A Moment of J'oie de vivre
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Comment from barbara.wilkey
LOL This was a fun contest entry to read. The flow added the funness of the read. Thank you for sharing this entry with us. I want to wish you luck with the contest.
PS I know 'funness isn't really a word, but it is now. LOL
reply by the author on 16-Jul-2024
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LOL This was a fun contest entry to read. The flow added the funness of the read. Thank you for sharing this entry with us. I want to wish you luck with the contest.
PS I know 'funness isn't really a word, but it is now. LOL
Comment Written 16-Jul-2024
reply by the author on 16-Jul-2024
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Your review has enough merit to be an entry
I am glad you enjoy my piece
Comment from kahpot
Quite the Jenga set up there, I am wondering what the cage of balls is for though, yes, when nothing becomes clear to the mind it is best to go back to bed and hope to start again, very well presented****kahpot
reply by the author on 19-May-2024
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Quite the Jenga set up there, I am wondering what the cage of balls is for though, yes, when nothing becomes clear to the mind it is best to go back to bed and hope to start again, very well presented****kahpot
Comment Written 19-May-2024
reply by the author on 19-May-2024
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Glad you enjoyed this piece
I had fun writing it and appreciate the prompt by J Helms
I struggled to begin but think it ended well
Did you like the English twist?
Comment from Begin Again
The corridors of my mind are clogged with creepy cobwebs, but I do recall some time in my writing I wrote a flash or short...whatever...I wrote something.... about waking up from a dream with a brilliant idea for a story, only to find my head filled with blanks once I was at the computer. Someone told me I needed to put a notebook by the bed. Really? By the time I found the glasses and the pen... it would be gone. Sleep sounded like a good alternative.
Smiles, Carol
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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The corridors of my mind are clogged with creepy cobwebs, but I do recall some time in my writing I wrote a flash or short...whatever...I wrote something.... about waking up from a dream with a brilliant idea for a story, only to find my head filled with blanks once I was at the computer. Someone told me I needed to put a notebook by the bed. Really? By the time I found the glasses and the pen... it would be gone. Sleep sounded like a good alternative.
Smiles, Carol
Comment Written 18-May-2024
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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And yet the demented series came from night time thoughts
Therefore I am for I think
Comment from Wendy G
Hi Tom, interesting and different. As a French teacher I feel obligated to mention that Joie de Vivre has no apostrophe at all. Joie is one word, meaning joy. Nevertheless, best wishes for the contest.
Wendy
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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Hi Tom, interesting and different. As a French teacher I feel obligated to mention that Joie de Vivre has no apostrophe at all. Joie is one word, meaning joy. Nevertheless, best wishes for the contest.
Wendy
Comment Written 18-May-2024
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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I originally wrote it w/o the apostrophe but the dictionary I used to hear how to pronounce it spelled it as posted
Thank you
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J? is short for je, which means I in French. Oie is the word for goose.
In this case, don?t trust the dictionary. Lol
Wendy
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I and the piece stand corrected. Thanks.
Donnez-moi un imbécile qui essaie d?Ítre cool.
Comment from karenina
Hey, great news! I received a notification that you posted! (It's the little things in life, isn't it?)
I like your "JENGA" like photo because it's a great metaphor for the precarious stacking of thought upon thought that we tend to heap upon one another while slipping like thieves in the night from one dream to the next...
Is there anything more maddening than waking and trying desperately to hold on to that last important "hook" that will reel in our slumber thoughts, only to see them wriggle away and fall back into the ink-black of the ebony sea?
A six-worthy free verse on a Saturday. (Needless to say...)
I'd say it's a blessing -- any day:
"I awoke this morning with an air of j'oie de vivre.."
Thanks for sharing your talent!
Karenina
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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Hey, great news! I received a notification that you posted! (It's the little things in life, isn't it?)
I like your "JENGA" like photo because it's a great metaphor for the precarious stacking of thought upon thought that we tend to heap upon one another while slipping like thieves in the night from one dream to the next...
Is there anything more maddening than waking and trying desperately to hold on to that last important "hook" that will reel in our slumber thoughts, only to see them wriggle away and fall back into the ink-black of the ebony sea?
A six-worthy free verse on a Saturday. (Needless to say...)
I'd say it's a blessing -- any day:
"I awoke this morning with an air of j'oie de vivre.."
Thanks for sharing your talent!
Karenina
Comment Written 18-May-2024
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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You're out of sixes is being very sexist. Just kiddin' I know u luv moi.
THanks for the review and I am glad to se my release found you.
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No. that would be very "sixist"---
(LOL)
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I get it. Yes. Sixist!
Comment from BethShelby
Neat poem expressing what we all feel. Our subconcious mind realizes we are true genuises but the concious brain just laughs and says you don't even remember what you thought ten minutes ago when you were sleep. All that wisdom your thought you had latched on too. disappeared like smoke. If AI ever figures out a way to record all those brilliant sleep idea we may get somewhere.
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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Neat poem expressing what we all feel. Our subconcious mind realizes we are true genuises but the concious brain just laughs and says you don't even remember what you thought ten minutes ago when you were sleep. All that wisdom your thought you had latched on too. disappeared like smoke. If AI ever figures out a way to record all those brilliant sleep idea we may get somewhere.
Comment Written 18-May-2024
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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Ten minutes ago?.. What about ten seconds? How oft do we go to where we weree to do something only to look about and ask yourself or another in the location what was it I came in here for? Thanks as always.
Comment from Ric Myworld
Sometimes, out of all the things we can do, going back to bed might be the best avenue to travel. My fisherman buddy did a radio interview. The disc jockey wanted to know his secrets on fishing. My buddy said that if the wife got out of bed on the right side, he would fish over the right side of the boat. And the disc jockey spoke up quickly and said, "So, if she gets out on the left side, you fish over the left side of the boat. My buddy replied, very good, yes you're right. And then the disc jockey asked, "So what if the wife doesn't get out of bed?" My buddy said, "Oh, that's easy--I don't go fishing."
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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Sometimes, out of all the things we can do, going back to bed might be the best avenue to travel. My fisherman buddy did a radio interview. The disc jockey wanted to know his secrets on fishing. My buddy said that if the wife got out of bed on the right side, he would fish over the right side of the boat. And the disc jockey spoke up quickly and said, "So, if she gets out on the left side, you fish over the left side of the boat. My buddy replied, very good, yes you're right. And then the disc jockey asked, "So what if the wife doesn't get out of bed?" My buddy said, "Oh, that's easy--I don't go fishing."
Comment Written 18-May-2024
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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Your response is brilliant and worthy of a six not for a verbose respsonse or view but for the Wittum it was in reading it. You are a favorite of mine, meaning you like me - right?
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LOL. Yes, you're top notch!
Comment from Teri7
This is a very interesting free verse poem you have penned. I have never heard of this before, but who knows? Maybe I have and don't remember it. You used very cute imagery and very good descriptive words. I hope you have a blessed day my friend! Teri
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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This is a very interesting free verse poem you have penned. I have never heard of this before, but who knows? Maybe I have and don't remember it. You used very cute imagery and very good descriptive words. I hope you have a blessed day my friend! Teri
Comment Written 18-May-2024
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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and may a concourse of angels be forever overhead, like the Blue Angels maneuvering the heavens over the earth. Both are magnificent.
Comment from Marilyn Hamilton
A most excellent entry for the Free Verse poetry Contest. I find that to be my preferred method of mind control as well. Simply go back to sleep where my brain works flawlessly and without any work on my part. good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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A most excellent entry for the Free Verse poetry Contest. I find that to be my preferred method of mind control as well. Simply go back to sleep where my brain works flawlessly and without any work on my part. good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 18-May-2024
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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Do you know how right you are? There we lay, eyes close, in a state of Rem and still we breathe, and heartbeats bleep as if on a monitor. Life is good despite its challenges that are fewer in rest.
Comment from Janet Foor
Sometimes going back to sleep is the best option to one of these dreams or moments in our lives.
Loved the photo which perfectly depicts bewilderment.
Well done Tom.
Blessings
Janet
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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Sometimes going back to sleep is the best option to one of these dreams or moments in our lives.
Loved the photo which perfectly depicts bewilderment.
Well done Tom.
Blessings
Janet
Comment Written 18-May-2024
reply by the author on 18-May-2024
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She lives! It's been a while since I read your smile in such reviews as only you can do... well, there may be one or two others, but still, it's nice to rehear from you. Be well.