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A Poet's Ilk

Inspired by one of Roy's recent poems

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Comment from Chrissy710
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What a lovely poem as it does captures the poets soul
Thanks for sharing this and it is always sad to hear of a passing of a fanstorian and Mike was obviously well liked and respected here
Condolences to Mikes family
Christine

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2022

Comment from Wendy G
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Beautiful. A lovely piece of writing, and from the heart. What sadness to know his writing is over, and that he will never know how many of us appreciated his poems, as well as his reviews.
Wendy

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2022

Comment from Karyn2
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I thoroughly enjoyed the read! Thank you for sharing. I love the message that poetry can be a vessel to express our joys and frustrations, our hopes and dreams and love. It certainly is that for me when I write and when I read wonderful poetry such as yours.

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2022

Comment from Sanku
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This was a nut shell of whom he was .I read this with sorrow on my heart that he will not read this or other reviews for this post. I hope he is at peace up there

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2022

Comment from Sandra Nelms-Ludwig
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This is a wonderful example of Mike's work. It's sad to read this and to know he will no longer be here to share more of his wonderful works. It's only fitting that one of his last poems would be about poetry. Rest in Peace you gifted writer. You will be missed.

 Comment Written 07-Dec-2022

Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
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This was a great poetic offering, Mike. I enjoyed reading it.
As always, your words were well thought out. There was smooth f
flow, great rhymes and imagery, and a true message. I liked the
color scheme and image. You gave readers much to think about
with their own writing.
Thanks for sharing, Jan

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2022

Comment from K.L. Rockquemore
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This verse was a joy to read.

"A poet's ink," is noteworthy.

The ink flows on the paper through the pen,
as an extension of the poet's hand,
an extension of the poet's soul.

The metre creates a musical quality, a sing- song melody.

The rhymes glide without force.

Thank you for sharing.

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2022

Comment from Pam (respa)
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-A beautiful image and poem to go with it.
-It flows like silk from verse to verse.
-I think this is the essence of who Mike was as a writer:
"then let this verse connect your soul
to anything that makes you whole."
-Beautiful words for a beautiful soul.
-You will be missed, my friend.

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2022

Comment from Gloria ....
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Karenina, this is a wonderful tribute to Mike to promote one of his poems published before his passing. What greater honour can there be than a tribute in his own words?

I wonder if it's possible for Tom to move this to the book Dolly created to give the context.

This is a fine example of Mike's contributions to the community. He will be sorely missed.

Gloria

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2022

Comment from dragonpoet
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Hi Mike,
I like the way this says that poetry tells people of our good and bad sides.
We hope our words teach, amuse and ease pain of our readers.
Is this poem a specific form?
Keep writing and stay healthy.
Happy Holidays.
Joan

 Comment Written 06-Dec-2022