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Geremia
Geremia
May 05, 2010 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

The Humourist: To those on Neo who make me smile and laugh

THE HUMOURISTThe humourist has a heartTender and kindA clever and sharp mindA way he knowsTo help face the blowsOf thisOur life’s dark inevitabilitiesNot a tragic figure heYet tragedyHe understandsHis words are of colorsBrightRainbows of smilesAndLaughterThe light that fills

An empty soulHealing handsHis visions and imageryBold and clearRaw and bawdyCarnival celebrationA magnificent absurdityThe sane sense of insanity That takes awayIf only momentarilyThe dread of HellAndThe fear of Heaven

EPILOGUE

And let the Word be made Flesh 

— Geremia, May 05, 2010

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Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

Hehehehaha!Dear Joe, now you

Hehehehaha! Dear Joe, now you remind me of a peacock strutting his stuff about, you're still too sexy for your shirt and I'm wayyyyyyyyyyyy too proud to beg. Winks of love, Anna "The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses, but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as a creation of his senses." ~ Ernst Mach
Geremia

Geremia

16 years 1 month ago

J.B. Longo-GeremiaAnna,

J.B. Longo-Geremia Anna, amore mio, this not abouta me. In recognition of those poets on NEO who see the "other" side of Being and ezpress it so well. Not I, bella mia. I go for tragedy, And, yes, as for your comment about my shirt-- you are sooooooooooo right! :) Love from Joe
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI17VdRfCek "O mio babbino caro" Puccini ~A "The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses, but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as a creation of his senses." ~ Ernst Mach
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

LOL! Your rock, Joe! Viva

LOL! Your rock, Joe! Viva il biondi! (Does turning from white blonde to silver blonde count?) ~A "The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses, but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as a creation of his senses." ~ Ernst Mach
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shirley harrison

16 years 1 month ago

beautiful poem

love it and i also love shanas trip to Florence! shirley harrison
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Joe

I am normally first to read your poems I feel like the white rabbit late and unruley lol ... wonderful poem and your right there are some wonderfully funny people here that keep us all smiling ... thank god for laughter and for you dear friend wonderful poem I am sorry to be late love and big hugs your Jayne-Chloe x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
loved

loved

16 years 1 month ago

I Am

.. I have all the qualities That you include In me... But they all prefer Not to call me a humorist But like to call me A circus joker Who is really Not one.
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magics02

16 years 1 month ago

As I read this poem Longo

Who came to my mind before I even read all the comments was our own special Ephy You confirmed it and I concer with it, Great poem Longo, just loved it. Magnifico Joe!! Love, Mona TIME well spent is TIME well lived
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magics02

16 years ago

Yes he is

Always makes me laugh too. His rhyming is impeccable. Good to see some humor in this too serious of a life... Bella TIME well spent is TIME well lived