Who Am I

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Terry
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Who Am I

Post by Terry » Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:20 pm

This in not homework - Not this lot anyway.
I mentioned to Wendy that I had once written a silly little poem along similar lines as her one - well I think it's similar?
I didn't want to mess up her post by adding this, so I've put it here - I'm sure some of you would have seen this before.
As already mentioned, it's not as good as your one Wendy, but quite quirky I reckon.

Terry

WHO AM I
Just who am I you may well ask?
Who hides behind this facial mask?
Is there a bloke you cannot see,
quite different but looks like me?

Which one of me can you see now?
Do I appear to change somehow?
Perhaps I’m one, yet seem like two,
am I the bloke you thought you knew?

I’m two in one or maybe three,
But who is who and which ones me?
I’m always here but seldom seen,
I’m just a bloke who might have been.

© T.E. Piggott

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Re: Who Am I

Post by Catherine Lee » Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:14 pm

Yes, it is similar indeed Terry - but certainly not silly. This theme carries such a strong truth, and many people have written along such lines - for example, Billy Joel comes immediately to mind, in his song 'The Stranger'. People see different versions of us a different times; even close friends, if we are not around them all the time - We are complex creatures, after all.

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Re: Who Am I

Post by Wendy Seddon » Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:38 pm

Not silly Terry at all!

On the contrary....it's a more 'blokey' way of seeing it.

Fellas would relate to your way of putting it better than my version.
Wen de Rhymewriter There is nothing mundane about the ordinary.

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Re: Who Am I

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:17 pm

Good one Terry
Check out The Scribbly Bark Poets blog site here -
http://scribblybarkpoetry.blogspot.com.au/


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Re: Who Am I

Post by Terry » Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:26 pm

Thanks Catherine, Wendy & Maureen.

As Wendy said, it can be fun to just write what first comes to mind sometimes,
and let our inner thoughts escape once in a while.

Cheers Terry

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Re: Who Am I

Post by Shelley Hansen » Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:03 pm

Are you real, Terry, or just a figment of my imagination??

Really like your take on this subject.
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fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."
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Re: Who Am I

Post by Terry » Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:41 pm

Ah! - which one of me do you think you know Shelley.

Terry

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Re: Who Am I

Post by Neville Briggs » Sat Jul 21, 2018 7:43 pm

I think you know very well who you are Terry. :) :) That's why you keep that old gear. ;)
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.

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Re: Who Am I

Post by Terry » Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:30 am

Including my old Land-cruiser Neville in a forlorn hope that i will soon be able to start looking for gold again - I'm almost ready to head of again - I think - well I live in hope anyway.

Cheers Terry

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Re: Who Am I

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:05 pm

Never give up on the dream Terry - my old Dad always said if it is meant to be it will happen, and I have so often found that to be the case exactly.
Check out The Scribbly Bark Poets blog site here -
http://scribblybarkpoetry.blogspot.com.au/


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