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Oh Raven thanks so much, that's beautiful, sweet thing you are, lovely to have your friendliness visit, a little warmth in the wee hours of the morning. I must go see what you've been up to, I have so little time here & I miss it. Keep writing, I'll catch up soon. Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

Hi Darknlovely. Ah no prosidy? I love the word, looked it up & can't find it in 2 dictionaries for correct terminology, I can guess it's aim though, & I'm sad, but not surprised, I often write from heart to page without thought as to if the thing makes sense to others, I am torn as to whether it should or not in the end, everyone finds there own way through a poem if it calls to them I think. What do you think? Anyway, I am really pleased to hear you loved it anyway, I hoped it might touch people despite it's cryptic styling. I must apologize for not visiting your work much, I've hardly been here for some time & when I do I scramble to catch up. I'll make an effort. Peace within indeed, it's the best way to be. Thanks for your words. Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

No problem re the spelling & I am excited to find you are another Annie! Love it... welcome to the gang (Anna, Ann, Anni, Annie among others) I am wondering about the 1 star, no offense, I'd just love to understand this... I admit that I tend to give feedback rather than stars because that's what I feel is useful so unless I think the work is exceptional & needs no development I wont give low stars... (not for a moment suggesting everyone should be like me) is your one star suggesting you think this work needs more work & if so in what way? If you found prosody lacking try reading it again, I read it in the light of your explanation of prosody & found that the rhythm & rhyme were generally pretty smooth. I'd love to understand what it is that you find issue with, it might be just me, but I would never bother giving a 1 star rating unless I thought the poem really crappy, & then as I said, I would rather make positive suggestions... I feel confused that you say you love it, it doesn't add up to me... just opening dialogue though, don't fret, I'm not offended. Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

Bless your peace & love... Thank you. Feeling a little beaten up just now so your words are something of a balm Katie. I am always surprised when my confidence gets shaken, it doesn't happen a lot these days (thank goodness), but it's never pleasant for any of us. Oh yeah, it's a delight to be here when I can be, & even more joyful to see your lovely smile there, I am so behind, I will go check what you've been penning & am so looking forward to it, you are a yummy writer girl. Hope you've been at the pen lots, hard to make the time here & get the "real life" suitably tended to isn't it. I LOVE your comment, it gave me such a lovely image of your views there, I would love to visit Canada, I think it must have such beauty (my mental image is full of lakes & tree'd vista's. It is supposed to be summer here, but it has been ccc c c cold as winter..& raining tons, hail storms & all (2 days ago)!!! tops of 12C... sigh! I long for summer, though my buddlea is blooming & the cherry blossom & hyacinths, gorgeous smells wafting in through the open front door, even though it's cold, the sun is out now & then, wont be long before it gets warm. Here in Victoria it's been a super long winter, & now they're saying we may get bush fires similar to last year come March... Poor old world the extremes ore widening. Don't forget when it's winter there it's summer here, hopefully that's a comfort not a taunt! xxx Love & peace to you writing girl Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

Hey Espen clever doorman... you do the door thing so well... you have slipped in here with such grace & such ease & I am sure we all find it a joy when you leave a message for us... so thank you... & I reiterate.. you do have the look of Puck, wicked & about to get up to some delightful & delicious mischief in that picture... fantastic lighting, it is like a brilliantly captured painting, it speaks so much more than the surface image... much like your wonderful writing Espen, I am enjoying it so much. Hmm yes, melancholy... life is never solidly one emotion or another... I was thinking how easily melancholy leaks into my work yesterday after recording a harmony on a very upbeat happy song for the choir, I just popped in the bass part & realised that it had set a kind of contradictory tone to the song, a sombre edge with a quite clear melancholic flourish in the bridge... how did that happen??? Might have been the lack of sleep, trying to do so many things of late!! ....& what's lost but what was ever overlooked... but what is treasured, fleeting perhaps, is a part of us forever... don't you think?... Somehow these things even you dear door scrammer, who's writing I really take pleasure in, somehow such things 'osmose' into our being & create part of the ever renewing us-ness..... Or not perhaps, guess it's what you choose in the end. Lovely to read you as always. Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

Hi Wafi a lovely surprise to see you here, yes it's been ages, I have hardly had time for Neo sadly, I knew it was coming, some health issues & many very exciting projects in my real life, tons of singing & performing & trying to keep up with a chinging 13 Y.old among other things. But I am naughty & try to sneak time in instead of sleeping sometimes!!! Still I worked soooo hard in the last week I feel I deserve some time here, I must see what you have been up to as well, it is hard to keep up here isn't it & have a real life as well? I have to say that picture of you makes you look so vulnerable, inspires me to write a wee story without knowing any of your history (fiction drawing on imagery), that's good if an image can do that, don't you think? Thank you for your lovely words here, I feel a little relieved to be honest, I let a few things wobble me here today, & was beginning to wonder what I was doing here, so thank you for the kindness & your insights, I feel so happy that my writing has been able to reach you like that, it's beautiful & my heart is almost back to it's solid state of gratitude & positive belief in all the possibility of goodness (yes I know bad things happen, but there is always a reflection of some good somewhere if you look.. I know YOU know that though!) Nice quote from Afzal, I must make time to look at his work more, he is very generous with his warmth it is a nice thing in this world to find that... & yes, I do believe love is such a balm for so many problems (some people call it God I think, but in the end it's the angle you turn your heart & it can do amazing things... good intent & generosity, add a little integrity & it's a good world). Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama

Sadly it still isn't very warm here, warmer than there perhaps, but it IS supposed to be SUMMER, I admit to wishing it to hurry, the sun has come out the last 2 days & was delicious, but it barely got above 12 Celsius. Anyway, perhaps that why this work has come out somewhat melancholic... well, that & the fact that it is I suppose a bit of a lament I have to accept that, it seems you all see through me... Well picked with the odd imagery of petals on the chest, it was a kind of internal visual I was writing from, imagining someone (my love I suppose) lying in a field on a warm perfect sky day looking up at the clouds & showered in petals resting on his breast, the place where the warmth of his heart would send their fragrance warmed by it's radiating potency & sweet steady beating, wafting through the afternoon wonder, a random image of comfort I would wish for someone I guess... This place is good for me, I write such things without reflecting that such an image may not occur to anyone else & thus the flow of the story may be prohibitive??? Is that the effect for you? Really I am still relatively new at sharing my poetry writing... songs are different, rarely would anyone impose to critique a song (though there a ton of absolutely crappy songs out there, I'm sure nobody could deny it ... lyrically speaking anyway. As for the IN addition... heheh, I put the IN in Gee, then I took the IN out, it just feels better without it for me, hope you are not offended, I did try it & looked at it etc. I found an extraneous S on CAST at the time & tidied another line replacing a word,(wonder if you can spot it? It changes the sentiment a bit, but it makes more sense & it fit the over all them of the line so I am happy). I do appreciate your eye on my work. You are such a gem of a man Gee, so loyal & so incredibly generous... You are a man of huge heart I believe. I hope your health is now well & truly great & that you are staying warm there... Ooooh I just shivered, thinking of how cold you say it gets there, brrrrr! When the sun comes, I promise to write a jolly happy Gee poem around it somehow. Much love to you & yours Cheers Anni~ "When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace". H.H. the Dalai Lama