Comment from Joy Graham

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I like that picture :) I tried to figure out which ones nested together but then gave up from exhaustion lol! I have a set of nesting dolls brought to me from Russia when we billeted a hockey player from Russia. They are a treasure I keep in my china cabinets. This poem reminds me it's time to dust all the pretty little things. Good word for the day and poem to match.

Joy xx

 Comment Written 08-Jun-2018

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reply by the author on 08-Jun-2018

I seem to collect musical instruments, several of which need fixing. Many thanks, Joy.

Comment from Mustang Patty

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Hi, Craig;

My house has several wunderkammer. There are my Hummels, my shot glasses and last but certainly not least are my keychains. Oh, and I guess my books constitute a collection of oddities too.

Your poem has a nice rhyming pattern and speaks to the collector that lives in so many of us,

~patty~

 Comment Written 08-Jun-2018

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reply by the author on 08-Jun-2018

My weakness is musical instruments. So much so, we had to add a room for them lol Thanks, Patty.

Comment from bichonfrisegirl

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Hi Craig,

This is a delightful thought-provoking write. I love that you have likened the mind to a wunderkammer (wonder chamber -- the German translation). Our mind truly is a wonder chamber ... for sure!

This is cleverly written, and I especially love the queries in your fourth stanza that make your reader pause to ponder the things that you've queried. "Why are things improbable occurring all the time?" ... this made me laugh, because it is so true. "Would it cause us grief to feed the poor" ... no kidding!

Well done, Craig! ~~ Connie

 Comment Written 08-Jun-2018

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reply by the author on 08-Jun-2018

Thanks very much for the lovely comments, Connie. I think it's a fantastic word - lots of fun to play with. Most grateful, Craig

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

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A very well-written poem about collecting things that only gather dust at the end. I have very little meaningless ornaments in my house and don't collect anything, everything I have was gifted to me by family and friends, so the ones I have mean something to me.

 Comment Written 08-Jun-2018

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reply by the author on 08-Jun-2018

I don't think there's anything wrong with collecting objects as a hobby (unless it becomes hoarding) - just that collecting non-tangible things, like ideas and memories is more important. Many thanks, Sandra.

Comment from Pamusart

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Hi Craig. I think I should be in your collection of oddities. Nature has many. The monarch butterfly has four generations every year. The first three generations live only two to six weeks. The fourth lives six to eight months to fly to warmer climates in Mexico and back to create the first generation of the season. How does nature do that? So many things like that. I have always been considered. I bet you will get a lot of reviews saying that of course god controls everything. That would be for some of the questions you asked. I knew wunder meant wonder. Maybe like Ripley's. Thank you for sharing

 Comment Written 08-Jun-2018

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reply by the author on 08-Jun-2018

Thanks so much, Pam. I didn't know that about monarchs, how amazing. I seem to recall decades ago, there was a movie called "The Collector", about a man who liked collecting women, and he didn't take good care of them; be careful what you wish for! Most grateful, as always. Craig

reply by Pamusart on 08-Jun-2018

Silence of the Lb was that movie.

Comment from Gloria ....

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What an interesting metre you've used in this poem, Craig. Is there a particular name for the form, or have you gone rogue on us?

I don't collect anything in stuff anymore cause I got rid of 5,000 lbs of books and have no intention of carrying that kind of baggage around anymore.

What a lovely sounding word though. I agree with your resolution the best knickknacks are memories in the brain and hopefully they don't get destroyed.

Very nicely done and I must enjoyed.

Gloria

 Comment Written 07-Jun-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Jun-2018

I have no idea what it's called, Gloria. I just started, and that's how it came out lol - which is most often the case, If you haven't seen it before, do I get to name it? How about, "Like 4-3, only longer?" (Shame on me, I don't even know what that's called).

Many thanks for the very lovely review,

Craig

Comment from kahpot

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What an excellent and lovely poem for us collectors (hoarders) some would say, but yes these collectibles? keep us amused and give some direction in our life, very well done****kahpot

 Comment Written 07-Jun-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Jun-2018

Thanks very much for the kind review - it is much appreciated :) Craig

Comment from lyenochka

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Enjoyed your thoughtful poem including the "wunderkammer." I don't have a full "Kammer" just a little corner cabinet for knick knacks as I hate to dust. But I like your idea of the mind being a wunderkammer for thoughts we should consider and accumulating good thoughts and knowledge is much better than small stuff needing to be dusted.

 Comment Written 07-Jun-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Jun-2018

I hate dusting too, so it seemed to make sense :) Many thanks, Helen.

Comment from Alexander Vasa

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Hi ... I like today's word, it's great and I'm always amazed by how you can manage to fit them into a poem. Nicely done. This is my favorite verse:

a maze of twisting passages joined by synaptic links,
this wunderkammer world that is our mind;
a curio collection formed of strange, nomadic thoughts,
which stand alone, and yet, are all entwined.

I noticed no errors and this is a work I would recommend to other readers for review, Ana

 Comment Written 07-Jun-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Jun-2018

Thanks very much, Ana. I'm glad you enjoyed :) Craig

Comment from Sharon Haiste

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Today's word, wunderkammer, is wonderful. It's fun to say.
Your verse is also fun, well written, well rhymed.
Nicely done. Thank you for sharing this.
Sharon

 Comment Written 07-Jun-2018

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reply by the author on 07-Jun-2018

Yes, I love the sound of the word too. As you say, it's fun. Thanks very much, Craig