Thursday, August 2, 2018

Remembering Youth And Death Comments

Rating: 5.0

Remember
When I was
So damn young
Life was fun
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Richard Wlodarski
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Daniel Brick 09 August 2018

This is the loss of the garden in so far as the garden represents an ignorance of the real world, a privileged status of unthinking pleasure. Morally this is an indefensible life style once you know of the world's suffering. In WAITING FOR GODOT, a characters says, Was I asleep while the others suffered? Exactly - it's time to wake up and join with others to re-make reality, maybe not a paradise but truly a just place.

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Richard Wlodarski 12 August 2018

Daniel, Kerouac was an enigma. One minute completely indifferent, the next moved to a flood of tears. The more I learn and write about him, the more I understand how complex he really was.

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Susan Williams 03 August 2018

Oh, don't do that to me- -do not leave me here wanting to know more. A beautifully sad poem about a beautiful time of life up until death dropped in out of the blue but it rarely is out of the blue is it? Writing like this will make your Kerouac book a best seller, my friend. 10+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Richard Wlodarski 12 August 2018

I am humbled and greatly flattered! With support like yours and some of the other eminent PH poets, the book's already a best seller. Susan, thank you so much for your very positive vibe!

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Rajnish Manga 03 August 2018

Biographically objective write as far as the ' young' age of the artist is concerned. Tiny poem- highly reflective. Thanks.

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Richard Wlodarski 12 August 2018

Rajnish, I'm striving for objectivity. But I'm finding that I'm getting emotionally trapped. Especially with the poems about Gerard. Which isn't such a bad thing!

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Bernard F. Asuncion 03 August 2018

Such a touching Kerouac Series, Richard...10+++

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Richard Wlodarski 12 August 2018

Thank you, Bernard! I've really been trying hard to tap into his emotions. And it's starting to sap some of my energy.

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