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Posted Mar 21, 2012 by  Lanzababy
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I don't usually comment on poetry, but this one sparked something within me - maybe I understand the emotion which made you write it. Perhaps it's because I can relate to the decades that have now passed since long-lost lovers vanished into time.
Thanks for submitting it.
Lanzababy
ps very pleased to meet you.
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Posted Mar 23, 2012 by AlwaysLunchtimeSomewhere - "at ALS's restaurant" (thanks DG!)
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aha - 'The stories and poetry of minorvogonpoet' - why didn't i try the advanced search FIRST? doh!
that's great, thanks!
..."three holes in the ground!" - it's been decades since i was in an environment with an active poetry collective
here's a spooky bit of synchronicity for you: last weekend i was rooting around in the loft, searching through my vast stockpile of carefully saved electrical componentry (aka "that useless junk"), when i found a copy of the poetry magazine which i helped start with some friends at school
i've tried to find this particular issue for years because it now contains an important (to me, at least) piece of history
anyway, there it was - at last - a poem written by someone in the year above me, one John Mellor ...a year before he left school and just a few years before he became slightly better known as Joe Strummer (of Clash fame)
if only we'd known! i guess there are pros and cons for being able to see into the future 
*...beetles off to do a mind-meld with MVPs poetry...* 
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Posted Mar 24, 2012 by AlwaysLunchtimeSomewhere - "at ALS's restaurant" (thanks DG!)
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hi mvp
maybe it's just me, but i feel that certain poetry can give you an insight into the very soul of the author
the more examples from the same author the better, because our souls are not at all 'one-dimensional'!
so, here i am, back from a roller-coaster ride ranging from laughter and shared-fun, through serious issues of society's legacies and bureaucratic contempt for life, to the more personal and deep-seated feelings and sorrows of disappointment and loss
favourite finds (at the moment) are 'A Failure' for its songlike use of repeated phrases, with a steady climb towards a climax of intimate revelation - and '...Autumn Parting' for the symbolism of the seasons matched with inevitable progression of life and separation
it's been a pleasure to discover that the first two-thirds of your screenname are a misnomer
i've also been recommended to read Dmitri's poetry and i've now made a start on this
...so much to read in hootoo - so few circuits of the sun left to me! 
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Posted Mar 25, 2012 by AlwaysLunchtimeSomewhere - "at ALS's restaurant" (thanks DG!)
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ahh - oops - er, gosh - thank you, Dmitri!
well, this is a bit embarrassing - i just logged in to report back on reading your own poetry - i think maybe i should postpone my comments for a while or it could look like 'nepoetism' (!)
i'd be honoured to be included in the Post
i had hoped that in due course i'd be able to make a contribution somewhere in h2g2, but i really didn't imagine that it might happen so soon ...there must be a shortage of good material at the moment! 
mvp, i have made an occasional attempt at formal verse in the dim & distant past, but i soon realised that my abilities - and discipline - are not up to the challenge
if i painted with pigments, instead of figments, i would have to be an impressionist!
i've found a real goldmine of poetry on the site - i'm going to go and dig away and admire the treasure and then come back and pick up our conversation here again in a few weeks, after the 2 April  is safely out of view upstream
if i don't see you guys in another thread in the meantime, have a good Spring Holiday break
...wow!
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