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Doggerel Dave


Notice of absence from Doggerel Dave
Not absent - still here!
Keep Calm and Carry On Poeming. πŸ˜‚

Contrarian I surely am

Though for years I didn’t know it.

And now I find I’m someone else:

New Formalist? – so what I writ……?

  • Author: Doggerel Dave (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 7th, 2024 01:53
  • Comment from author about the poem: Ain’t nothing new about me, I tell yer…..
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Neville



    I am, and almost for as long as I can remember, have been anti label .. I find that only very rarely are they necessary .. like poison on a bottle containing poison .. unfortunately, labels are far too often derogatory and dehumanizing .. but then that's me you old dog ..

    I reckon I get ya point tho .. Neville

    • Doggerel Dave

      Evidently there's a big poetic war a going on back there somewhere..... traditionalists are fighting back..... each to their own, I say....

      • Neville



        ........................ News to me .. but absolutely ..

      • orchidee

        You very old then, if there ain't nothing new about yer?! As old as Goldfinch and I - millions of years old? lol.

        • Doggerel Dave

          There's some as have that kind of longevity and inflict themselves on the assembly in perpetuity.... some have the good manners to depart with creativity, or otherwise leave with a 😊

          • orchidee

            Ohh, I hang around for ever like a bad....smell?! lol.

            • Doggerel Dave

              No, more like a thorn stuck in my big toe which I find myself unable to reach..... L (I suppose) OL.

              • orchidee

                Sir ONS says - is LOL the same as L? Nope. We can L, that is, laugh, but not out loud!
                I hereby generally talk some rubbish - about 20 times a day. lol.

                • Doggerel Dave

                  Maybe it should be SIS .............................. ................................................................................................................. Snigger In Secret????

                  • orchidee

                    You know KP - my wife in the UK? You're miles away from her. Hooray, you say!

                    • Doggerel Dave

                      I SIS at your predicament....

                    • Goldfinch60

                      As I say to people as part of my philosophy of life "This is me, if you do not like what you see it's not my problem it's yours!"

                      Andy

                      • Doggerel Dave

                        Well then... wot about a game of poetic ping pong?? πŸ˜‚

                        Good on yer and over, Andy.

                      • sorenbarrett

                        I hate labels, I think that it takes all the individuality out of people, lumping them into a group. None the less it seems helpful at times to generalize and group things. As for becoming more of a formalist as I grow older, I don't think so more conservative maybe. Oh there I go labeling things again. Thought provoking Dave.

                        • Doggerel Dave

                          Thanks Soren. Perhaps at times a label for a particular categorisation is no bad thing ....social trends, political movements...and so on; but poetry?? Content is all - form is whatever suits the message best.

                          And I reserve the right to focus (but not exclusively} on content....

                        • Thomas W Case

                          Labels belong on leftovers in the fridge, so I know what's what. Great write.

                          • Doggerel Dave

                            Leftovers (labeled or not) for me were a nightmare - I don't leave them there. I'm not researching a new penicillin.

                          • Thad Wilk

                            Great poem,
                            awesome brevity! πŸ‘
                            I hate 'labels'
                            Personally!! πŸ€¬πŸ˜‘πŸ™ƒ
                            Thanks for sharing my friend! 😊
                            Best regards ✌️ Thad

                            • Doggerel Dave

                              Thanks Thad. I think we are (mostly) on the same page.....πŸ‘



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