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Hiraeth

Sometime soon,
my great boon
would to find the planet where I was born
I'll know by feel more than sight
the gravity will be light.

The days are thirty six hours long
and the nights eighteen
it's where I truly belong
it's where I should have been

Most folk are civilised and know
that such ideas are unbecoming
yet they do not really show
how hard it is to get up each morning

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Last few words: 
Hiraeth- Hiraeth is a Cymraeg (Welsh) word which doesn't translate well into English. It is a deep longing for home.
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This reads well and is to the point. the theme is unusual which only makes it that much more intriguing. All in all, one of the better poems I have read by you for awhile. Nice write.

appreciated

cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
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Thanks Jess for the explanation in last few words without which I wouldn't have known the meaning of Hiraeth. The title fits the poem and its theme "longing" and i found this poem conveying it very crisply..

Regards,

raj (sublime_ocean)

I can identify that I seldom feel like I'm where I Really belong> I suspect many folks are like that. I liked the use of rhyme and near rhyme as well as your decision to break rhyme when it suited you. A fine example of the direction in which I think poetry is headed.............stan

for your thoughts

cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry

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I like the lucidity in this. I think it is the first to rhyme poem I read from you and it isn't bad at all. In fact it could be good exemplary of unforced rhymes poem and the theme is unusual. It is inspirational in a way.
thank you for sharing.

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one that resonates with many of us. Though a lot of people feel like they do not belong where they are, we often do not realize that we are not alone in this. You could have done a little better with the rhythm, but over-all, I liked the work. ~ Gee

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I'll certainly work on that.

cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry

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Loved the simplicity of this one much quieter than your usual word spread.
I always look up your words and as you say it was Welsh then I was doubly interested..

Hiraeth

Hiraeth is a longing for one's homeland, but it's not mere homesickness. It's an expression of the bond one feels with one's home country when one is away from it.

As soon as I step over the border into Wales my hiraeth evaporates. I am home.
Seems like a lovely welsh word, how do you find such words are you reading dictionaries ??lol.
More of a feeling than a word, great find,
Yours Ian..
There is another explanation of the word, something to do with Condensed time lapse photography, but also from Wales..

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sshhh, don't tell, I think I found it on Facebook

cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry

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I wont tell anyone that you found it on "Face Book",
But it shows how just one word can turn the keys into a great writing creature,
Go well young Jess and keep in touch more, Yours As always Ian, Anne and the children..
PS:- Today a Dunnock flew into our sitting room window, the light must have blinded him temporarily, I held him in my hands to wait for him to recover but he must have been badly hurt, his spirit flew away but left me sad and a feeling of emptiness in that I could not heal him.
But life goes on and we must attend to its needs,
yours Ian..

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I got same isssues
not nervousness like some
some get literally sick
but of the weight...
that gravity as you say....

off I go...

thank U

I am starting to understand some of the connections between bipolar and anxiety disorders. Sure, we all hate labels but they can help in getting the right help

cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry

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