I Know I Shouldn't Be Here*(Note)
But I've Always known itOr maybe that Just seems to be trueI used to feel itBut perhaps numbnessIs a virtueLost ideals Are almost always brokenFar from the reachOf the darkened heartI know I shouldn't...
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a deep and compelling read, doug ... laced with some very familiar (to me) thoughts and feelings ... as with a previous write of yours, I find the sense of being "disconnected" to be very strong here....
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Such sadness and longing, yet a sense of hopelessness as well...as if 'just partaking' isn't going to be enough. Very well written, Doug!
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A sense of what it is to be isolated, alienated, a stranger in the world. Very well crafted, dpg.
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Very expressive - a sense of being outside, looking in. I suspect a feeling that most have experienced at some time."A poem...begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a...
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Deep...and thoughtful...the sense of wanting...and yet, the sense of wrongness...half imagined, half felt...a piece that gets you thinking! Every new beginning comes fromsome other beginnings...
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Fight the urgeFight the urgeFight the urgeRemember you're not supposed to be thereGood Read...We've all been there in one way or another.
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I think the title might be a bit unfortunate, as people who just read it, might think I was talking about this poetry forum. Especially after my last poem, "If No One Reads". If a person reads it, it...
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Beth thanks for your very kind words I appreciate them. You seem to be a person with an excellent heart, which is expressed in your superb poetry. Thats' a rare commodity these days.I am feeling...
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Raven you know, you might be right about the "partaking". It's a long trip home. Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply.
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David poetry is such a balm to what I am feeling at the moment. I think we all feel a little less safe since that horrible day in September, combine this with uncertainty in the job market, personal...
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Valoe definitely how I feel at the moment but I'm a survivor, "this too shall pass".Thanks for your thoughtful remarks.Paul thank-you for your comments. You get the feeling of the piece remarkably...
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Hi Dpg3,I like this one, quite a bit.Your verse speaks of dissonance... not in structure but in content. What is the opposite of that eerie feeling of Deja Vu?Feeling like you've never been here at...
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Luke you humble me with your response. I really appreciate the thought you've put into it. I just moved to the city I'm living in about 3 years ago and I feel like I still haven't arrived.This is a...
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This touched a familiar chord with me. I know the feeling well. Partaking isn't always as easy as some might think. "Just do it" is a motto that can't always be lived up to. Jan or you can view my...
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Very thought provoking read, dpg. Your closing stanza brings it all together. Seems we often know all we need to do is "partake"..but yet we still can't. Enjoyed~~Alaura"You can give without...
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Jan I am pleased that you could relate, in this fast paced world of ours alienation is a byproduct I guess. The "just do it" motto is simplistic in the extreme. Thanks so much for your insight, I...
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Alaura dus thank-you for your perceptive sentiments. "Partaking" cam seem like a Goliath to us and we are a David without any stones.
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I found this to be an emotional poem but can't help but wonder where the "here" is the person shouldn't be?
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evening blue you get the huge lottery prize, at least $6,000,000 or so. You are the only person who asked where"here" was!! Now many people described it in various remarkable and colorful ways but you...
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