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Nice to see you all - thanks for dropping by!
Now to stir my mind into something for today, before I get too tired.

posted by Antonionioni on February 6, 2007 at 7:38 AM | link to this | reply

Tony - thanks for upping my expectations with your return..
I understand where your poem is coming from...yet why do we have to punish ourselves over & over like this?? Do we have to carry the full blame for who we are & what we become? tks for providing our daily dose...

posted by shadow-pen on February 6, 2007 at 5:56 AM | link to this | reply

Tony, ouch, that one felt like a reluctant confession.

Struck chords with me too.

And yes, I'd be that self same spanner, Cringe from Cork.  Nice to be remembered, hopefully for the right reasons!

posted by CringeintheUSA on February 6, 2007 at 5:18 AM | link to this | reply

Tonyzonit

Never give up those dream-bubbles; they don't have to be delusions, they could be "delayed sonnets" waiting to be written.  I found this quite thought-provoking. It's late, perhaps I'm rambling a bit. Going to dream a few bubbles :) Night night. 

 

posted by mneme on February 6, 2007 at 4:41 AM | link to this | reply

tony,
that's very nice.

posted by richinstore on February 6, 2007 at 4:39 AM | link to this | reply

Hi Tony-good to see you back-I like this.Chris.

posted by Scramble on February 6, 2007 at 4:03 AM | link to this | reply

Hi Tony

"We drug the mind so we can float through clouds of dusty old delusions, stained with guilt and shame". A truly introspective sonnet. We keep doing that and, unfortunately, Fortune, therefore, never knocks at our doors.

Knock. knock...

Who's there?

"Fortune."

 Can't be!

Why not?

Fortune knocks only once.!!

posted by Bhaskar.ing on February 6, 2007 at 2:53 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks Troosha - it's good to be back!!

posted by Antonionioni on February 5, 2007 at 3:25 PM | link to this | reply

Tony
Wouldn't it be nice if we could numb or mask all our disappointments.  I found this refreshingly introspective today (don't get me wrong - I enjoy your more playful sonnets) but this gave me something to sink my teeth into.  Welcome back!

 


posted by Troosha on February 5, 2007 at 3:03 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks to you all for your kind comments!
Jo, that echoes very closely how I feel - Great minds...

posted by Antonionioni on February 5, 2007 at 2:38 PM | link to this | reply

It slows us down, it makes the voice less loud

I wrote a poem once and the lines went

"your critc shrieks

it squeals and it squeaks"

My critic now leaves me alone

My intuition I have honed

I have looked at stuff that used to drug me

Lost a lot that used to bug me

I used to thrive on drama

create for myself a panorama

Now I realise this was just a

decoy

another

excusing deploy

My drug you know

was just avoidance

Do anything to flit off

into a dance

One that would take my thoughts away

from the truth I fled from everyday.

 

Jo

 

 

posted by brisbane_artist on February 5, 2007 at 1:39 PM | link to this | reply

Tony

 

Welcome back, Mr Zonit.

Yep, that stuff you mention gives you a hell of a headache as well. Cheap plonk"

Seriously tho' I like it a lot.

el ( teporarily sober ) Tel

posted by ariel70 on February 5, 2007 at 1:04 PM | link to this | reply

Great Stuff!
I'm new to blogit. I read your stuff and liked it a lot. I appreciate the feed back and hope to get some more. Any advice on it can help! Thank You.

posted by jasoncaron on February 5, 2007 at 12:37 PM | link to this | reply

You are good.

posted by Chilitree on February 5, 2007 at 12:16 PM | link to this | reply

Good to be back really!
I'd often visited the recently posted blogs each day, but never did see yours. I was always forced to read again and again your old postings. It's good to read one's master. It's good to be back! I wouldn't say this sonnet is interesting, because I know it's always interesting.
Welcome back, sir!

posted by sailheat on February 5, 2007 at 12:07 PM | link to this | reply