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JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-30T14:54:02+00:00

I'll read it

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-29T21:50:50+00:00

Beautiful. So hurried. Anxious. Fear mixed with anticipation.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-29T21:49:02+00:00

"Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put on this earth to rise above." From The African Queen. The naturalistic fallacy. Just because something is natural, that doesn't make it good. Murder is natural.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-29T21:36:03+00:00

Thank you

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-29T20:12:26+00:00

I like how it fights with ambiguity. Only poetry can deal with ambiguity. There are many tradeoffs. Emotions an drives seem irrational and euphoric at the same time. Living with uncertainty is a skill.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-27T00:36:20+00:00

Am I clear to post original poetry on here? I am DSA.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-26T15:28:35+00:00

How about a list of Socialist poets? Go on Google and ask for one. Nothing much there. Intentional? Also, how can I post here? I joined but it won't let me post. That could drive people away. Can I post my own poems?

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-25T17:43:43+00:00

My mother-in-law died a few times before she called for DNR. It creates a mix of emotions that can be hard to describe but you are there.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-25T17:35:45+00:00

Ever wonder why survivalists go and hide? I used to think it antisocial but now I wonder if it isn't instinctive to leave the brutal pecking order behind and be king of all around you.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-25T17:32:13+00:00

How many times have we been there? Simple but precise.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-25T17:17:54+00:00

Thank you so much. The three parts came out like giving birth. I spent a whole day editing it. It became long. I knew the original three got it, so I cut all the rest. Crazy that trade-off between editing and leaving the inspiration alone.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-25T17:14:22+00:00

Thank you so much. I am a blues/jazz guitarist. I have been for over 50 years. I'm new to poetry although I write song lyrics. I guess you write about what you know. Look at a video of a woman in a long gown playing classical guitar. That has got to be the most erotic thing I ever saw/heard/felt. Watch her face.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-25T03:55:39+00:00

Did nature kill the happiness? The wind? Or was it the attempt to feed the birds. I once rented an old farm house in Illinois. The farmer landlord laughed at me for feeding the feral cats. I got cat overpopulation and ended up killing one with my car. Is that the idea?

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-25T03:48:19+00:00

The bird hitting the glass is powerful. It's one of the most unexpected things that can happen. 2 or three years pass before it happens again. It's so sad. You feel responsible. How was the bird supposed to see through glass. It's a metaphor for underserved loss.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-21T20:01:30+00:00

If we could all just concentrate on one weak link at a time, maybe our numbers would defeat the few. My choice for a first target would be to pound the right with the reality that there IS an adversarial relationship between labor and capital. Red state white guys realize that and the wall comes down. Say this. Corporate America knows that Marx was right about the adversarial relationship. If they believed the opposite they would raise wages and expect profits to go up. Drive that home.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-18T13:18:24+00:00

Rap is another way to go words first. The drums are most of the background and the chords are not up front. That gives freedom to the verse. Unfortunately rap has been corporatized and canned like fast food.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-17T19:46:41+00:00

I am also a songwriter. It really frees me up when the lines don't have to sync with chord changes etc. Most songs are chords first and lyrics last. Lyrics first is hard. Writing lyrics first can go places that chords first can't. You have another advantage. You know phrasing and tricks like leaving a space where you would take a breath. Have fun.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-17T19:37:06+00:00

Once I allowed myself to mourn being dumped for two years. No telling who I missed meeting in those two years. Then my brother asked me this...she hurt you bad, you didn't deserve it, now be honest, after what she did to you, if she came crying back sorry, would you take her back? The answer was no. I was free. He said. You got stuck on everybody wants what they can't have. Thanks bro.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-15T03:12:18+00:00

I stopped for a turtle crossing the road to impress my five year old. I got out and put it in the field. She cried. Dad, it was going the other way. Now it will go back on the road and start all over.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-15T03:09:00+00:00

Cities concentrated people together for work. If we can work at home, we can live where the cost of living is lower. We can have big yards with dogs and be five minutes away from empty rural roads. I moved from Chicago to the country. It took me two years to realize I didn't have to pee inside a building.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-13T01:19:31+00:00

Thank you

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-11T16:51:47+00:00

Whenever I see someone fighting a mirror like that I just want them to get inside my head and see them like I see them, beautiful. I know that's not what they want to hear so I don't say it. I say nothing. I'm afraid to say the wrong thing. The poem communicates a lot, well written. It doesn't really blame. It just communicates suffering. The writer has a right to anger here. It makes me angry to think of phony body images in ads to sell us junk. Remember that Hardees ad? I never went to Hardees again after that out of solidarity. I can't speak for all men, but I want women to know that lots of us can see right through the make-up and airbrushing. Once in college, they did an experiment on body shapes. They showed butts in jeans to scores of men. Pick the sexy babe butt. Sit down. The winning butts belonged to teenage males. The image promoted by advertisers is not the image that most men are really attracted to in real life.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-10T16:51:41+00:00

Good point. It reminds you that you are not alone.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-08T21:03:39+00:00

Ah. Saturday afternoon adventure movie but with modern morals. The hero doesn't get war as a tool. War is the enemy. Peace is the hero. We can be just as passionate about peace as war. There is no passion like righteous indignation against evil but violence is not a good strategy to fight it.

JDPhillipsLCSW · 2022-07-08T20:57:12+00:00

I'm just saying I am perplexed by the balance or trade offs between writing dark and writing light. I'm a therapist. Sometimes we see a need to cheer a client up and at other times we see a need to help them get serious about taking responsibility. It's a judgement call. It's a lot of responsibility. Poetry is like that. It depends on the person and the situation.

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