Another Pinch of Salt Folks.
Have you ever noticed
how some of us poets
have something of the
Drama Queen in us.
I's My pain, My suffering,
it's because of My
sensitivity, creativity
( that normal peons don't have)
that I suffer so much for My art.
I find it pitiful
to read pitiful poems,
the poets so much in
love with their own pain and angst.
Lets be honest,
I don't know how much
pain and suffering you have endured,
and do I care?.
But I am willing to bet from
a penny to a pound
it's like a pinprick to a amputation
to compare your pitiful
pain, suffering, angst
etc, etc, etc
to MINE.
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Written by Josie (2721 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
| You can walk down a street and look at the faces that pass you by, and it will be unusual to find any of those people who have not suffered pain, within their hearts, within their minds or within their bodies, believe me. And the people who have gone as far as Death's door, are more likely to be the people who will understand your own pain and suffering most of all, and they will be the people who thank God for every new day and are determined not to waste one minute of their lives. |
Could be true Maipenral !
Written by patterjack (1158 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
I personally have never suffered any great angst in the past . The pangs of youthful love , slightly , yes-- but since I married the one I love and we have had almost 60 years together , with a wonderful family , I suffer not !
I do have most of the cardinal sins , those of anger and envy in particular , but I only rarely let them loose in my verses.
I am a bit worried that I have not got long to go before I pops me clogs though ; hence there have been a few gloomy effusions lately .
So I shall leave you to your suffering , while I clutch my melancholy to my bosom
Let us both perversely enjoy it all !
patterjack |
Josie, patterjack
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
this little piece is in no way to be taken as serious, just my perverse sense of humour guys 
Bernie |
I hardly think...
Written by patterjack (1158 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
... that my contribution above could be considered as anything but jocular; gallows humour perhaps , but I really meant the bit about perverse enjoyment
patterjack |
cheers
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
patterjack, take care mate.
Bernie |
Written by Phil (6629 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
Made me smile. And none of you know how I'm suffering right now - back to work in the morning! Oh woe is me etc...
Phil |
Phil
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
Bernie |
You want pain?
Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3288 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
Tongue firmly placed in cheek I'm sure,Bernie.
But until you have trodden on an electic plug in bare feet you don't know the meaning of suffering.
Existenial angst, a broken heart? Hah!! They don't register on the scale |
Written by punchy (487 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
Pain? try kneeling on a piece of lego  |
Hi
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
BBS, Punchy, thank you both for your comments.
Bernie |
or...
Written by fellpony (1569 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
try having a few joints replaced.
I do like writing that doesn't mind lampooning itself as well as other stuff. Keep that tongue firmly in your cheek Bernie. |
Cheers
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
Fellpony.
Bernie |
Written by Josie (2721 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
| We could all pop our clogs at any moment. The chanceof me being alive today was one in a million after a terrible streppacocca infection from a rose bush. Look for the good in each day that you have, and for the good in the people you meet. It does help a lot. |
Written by lauthiamkok (60 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
it's nothing wrong with drama queen! dont you think you are making a drama too mate!??
labeling people into like, "paki", "ching chong", "curry", ets is a crime in this country. Gay basting is a crime too!
I am feeling being insulted, using your "poem" as the evidence,I am going to report you to the police!
I do like dress up like a lady and walking on the sea side sometimes, IT'S nothing wrong!
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Hi
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
Thank you for your comments, but you won't catch me, i've got a flight from heathrow soon.
Bernie |
Written by lauthiamkok (60 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
| where do you live? number please! a correct postcode too please! |
Written by lauthiamkok (60 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
| and what time is the flight? the police in London should be able to get there on time once I ring them! |
sir/madam
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
how dare you!!!
what sort of a person do you think I am,
I only give details to people I met at least once, but in your case I shall me an exception.
my name is Ben ans I live in a bed at number forty nine
Griddlemenow Street
0oo 0oo |
Funny. Yes.
Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
Oh you wicked bastard, Bernie.
Maybe.....just maybe you have a penchant for humour. Ever thought of a script?
Slan! |
Thanks
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
Gerard, scripts, God Gerard I find it hard enough to write stuff like this ( no , I don't to be honest) but writing a script is far beyond what I have done before, I would have no idea how to even begin.
Going to the script writing pages now
Thanks Mate.
Bernie |
Written by lauthiamkok (60 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
you forgot to leave your number mate!
Emily Howard |
Written by stevetroster (1549 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
With a nick nack paddy-whack give the dog a bone
This old man came rolling home...............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
number!!
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
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nunber!!!
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
your pushing it mate, ok
you can call me number 1
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Steve
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
?????? ??
Bernie |
Steve
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
?????? ??
Bernie |
Written by stevetroster (1549 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
You threw IT a lifeline on Phil's thread
And so it sniffs obediently at your leg
Happy for any small scraps............!!! |
AH
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
GET YER, but Steve, I am prob one of the least confra god can't spell the word??
I don't like conflict, maybe my time spent in se asia as turned me into a bit of a buddist ,much prefer compromise
Bernie |
Written by Fledermaus (3229 comments posted) 30th March 2008 |
Hm. I do guess what sort of 'poems' this is aimed at, and I do agree it becomes a bit annoying of people just use the poetry section to pour out their heart without taking the trouble to even check their flows-of-thought for capitals and spelling, but I think it's a bit unfair to reject them for the sake of being drama-queens.
Of course some of the members have seen truly dreadful things, such as yourself probably did in Lebanon, but does that mean a child that dropped his ice cream may not lament over something so mundane, just because to most of us a dropped ice cream is less of a tragedy than a scorched village?
It's not only the subject that makes a poem good or bad, but more often the way in which it's delivered.
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Hi Maus
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 31st March 2008 |
Think you got the wrong end of the stick on this one mate, this is me taking the p--s out of myself as well as others, sometimes we can become victims of our own sense of self-importance, this is a poor attempt to show how silly that can be
Bernie |
Written by Veronica_Milvus (591 comments posted) 31st March 2008 |
Maybe some suffering helps the poetic process. I've been through some bad stuff myself. Written about it only a little bit, so far. But poets have to be a bit robust, when putting their feelings up for all to see on t'interweb.
Thank you for sharing your pain ;-) |
Written by mia_ms_kim (951 comments posted) 31st March 2008 |
Reading your reply to FM, I get it now, especially "MINE" in the last line. It's funny! I agree with everyone. All pain is valid, I believe, and even useful. But there is the unhealthy morbid fascination for introspection in the modern culture, that's just narcissistic in my opinion, but I enjoy indulging in it once in a while.
Mia |
Hi
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 31st March 2008 |
Veronica, Mia, thank you both for your comments.
Bernie |
Written by gutterkitty (362 comments posted) 2nd April 2008 |
Made me laugh, well done. Wasn't expecting the ending at all  |
Hi
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 2nd April 2008 |
Gutterkitty, Thank You For Your Comments.
Bernie |
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