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georgeschaefer commented on: I'M GRATEFUL FOR POST POEMS SITE by pamschwetz 1 week 5 days ago
Yes, hopefully we all are: Yes, hopefully we all are appreciative of what we have here.  It is great to be able to post and read so much poetry.  We're all different but we find a way to co-exist.
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LittleLennonGurl commented on: Raise Your Voice, Take That Stand by LittleLennonGurl 1 week 5 days ago
Wow: This comment honestly made my day. Thank you so much!!
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patriciajj commented on: Soft and Final Landing by patriciajj 1 week 5 days ago
First, it is an extreme: First, it is an extreme pleasure to have you back. One doesn't realize just what a vital pillar of support and inspiration they have until it is gone, but the deepest sorrow was knowing that you must have been suffering greatly to have been away from your poetic community. I prayed often and I continue to pray with great urgency while you still struggle.   Welcome back! And thank you for finding my latest post.    Not only did you pinpoint the soul of of my work, but you affirmed the nucleus with two expertly insightful and striking analogies, one contemporary and one Biblical. Then, with pristine understanding, you zeroed in on my purpose, my mission, and declared it accomplished. I'm overwhelmed and humbled. How can I begin to thank you?   To my dismay, readers have often misunderstood my work, even connecting it somehow to something sacrilegious, but you don't read more into my poems than was intended, look for devils around every corner or skew my words according to a narrow belief system. You simplify, illuminate and appreciate.   Just what I needed. Like "the cosmos going about its business" my gratitude knows no bounds.   
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patriciajj commented on: Yet [*/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Final Measures; Sonnet On The Orthodox Faith, And My Poor Practice Of It by S74rw4rd 1 week 5 days ago
From my point of view, I: From my point of view, I don't see the practice of your faith poor in any way, but actually inspiring and triumphant!   Perhaps I should explain. The early Christians in the catacombs were severely restricted in their practice, but their hearts continued to overflow with unshakable devotion, true worship, in spite of persecution. Persecution, by the way, includes verbal disparagement or unfair judgement or even subtle disapproval by others. By nature, we want to be accepted by those around us, so it is a supreme sacrifice to stay true to your faith in spite of external discouragement.   But it seems Father Gregory, a beautiful soul, put it best: "confined prayer is [your] private liturgy".   What Soviet gulags and Roman armies and misguided dogmatists could never destroy is what continues shining, and what God treasures, within you.   This heartfelt, humble and genuine sonnet, I believe, is enshrined in Heaven.  
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patriciajj commented on: @ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; To Basho, In Praise Of His Young BoyFriend, 4 [ /;\ ] by S74rw4rd 1 week 5 days ago
What an effective visual! It: What an effective visual! It has delicacy and dignity, yet still smolders. The illustrious Basho is nodding and wondering: now why didn't I think of that?  
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patriciajj commented on: Raise Your Voice, Take That Stand by LittleLennonGurl 1 week 5 days ago
Your words and your energy: Your words and your energy pulse with the same indignation I often feel when the farcical realities of our time hit hard. You give a voice, unflinching and resolute, to the outrage every sane person should feel in the face of tyranny. We need you! 
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patriciajj commented on: rosy cheeked by arqios 1 week 5 days ago
We get the whole picture in: We get the whole picture in shimmering and minimal stanzas: the allure, the glorious obsession, the fulfillment. And it all began with a glimpse of beauty and ends with . . . well, that's an open-ended question you shrewdly injected.   A brilliant poem of attraction.
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patriciajj commented on: long distance for now by arqios 1 week 5 days ago
I love the wry wit behind the: I love the wry wit behind the word "random" when all the snippets of events, in sets of three, are highly significant, urgent and emotionally important in the grand scheme of things. Putting "up memories with thumbtacks" adds up to a meaningful relationship, long distance or otherwise.    An instructive and cleverly composed view of life. 
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patriciajj commented on: @ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; Foliage, 01 [XLIX] by S74rw4rd 1 week 5 days ago
Say "foliage" and I'm there.: Say "foliage" and I'm there. I came for the title and stayed for the fireworks.   "like a leaf unfolds to our star's light . . ."   Unabashed and sumptuous and perfect. 
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patriciajj commented on: Yet [*/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Final Measures; A Poem To The EARLY CHRISTIANS by S74rw4rd 1 week 5 days ago
I'm delighted that you're: I'm delighted that you're making up for lost time and posting so many new poems including this rousing and victorious tribute to those who still inspire the faithful today.   No doubt the blessed gang will be waiting for you with open arms!   
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LittleLennonGurl commented on: Raise Your Voice, Take That Stand by LittleLennonGurl 1 week 5 days ago
Thank you!!: I'm glad you liked it!!
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S74rW4rd commented on: Request Prayer by S74rw4rd 1 week 5 days ago
Thanks for the kind: Thanks for the kind encouragement.
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S74rW4rd commented on: Request Prayer by S74rw4rd 1 week 5 days ago
Thank you very much for those: Thank you very much for those words.
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S74rW4rd commented on: The Eclipse Miracle! by ramonathompsont 1 week 6 days ago
Yes, it did, and God rewarded: Yes, it did, and God rewarded your Bible study efforts that way.  Keep the Faith!
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ramonathompsont commented on: The Eclipse Miracle! by ramonathompsont 1 week 6 days ago
wow thanks so much for this: wow thanks so much for this comment!   I actually came up with this just last night while doing a bible study with my husband and father in law!   So pleased it came out even better than I hoped!  
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