You're very welcome, Merril 💙

You say no sympathy, so I send empathy, and I wish you every success with your projects 💙

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Always happy to hear from you. And we're the only ones up so silly early. 😀

Thank you, Ju. So kind, as usual 🫵😘

I wasn't, but I'm always interested in what others see in my poems. Thank you.

...distance masquerading as clarity... great line and clever take on the theme 🌟

Wow! Thank you very much.

Captures the feeling, the atmosphere, so well. You have such a wealth of poetry to call upon.

You at your short-form best, Ju 👍

Yes, but maybe occasionally we could have a week that was open to new poems without a theme? Sorry, I'll leave you in peace now.

I see them as bringing people together - and getting poems seen that might otherwise not get noticed. I think a lot of people also see them as ways to experiment and get feedback. All of which is good, but I wish it could happen without prompts.

It was, yes.

Wonderful poem, Jen. 💙

Clever! ☺️

A life wonderfully told. Beautiful, Merril. 🌟

Thank you so much, John. I really appreciate that.

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I didn't mean to fall out of bed after sex but don't worry, it'll probably happen again. Call it applause, call it a compliment, call me whatever name you like, call me back. The early stages of falling for each other, pushing and pulling against unseen forces until the resistance collapses and hearts accelerate at 9.8m/s². Along my equator I grow hungry and weaker for the sight of you standing to wash offering me a hand to help me up that I decline, because I like the view. This is how we communicate, bodies in heat reaching pinnacle velocity, then cooling grounded in the fact that we are not one soul, but two separate entities orbiting the truth that we may collide but never reach understanding of one another, or of love for that matter, but that goes without saying, down here on the floor.

#Writing #poetry at dawn before I can will myself out of bed to get coffee, or type the #poem I actually meant to write for this initially. This was fun though, a funny memory with hidden weight, if you will. Enjoy 🤗

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Brilliant! 🌟

You are even more self-critical than me! 🫠

Beautiful, gentle (dare I say, 'pared down' 😉) poem, David.

Thank you so much, Roger ☺️

The things that keep you up...

So often the way.

Very well done and goes beyond flying... 👏

Love the Tupperware lid image. Cleverly done, Elizabeth. 👍

Cleverly done, Andy. So many ways to tell your story, it seems.

dust-wards 👏 Nice one, Debbie.

Thank you! ☺️