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more then okay One of my favourite Authors Poets is of course Margaret Atwood and she is aging from the sixties where she started here in Canada as a Female Poet yah the ol All world male thing anyway I love this poem the approach the stage thing Only because when I was twelve and painfully shy and cast out of my group of three freinds by a more popular newcomer they discovered my reading abilities and had me "Read" the book of the month and they were mesmerized week after week as I progressed through the book until one day I said"No" and the teacher literally screamed at me "You will not tell me NO!" and I sobbed and the recess bell rang and it was all forgotten and someone new read after that and i never did read again but those few weeks before I wanted others the chance to read too were sacred memories today and I am forty five now far from that boy yet still that boy You have such delicacy with words that flow like gentle currents reflecting wonderful skyscapes evoking revolutions of memories

The spirit is ageless.... the ego is a yo-yo between extremes, usually. You are very young with 3 children... Remember your music, your writing will always be the balance between ego and spirit.. ultimately one and the same. I wrote poetry young, then heavily at 25 in the throes of a love affair with an artist.... then my life took over my poetry and writing. It came back in a flood quite recently. How I missed that part of my life. How fortunate you are that you are immersed in your writing as well as your *life*. And they are not *separate*. Here's my version: The Drama Queen The old drama queen turns, faces the camera and the eye blinks: "I’m ready for my close-up," she coughs, a fine cobweb of spittle balancing on her chin, she used to be such a great beauty, full of dramatic perversion, but she fell in love with the wicked clown with happy feet go home now. the play is finished. go home now. take the shroud off the empty mirror. p.s. I apologize for the misinterpretation of your recent poem...with references to your miscarriages. Devastating!

Simply stunninng! "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." Will Rogers

your writing hasn't suffered from your time off... it is still very good! one thing I noticed and many do it... you start each new line with a cap... on the first read, it made me want to stop but the thoughts were not complete.. of course, it didn't take long to put the thoughts together and it is very good... loved the ending! Richard

You carry me alone with you on this beautiful poem, it was like you have experience more life than your actual age, very well written. a pleasure to read! thanks, Eddie

I think it should be as I LOSE my grip TOO many days on stage I read of a performance by a living legend whose diminished talents may no longer warrant the continued adoration. Am I close? or way off? Tom

Lady Blue, I feel your poem. I've been a performer for many years. Still write, still play, still perform. In some ways,better than ever. Still very aware that my dream, was just that. wcw