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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, felice.

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DeeDee D's avatar

I just loved this oh-so-relatable poem.

You are such a delightful writer Jonathan!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, DeeDee! I hope you listened to the audio, too!

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Stanley Wotring's avatar

I hate unbalanced carriages.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Yes, they’re the worst

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man of aran's avatar

Is there a Walmart in Baton Rouge?

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

There’s one in Montreal that was the inspiration for this

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

“Took me all the way to New Orleans”

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Connie J. Casella's avatar

Love it! I'd like to write a poem about calling the pharmacy but talking to a robot for about 10 minutes, going round and round and round until I finally talked to a human!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Yes! Do it!

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Connie J. Casella's avatar

Yes but I'll have to figure out what to say!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Be brave, be bold

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

I’ve never been inside a Walmart. I remember I needed a filter for my A/C and my local DIY store didn’t stock the model so I checked the local Walmart online to see if they had it in stock. They didn’t. Good poem, though!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thanks, Paul

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Reality check—did you listen to the audio?

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Patris's avatar

Janice 🌹

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Monica P.'s avatar

Delightful.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Monica

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Forget about reading your poems, you should sing them all! This is great!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you so much! That's what I was hoping someone would say :)

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

I'm sorry, I looked at the comments and I was like why is no one saying something about the song and the singing here? You're asking... you're on to something! I want to hear the song title poems sung too from now on. You've set the bar now! Only kidding, but it's amazing your singing. I have the Walmart song in my head now.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

I changed the format of the post to make the audio widget more prominent; I'm hoping that'll help.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

This is actually a song, not a poem per se. Even though, yes, I’m a poet and the focus of my Substack is poetry, not songwriting or music. Click on the audio link and see how you like it. That’s me singing and strumming the ukulele. The song itself is based on actual events in the life of my lovely wife, not-quite-accurately depicted in the AI illustration that adorns the post.

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Connie J. Casella's avatar

Just heard the song about Walmart! Loved it! You should play it on YouTube! Great guitar! Acoustic?

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thanks! Good idea -- I'll do put it up there soon. Ukulele :)

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Rod Bluhm's avatar

You're a man of many talents! I can't wait for your letter J sonnet after this!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thanks, Rod

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Marilyn Jones's avatar

My fav!!! You sing great 🎶 microphone 🎤 Keep it coming Jonathan👏

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Marilyn, I appreciate the encouragement!

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