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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
Daily Cascade
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas Open in new Window. became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.


Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.


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September 26, 2024 at 11:16am
September 26, 2024 at 11:16am
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Prompt:
"The Long and Winding Road" By The Beatles
Write about this line in your Blog entry today.


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I liked this song sung by the Beatles even when I first heard it. Soon it became the number one single. I can't recall the year except for the fact that I had recently married. It may just be that I don't remember what year anything was exactly, for fear of it pointing to my many years on this planet.

The song itself actually belongs to Paul McCartney, and understandably so because the lyrics point to only one point of view as it says, "You left me standing here / /A long, long time ago..." This sings of a bittersweet goodbye.

Still, I can detect a sense of hope despite all the sadness in McCartney's words. "Don’t leave me waiting here//Lead me to your door..."

Usually, a sensitive songwriter voices his own personal anguish. At the time, Paul McCartney may just have been doing that for feeling sad about the direction of his own life. There is also a strong nostalgia about a relationship and experiences and the idea of a lonely future, which is quite easy to detect. Some say this points to the breakup of the Beatles, but the song itself makes me think there is a lot more of something personal in it.

At least, for me, this song has become personal in many ways.








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