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Aaron Waddell's avatar

Lovely poem! Happy Sunday, Jonathan!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thanks Aaron — back atcha from Monday morning

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David MacGregor's avatar

Morning glow

Snow

Up to my hips

Outside

Gouty foot pleads

No shoes today

Please

Does my mother

Know

I’m eighty-two

She passed

At ninety nine

Gotta get on

My karate gi

Everything

On the floor

Today

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

どうもありがとうございます

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David MacGregor's avatar

🙃

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Ann Collins's avatar

That strikes me now as it has not before

Knowing what I know . . .

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I so love the way poets like you keep seeing something so daily, so elemental, for the first time.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Ann

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Jed Moffitt's avatar

You are on a roll with this theme Jonathan...

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Which theme is that?

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Jed Moffitt's avatar

I may be seeing things. There were a couple of poems labeled "After Wordsworth" who I know little about and I am not sure what you were trying to convey, but theyhad a similar length and scope and they landed well for me. Like neat scotch whisky apprehended quickly as opposed to taking time with a glass of wine.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Ah! Thank you. I have so many themes rattling around my brain that I wasn't sure which one you were zeroing in on. I like the whisky figure!

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Jed Moffitt's avatar

Another sunrise

I see it through slatted blinds

In the torpor of a warm tub

Steaming out the lines

Of wrinkles patterns

Seen through jaded eyes

Apologies for stomping all over your comments section... It's David's doing...

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

David is a wild man. Nice lines though.

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Rod Bluhm's avatar

"That strikes me now as it has not before"

Each new day brings an opportunity to learn and see things differently.

I truly enjoyed this, Jonathan.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Rod.

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