meant to be.
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Thank you. Yes, you’re right.
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This is a poem about depression that I wrote last November and just recently posted
https://darknessofhisdreams.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/im-falling/
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Beautifully tender and sad.
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Oh, so beautifully written, raw and sad. Very emotional.
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Happy new week friends 🧡 from WLS https://wordslessspoken781842219.blog/2019/01/21/one-armed-jesus/
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Story telling, as only you…
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Thank you friend for reading and visiting xo
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This is some next level creativity! Bravo!!
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Thank you 🙂
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I love this one more every time I read it! ❤️
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Thank you friend xoxo
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Most welcome!
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So impactful, powerful and raw. It really shows the different aspects of life, the nuances in perspective. This is a raw piece with eloquent details. The imagery very encompassing. Excellent piece!
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Thank you Lucy xo!
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Happy Monday.
This week, words before the piece itself.
https://ederren.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/the-flash-the-thunder/
Enjoy.
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I love the message in this piece, Nascent. Sometimes it takes a storm to cleanse the soul.
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Thank you. Although what a storm must cleanse is made up in equal parts of what makes the storm itself.
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Hey everyone!
I have a fun First Lines Given for y’all today.
https://robinleeann.com/2020/06/16/first-lines-given-9/
Have a great week!
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Well and truly hooked by this one!
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Thank you so much!
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This is some bloody sweet fiction!
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Thank you!
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Wow! This held my interest to the end. Great take on the prompt!
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Thank you!!!
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Thank you for the opportunity to share a post. I have recently released “Light and Shade: Serious (and Not so Serious) Poems”. You can find a link to that announcement together with links to my book here, https://kmorrispoet.com/2020/06/16/a-guest-post-and-a-book-announcement/. Kind regards, Kevin
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Congrats, Kevin!
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Many thanks, Eugenia!
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Well done Kevin…
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Hey, mates.
I wrote a piece called “Life is but a mirage of dreams”.
It’s a thought provoking poem. Would you like to have a look?
https://amankphoenix.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/life-is-but-a-mirage-of-dreams/
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Hello everyone! I hope all is well. Here is my offering for PYM that I hope you’ll enjoy: https://lucysworks.com/2020/04/30/eyes/
Stay healthy and safe out there. ❤
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In the stunning Lucy style, a beautiful piece.
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Aww, thank you. That made my day to hear that. ❤️❤️❤️
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You’re welcome! 🌞
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You had me wondering with the line…”and beneath the permission tree”… and then after reading your finale lines ” eyes cannot escape ..the hunt;…the black persimmon leaves fall.”….. as the saying goes, ‘things fell into place’, and then I understood, the hardness and depth of your intriguing poem….
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Thank you for reading my piece. I love your analysis. ❤️
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Hello everyone! Here is a poem for PYM that I penned about whether it is better to reveal one’s history or to move on from it, striding forward look ahead to the future.
https://laurenmhancock.com/2020/06/19/poem-something-dear-and-personal-spoken-word-and-text-19-06-20/
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An admirable English morning – lets see what today brings…
https://believingsightunseen.com/2020/06/08/admirer/
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Beautifully written!
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Thank you, Lucy.
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“Nothing more than different” – great line and brilliant piece.
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Thank you, Eugenia – much appreciated.
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I’ve been that secret admirer…..
So no, I wasn’t the sire….
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https://padresramblings.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/gallivant/ Hope you like it.
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Poets indeed live inside their heads. There’s a reason why we can be headcases! 😜
I’m kidding, though. Excellent piece. I love the traveling feel in the imagery. I enjoyed reading this!
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Great take on the prompt! Well done.
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Often I ponder, what lays ahead….
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Hi! Humour never hurts, so go ahead & crack a smile!
https://randomrantsruminationsramblings.wordpress.com/2020/06/15/close-but-no-cigar/
Hugs all round, take care, stay safe!
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Indeed humorous. I love how you wrote this, and it really draws you in. Great piece here. We all need humor in these times. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you, Lucy, for your kindness!
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Yes…laughter is good medicine…..
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😊👍🙏🏽
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Hi Monday’s come round so quick. Can. I share ‘When shall we three meet again?’ please? https://andrewagreen.uk/2020/06/09/when-shall-we-three-meet-again/
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Will we ever meet ‘Again’
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Good morning everyone. Hope all are well. Thankyou for this opportunity. Here is mine. A tricube this week
https://blindwilderness.wordpress.com/2020/06/22/at-evening-tide-2/
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Beautifully written and somber. It has traces of grief, it seems, in my opinion. Very moving and touching. This resonates with me.
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I love your finale stanza Lorraine…
“Birth and death
Took place here
Lay me here”
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Reblogged this on Art, Photography and Poetry.
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Hi, Folks. Happy Monday. Something different this week; a short story -‘Jack’s Tale’.https://goffjamesart.wordpress.com/2020/06/17/flash-fiction-jacks-tale-a-short-story-by-goff-james/.
Have a great day.
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Always a pleasure to be here. https://andrewmcdowellauthor.com/2019/06/18/author-interview-with-m-j-patrick/
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A great interview and excellent advice, Andrew!
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome!
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I agree with Eugenia…
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Thank you!
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Sharing link to my Monday prompt post;
https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2020/06/22/what-do-you-see-35-22-june-2020/
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I think this reworded piece might suit ….
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2019/04/11/foreign-world/
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Happy Monday!
The poem I am sharing this week is called “Selah,” and was written as a collaboration between me and Ismael Mansoor. https://theyellowbrickave.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/selah-a-collaborative-poem/
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Very beautiful poem. It’s lovely.
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Thank you!
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A superb collaboration!
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Thank you!💜
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Beautifully enchanting…
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Thank you so much!
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Happy Monday! Sharing the link to my weekly prompt at Eugi’s Causerie I – https://amanpan.com/2020/06/22/eugis-weekly-prompt-summer-june-22-2020/
Also, I changed the name of my second blog, PoetryPalette, to Eugi’s Causerie II – https://amanpan.blog/2020/06/22/june-calmness/
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Good morning! Here’s mine:
https://patbunnyblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/21/dying-inside-yourself/
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Yes…. I’m glad I’m not the only one suffering from “DIY” office blues…. xx
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Haha…good luck with your DIY 🙂
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Another opportunity to share work courtesy of the Go Dog Go Cafe team – thanks guys
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Ok so where did the last week go, it’s Monday and how cool to be back here, even if the week went so fast you guys have caught me unprepared. So this week, I am sharing this poem I wrote some 12 years ago while doing my degree in English Lit
https://jezfarmerblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/solid-oak/
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An amazing piece. So beautiful, eloquent and heartfelt.
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Superb Jez…..
“I hear the voice, deep and wise, surmise
All life is of the Earth
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Thank you, Ivor
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Hi guys and gals,
Here’s a poem that I recently published that was in a WordFest anthology. The theme was water and the poem entitled “Jasmine Waters”
https://crowonthewire.com/2020/06/19/wordfest-anthology-2019-jasmine-waters-by-mark-tulin/
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A very lovely piece. I teared up a bit at the end. It’s very innovative, touching, and evocative to the mind, memory and imagination. There seems to be a theme of wanting to relive that sense of peace and innocence as well. Just some thoughts I had here. Brilliant work, I enjoyed reading it.
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Thank you Lucy for your wonderful analysis. Much appreciated. 🙂
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I can picture every image of your beautiful poem Mark….
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Thank you, Ivor.
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Thanks once again for giving us the chance to get our blogs out there.
http://paperkutzs.com/2020/06/16/eugis-weekly-prompt-brilliance-june-15-202015/
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Absolutely brilliant and you’ve my morning winter sun shine even brighter….maybe you’ll enjoy this piece…..
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2018/03/19/morning-starshine/
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The title sorta speaks for itself…..http://muellermusings.com/2020/06/17/singing-the-pandemic-blues/
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Hi Gael,. I’m loving the concert, playing it now and I’ve saved the performance into my music ‘playlist’…
….. I hope the choir gets to sing together in the near future…. 🤗💛
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It was an amazing night. Bet you notice the differences in repertoire! Can’t say we are boring! Stay well, my friend!
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I’m still enjoy the concert… xx
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Thank you to everyone for using the Go Dog Go Cafe site to promote their wonderful writings…And here’s my poem I wrote 10 mins’ ago…
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2020/06/23/lost-in-space/
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Hi there, could anyone tell me why my comment and link from yesterday isn’t showing up?
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Good evening and happy new week! It’s a free verse kind of day…
https://www.djranch.org/2020/06/22/my-wonder-intact/
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Very well-written and thought provoking. I enjoyed reading your poem!
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happy Monday to one and all~ https://eastelmhurstagogo.wordpress.com/2020/06/18/when-all-else-fails/
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Oh wow… when all else fails… no, not a Sunday train… passing lamp posts, after lamp post…that all look the same…. This is well done Larry…🤗
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Thanks I’m really happy you liked it
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