Your poem is great to read. And your blog is quite open to read. I really want to be s Poet because I want to know how poets see this world 

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Not saying i was anywhere close in regards of constantly posting but i feel you. Lately I been so swamped with school that by the time I get back home and am done with whatever im supposed to do, I no longer want to deal with letters. lol I need to find some sort of balance.

About big words, I actually love learning new ones though I don't use them that often, unless tipsy, caffeinated or stuck mid presentation.😂 Again, balance! Smh

And oh, enjoy your stay in China, 
I'm sure you'll be getting some crazy inspirations once there!

*Realises how much he misses coffee...*

I still don't understand the whole steem monsters thing. Is it like each monster has a code or something?

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Greetings, @d-pend. What can I say? If you ask the average lit class student they'll tell you literature (of any kind) is boring and they'll most likely attribute that to the teacher's inability or unwillingness to make better picks for their assigned readings.

Bottom line: thinking hurts; it takes time and energy and sometimes emotional involvement.
In an era of immediacy and instant gratification making people do any kind of intellectual effort may be very well punishable with death.
I have not missed you, though. I needed that break :)

I have been overwhelmed with some issues and find it very difficult to concentrate on anything.

So, I celebrate this post; the rambling and inarticulateness, the informality, the more parochial take. I have your two last poems pending for comments and @quillfire had the brilliant idea of writing a brilliant end to a series of stories and now I have to read them all (can't help it) and comment on his (he got me hooked with his outrageousness).

So, keep it cool; ride your wave. Hope your father gets better soon; wish you the best in your far east adventure. Keep counting your blessings.

I love words and poetry. I understand needing a different, but same word to keep from repeating too close together.  Sometimes though I came to read and I must admit that I had to ponder a while to try to figure out the meanings of parts of them, so I felt like I was not sure what exactly you were trying to get across.  I didn't blame you though, I just thought it was my comprehension that wasn't on the same page.  LOL.... 

I actually am quite fond of the opening poem @d-pend. Rather inviting... great opening for the outpouring of straight forward blogging. It wouldn't be as fun following you if you had to explain every post like this, but its up to you. 

Your family seems pretty cool. I enjoyed staying with my parents for a few weeks in the summer. Give me a call when you are in China. If you get a vacation feel free to come over for a couple days.

Thank you for being here for me, so I can be here for you.
Enjoy your day and stay creative!
Botty loves you. <3

Hi @d-pend just to tell you this post is still an interesting read. It's akin to reading a friend's diary. Good luck on your China assignment.

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@d-pend,

I fell about a week behind on checking out your blog *(I got caught up in writing my Chapter of that prose piece ... the prior chapter introduced some significant plot challenges)* so I've been engaged in a d-pend marathon for the past couple of hours. 

Several posts ago, I commented about your Intro on a post ... advising you to start adding them because of the quality of your prose. Prophetic, if I say so myself.

This was one of the finest essays I've yet to read on Steemit.

You are an excellent writer, both in poetry and in prose. You should not keep them in separate worlds, or let one come at the expense of the other. Self-evidently, your poetry highly influences your prose, as it does mine. As a result, your prose is simply beautiful to read.

Your comment about the opinion of critics: It is not self-evident why poets spend so much time and effort on such a non-utilitarian endeavor as writing poetry. Or, for that matter, why any artist goes to the trouble of creating art.

But I can promise you it matters that we do. 

Worlds do not appear out of nowhere. They are first imagined into being. Somewhere, someone ... the 1% ... dares to conceive what others ... the 99% ... will, one day, come to believe. It has been that way since time immemorial. Nature is not a democracy. 

One of the few positives about getting old is that you stop caring about what everyone else thinks. It's not that you don't care what anyone thinks, it's just that you become a great deal more selective. No matter what you do or say, you will never please everyone and so there's little point in trying. 

There are about 8-9 Steemians that I'd love to meet in person. You're one of them. While each are wildly different, each shares one thing in common: They cause me to think deeply about things. My interest in all has occurred as a result of my reading their writings.   
   
Do you know how I know you are an exceptional writer? 

Fear. 

I have never been accused of having an inferiority complex. I'm a pretty confident fellow and I have great confidence in my ability to write ... in any form, on any subject.

But if there was a $1,000,000 Contest for the Best Poem or Best Written Article, there would be one name I would not want to see on the Contest's Participant List: 

f*cking d-pend *(I hate that guy).* 

Until recently, I would have felt pretty cocky about Verse ... but now I've seen you write Verse, too. Shit.

Write what you damn well please and don't give a wit about what the naysayers say. None of them are in your league ... if they were, they'd appreciate the linguistic mastery in what you do. 

And, remember that rather sage piece advice I gave you a while back:

>Call him a cuckold Daniel. Call him a cuckold.

If it was good enough for Shakespeare ...

*Quill*

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No comment.  I'm just here for the pretty pictures ;)

Good luck in China!  I'm sure it will be an awesome adventure.

That was an hilarious comment. A lady next  to me on the train could tell how hilarious I found it. She chuckled in  response to my uncontained reaction. Thanks for rewarding the commentor  because he or she really  made my evening. Your post here is really nice - raw and unplugged, not completely unedited, but did you use a thesaurus, you naughty man!?

I have observed a worrying tendency - maybe more  so on  some sites than others. A sort of social pressure toward mediocrity. We are made to feel  we  have to follow the crowd  in whatever it is saying and however it is saying it, 'bruh'. Don't be more articulate, don't spell words  correktly - cause we all sayin the  same thing anyway, or be criticised for ones own ideas - 'your too old-school and too rigid or toxic', because I have strung together a clear line of reasoniing. I was schooled on YouTube yeserday, 'wow, bruh - 2018 and your still correcting people's spelling(sic)' This was in  response to me  asking someone if he meant that people 'don't know how to pronounce your name, or pronoun's your name'.

This is the right time to make them go vegan as vegan stuff does not go bad like dairy and corpse do  :D

Your poetry is always a blessing. I hope the refrigerator is working again soon.

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Greetings, dear friend @d-pend!
Your poem, in spite of be short, is a poetic condensation that unravels bits of dissonance, because it starts from a luminous whole of multiple facets and darkens along the way with a definite purpose: to demonstrate that it is a magician of words.
The last line is in itself a challenge:

>I've got the lab if you bring the vials.

Launched for those who do not analyze, do not comment on what they should read in a post and, on top of that, criticize with the intention of wearing down, reducing or nullifying the power of linguistic creativity when it comes to composing poetry. The word is power and as a thread of power, it builds a harmonious fabric that inspires not only beauty, but content, message. Therefore, one cannot take lightly the power that is wielded when one writes to be read by many. However, dissidence based on arguments is normal and should be respected if it is based. However, when it has no basis, it is best to continue with the good work and do it better each time. It is not easy and it hurts, but it is necessary to accept with humility that we are not "gold coins" to please everyone.
Peace and inner harmony are our temple and that is sacred, we should not expose it. The quality and creativity of his work is indisputable, do not let disappointment gain space in your creative process, it is not worth it.
On the other hand, I missed his presence and his "addictive" intricate poems.
 I'm glad that your father is overcoming the bad health trance and that his errands for his move to China are flowing. By the way, when is that for? Does it already have a date?
I hope everything continues to improve (even the weather, which I feel affects you).
I wish that the Divinity that dwells in me will ingratiate itself with its higher self and fill it with love and forgiveness. I embrace you infinitely, Daniel.