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Writing Gallery Inspired by “Writing is really a form of addiction, really” another superb Cyndi MacMillan line Fill me poets with a lawful rush to every cell of existence. Hooked like sharks to wounds, guttle each new drop, each word, without which we painfully pass away in need of substance, a heart, a soul, any heart, any soul. Kathryn McLoughlin Collins

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Date: 12/16/2013 10:06:00 AM
Indeed.......an addiction that is beneficial for a change! What a refreshing way to be hooked on something wonderful!
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Date: 12/14/2013 8:44:00 PM
Powerful write, Kathryn!
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Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/14/2013 9:29:00 PM
Thanks Juliet.
Date: 12/14/2013 11:15:00 AM
You are great poet indeed. A lover of poetry too.Thanks,Kathy for your sweet comments on my poem, Karithandan
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Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/14/2013 9:30:00 PM
Well I love poetry, that's true. You deserved my sweet comments. Thanks for reading. love, Kathy
Date: 12/10/2013 7:50:00 PM
wow, Kathryn you're one awesome poet. Cyndi, is one amazing inspiration....linda
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Date: 12/10/2013 8:05:00 PM
Boy you are so nice to say awesome - what music to these ears on which lobes the pierced holes are closing up Thanks. Cyndi is so good isn't she - personally and poetically. Thanks love, Kathy
Date: 12/10/2013 7:39:00 PM
is that alliteration, retaliation; vacination or transubstantiation (Catholic)? I'm feeling goofy tonight. lvoe, Kathy
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Date: 12/10/2013 5:45:00 AM
Yes!... the 'substance' of sustenance... Terry (very nice...)
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Date: 12/9/2013 1:49:00 PM
Your passion for poetry is enviable. I may have felt it at one time, though not like great music. What I love is the communication, how people open up with poetry. Love, daver
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Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/10/2013 7:41:00 PM
Thanks Daver. Music is intoxicating too..
Date: 12/9/2013 10:45:00 AM
Yes, I do believe that writing can become addictive and soup as well..It is worse for some people than others..Thanks for the visit to my page..Soup Mail soon..Sara
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Date: 12/8/2013 3:46:00 PM
more awesome poetry from you!!! A pleasure to read your verses today, Kathyrn.
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Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/10/2013 7:49:00 PM
Thanks Andrea.
Date: 12/6/2013 8:20:00 AM
Hi Sweet-ling, what a friend you are and what a friend I have not been... I love this poem, especially the last stanza, which could be my mantra, SUBSTANCE SUBSTANE yes yes yes.... I am sick, still, with some kind of flu bug, now in my chest... How ARE YOU? This season is such a mix of emotions, yes? Trying to work my way back, here, but I keep being hit by both the good and bad stuff of life. Prayers sent as you deal with memories, wonderful and other, at this time of the year. xoxox Cyndi
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Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/9/2013 8:17:00 AM
Hi Cyndi - It sounds like you've had tough life-changing experiences this year. Keep hanging in and look at that little girl face. Innocent and vulnerable like us all. love, Kathy
Date: 12/5/2013 6:12:00 PM
S1 and S3 are themselves a poem S2 brought me a question
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Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/6/2013 7:56:00 AM
Thank you Frederic - I see about the second stanza but I can never leave anything alone. Kathy

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