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Simply beautiful Julie.

You approach everything with a fertile mind and the scattergun approach appeals to me.

Rock on. 🤗😘

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Cheers. I appreciate that. Glad it chimes with you :)

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Leak - how emotive this is. I could visualise the depth of emotion from a leak into an ocean and how frightening that might be to someone with a guarded heart and then to follow that on with Ruby Heart! My own heart is saddened for the love lost here and then a glimmer of hope as you offer him wishes for his heart to be free and for him to experience love. Such maturity and generosity towards him in the depths of deep emotion. Brilliantly written! ❤️

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You can’t change how people perceive things, deal with emotions or approach life. You can only control (or do your best to control!) your own response.

I like to try and stay cool with everyone. I dislike falling out with people. I mean, I will if someone really wrongs me but generally speaking, why have enemies? Compassion goes a long way.

Thank you :)

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Don’t change a thing for me. I suspect I lack imagination. 😊

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I enjoyed these Julie. Some went over my head but I particularly liked Ruby Heart ❤️

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There’s always the dilemma as a writer (I mean that in the least pretentious way possible 😂😂) of how far to accelerate imagery to the point where it is not understood.

Sometimes I want to be conceptual and experiment but other times plain talk conveys so much more.

I just try different ways of communicating ideas and sometimes it chimes sometimes it won’t.

Whatever hey? We’re all here to play and have fun :)

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You really are creating some powerful stuff. This is publish standard easily. Wouldn't you like to a famous poet & bring comfort & beauty to many?

Oh I know, you are content as you are. But it's such beautiful work I can't help trying to encourage you.

A lovely book of poems. And you can self publish easily too. Xxx

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Aww thank you so much.

One day I might stick some of it together like a little patchwork quilt.

I have to find my ‘why’.

I’m not materialistic so money or any sort of ego led thing doesn’t interest me at all.

I am happy when people find solace, direction or meaning in something I write. Maybe that may prove to be my ‘why’, similar to what you say. I suppose I just have the little voice telling me “yeah but you can reach and help people on social media anyway”.

We’ll see.

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Thankyou for sharing these. I've enjoyed reading them.in the back garden and the sun shinning down x

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That makes me happy😍

It’s a glorious day here too. Enjoy the sun.

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These are all great but Leak is my favourite. Succinct wisdom. The vulnerability of a child with the compassion of a grown up.

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My poems can always be a bit bleak but I am trying to get my shit together and come out of this moping period I’ve been in. I mean I’ll always mope a bit but where I can I want to spread joy and hope. Focus on the many wonderful things around.

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I find your work incredibly uplifting! Not at all bleak. It's the intention behind the words that may sound bleak but the act of creativity, of crafting them into poems, means they uplift. X

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Oh thank you so much. ❤️

If they help someone feel less alone with their emotions then it’s worth sticking em out here I reckon x

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I enjoyed reading these so much, Julie. You deal with difficult themes in such an arresting way, verbally and visually. Thanks very much and hope you are ok x

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Feel like most are a bit samey at the moment. I’m a bit of a stuck record. I’ll get bored of myself eventually 😂

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Sometimes you just have to go with the flow!

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