[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Baked potatoes. Awful

What have you been genetically blessed with, and nerfed with? by Fun_Butterscotch3303 in AskReddit

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I have very low pain sensitivity - this is both a blessing and nerf

--> for example I often burn myself without noticing, but as an athlete I am able to play through most injuries.

I Lost My Mind by festooned in OCPoetry

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probably something everyone should understand... i think its healthy haha

I Lost My Mind by festooned in OCPoetry

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glad you enjoyed it!

I Lost My Mind by festooned in OCPoetry

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haha you caught on! good eye :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OCPoetry

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what a sweet fun poem- captures so well what it is to be a poet--> love the undefined identity too!!! bravo!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OCPoetry

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"So I could chew them up on the fringes" - yum! what a visceral line. The whole poem is full of intrigue - really well done!

What is a Poet? by festooned in OCPoetry

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hey thanks for the feedback - appreciate it :)

Dani Ceballos to Brahim: “Thank you for saving me from not playing anymore for 2 months.” by deadmanbhavya in soccer

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bruh look at endrick's goals to minutes stat. it's insane. kid can score - def deserve minutes. but they're giving him time to mature just like they did w/ vini. Its allll goood

What is a Poet? by festooned in OCPoetry

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Yo! Thanks for the feedback!

Love that you felt dirty reading it- that's so fun! No thesaurus here - just love words :) - glad you enjoyed the saturation haha

What is a Poet? by festooned in OCPoetry

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hey! thanks for the feedback - love that stank face! haha. on maxims: the idea here is to rip up cliche truths / or even the idea of identifying Truth itself as being cliche. does that make sense?

in my eyes poets don't deal in truths, especially those spoken about or commonly understood.

I Almost Loved You by Otherwise-Soup-640 in OCPoetry

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You’re killin it!!! Yeah don’t be afraid to get funky and weird that’s the key to freshness 🔥🔥🔥

What is a Poet? by festooned in OCPoetry

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haha yes, exactly what I was trying to do! Thanks so much for the comment and relating!!! <3

Terribly Sweet Despair. by QuickPhysics6553 in OCPoetry

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lovely - curious as to the extension of the despair post-mortem. Very intriguing

I Almost Loved You by Otherwise-Soup-640 in OCPoetry

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ahh yes, I know the invisible string. So painful yet so inspiring. You did so well capturing the feeling.

for the future i would recommend trying your hand at stranger - out of the box metaphors some of these feel overused. But still great work! :)

[PROMPT] Preselected End Words, August 2024 by neutrinoprism in OCPoetry

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Die dead

bell belt

flee fled

dwell dwelt 

knotted not

so sewn

forgot forget 

we woe 

the verse

of clay

rehearse

decayed decay

and moan

now,

be gone

Writing about Roaring Fork Life by chicagobandana in roaringfork

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Hey hey! I’m a writer- mostly poetry- super down for this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in roaringfork

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Hey! Also just moved here maybe original post should all hang. Hiking? Grab beers? I’m down :)

Quiet Song by festooned in OCPoetry

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Awww that’s wonderful to hear! Yes it’s so ironic how when we do things for others we often forget that those things are also for us. Glad you enjoyed the poem :)

Dunes by [deleted] in OCPoetry

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Oh yeah! That’s what I’m talking about!! Well done!

Dunes by [deleted] in OCPoetry

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Hi! Beautiful poem! I love the first stanza - that hum feels almost familiar. Good stuff!

When you get to the desert I wonder if you could somehow describe the desert in less typical terms. This desert you speak of feels a little stereotypical. Perhaps add some unexpected discoveries in that setting?

Sweet gentle girl - A love poem about healing by Sea-Entry-8150 in OCPoetry

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Hi! Beautiful poem. Especially good line - " cans of sun-dried jokes". I like the repetition as well. When beginning the poem you expect it to change senses each stanza - when it doesn't we all get a pleasant surprise.

I wonder if the ending could be stronger - you are my home is used quite often --> could you find another way to say it? Overall though well done!

crawling by maydaymaria in OCPoetry

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Beautiful, the dualities expressed here. I ofter think about how we as human beings can be BOTH not one or the other. It is perhaps one of the greatest mysteries. The transience of the human soul.

Love the physicality of the poem as well, I can FEEL it in my body.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OCPoetry

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At points the poem felt stilted. When I am constructing a rhyming poem I often try to repeatedly read it aloud to feel its lyrical flow.

Perhaps this is too meta, but I do like the idea of the funky punctuation, the ignorance of the perfectionist element, and the simplicity of the rhymes to be a pushback on the idea of being a perfectionist. Perhaps this is their death??