I am outside late at night
Writing poems
About the poems
I have not written
The ones I’ve turned away from
Because of embarrassment
Or timidity
Or fear of shedding my jovial persona
and find somewhat alarmingly
that the poems I have not written
far outnumber the ones I have.
John Malone 
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thank you for thinking enough of it to feature it on your website 🙂
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Ahh yes the poems I’ve not written…
Now you’ve got me thinking!
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after reading a few comments on this poem, including yours, I decided the ending was too heavy handed and added one with a lighter touch. 🙂 if you get a chance hop over and have a look and see what you think 🙂
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Much better 💕
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Lighter touch but still has impact!
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We’re complicated creatures!
Take care —
Neil S.
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I will. I realize thinking of your response that the ending of the poem is heavy handed and so have replaced it with a lighter more fitting response. See what you think
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👍👍
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Your poetry never ceases to amaze me!
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you might be amazed then or possibly alarmed by the alteration I have made to this poem shortly after I awoke and said, tut tut, that ending will never do: too heavy handed, too lugubrious:)
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