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[title] => He's not the only one
[time] => 2003-02-18 19:40:00
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[bodytext] => Our basic motivation "The survival of Mankind"
puts one male against another
and to all else he's blind.
The female role in contrast
is she must be a mother
and so in fundamentals
we're quite different to eachother
But we are far removed now
from those so simple roles
in civilised society
we now have hearts and souls
our human aspirations
give us something more sublime
the only trouble being
it don't work every time
The female role is much the same
The male's completely changed
so it's hardly so surprisng
now and then he gets deranged
This does not mean all love it lost
that's putting too much in it
It only means, like London busses
There'll be another in a minute
"Oh no!... this one's the only one
for me!" the maiden cried
If that were true the human race
would never have survived
Now I've been married fifty years
before, engaged three times
every one to end in tears
all were pantomimes
I met my ex's now and then
all happily married to other men
Pushing prams or holding kids
They've all found happiness again
It looks as though they have their lives
in far, far better shape
and seem to think not marrying me
a bloody lucky escape!
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He's not the only one
Contributed by
wrybod
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Tuesday, 18th February 2003 @ 07:40:00 PM in AEST
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Our basic motivation "The survival of Mankind"
puts one male against another
and to all else he's blind.
The female role in contrast
is she must be a mother
and so in fundamentals
we're quite different to eachother
But we are far removed now
from those so simple roles
in civilised society
we now have hearts and souls
our human aspirations
give us something more sublime
the only trouble being
it don't work every time
The female role is much the same
The male's completely changed
so it's hardly so surprisng
now and then he gets deranged
This does not mean all love it lost
that's putting too much in it
It only means, like London busses
There'll be another in a minute
"Oh no!... this one's the only one
for me!" the maiden cried
If that were true the human race
would never have survived
Now I've been married fifty years
before, engaged three times
every one to end in tears
all were pantomimes
I met my ex's now and then
all happily married to other men
Pushing prams or holding kids
They've all found happiness again
It looks as though they have their lives
in far, far better shape
and seem to think not marrying me
a bloody lucky escape!
Copyright ©
wrybod
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2003-02-18 19:40:00]
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Lia on
Tuesday, 18th February 2003 @ 08:24:41 PM AEST
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this has a sense of understanding to it that i feel any one can 'get'. I like it
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Jenni_Kalicharan on
Tuesday, 18th February 2003 @ 08:26:40 PM AEST
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Thanks for the smile, Wrybod...I enjoyed this very much.....
Jenni |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Tuesday, 18th February 2003 @ 08:57:09 PM AEST
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Thank you Lia. I read so many young girls pouring out their hearts in sorrow. I thought
I'd try to take them forward a few years.
Not that they will think it means THEM of course |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Tuesday, 18th February 2003 @ 08:59:14 PM AEST
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| Jenni. I wondered how this one would "go down" Glad you liked it. |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by LadyDama on
Wednesday, 19th February 2003 @ 02:39:54 AM AEST
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while i doubt your last four lines
are accurate through and through
i have to say, a smile today
i have because of you...
this poem has laughter
this poem has style
this poem is so bloody true
there is definitely no denial! |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by venkat on
Wednesday, 19th February 2003 @ 03:05:38 AM AEST
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| The last lines left me in smiles. your potry is filled with life pictures, so much wisdom and humor ..very beautifully drawn poem. thanks for sharing this one. venkat |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Wednesday, 19th February 2003 @ 04:52:50 AM AEST
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LD
As you rightly deduce
the last lines please excuse
for they happened in several chance meetings
They with a pram
me as I am
.we just exchanged briefest of greetings
At first that lot took up three verses
too long I thought "curses and curses"
reduction essential
effort consequential
innacurate shortened last verse is |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Wednesday, 19th February 2003 @ 04:58:11 AM AEST
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Venkat
Well I just got fed up with all these young girls wailing away about their lost loves etc. etc.I thought I would tell them what it looks like "from thr other end of the road."
Thank you for your appreciation |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by venkat on
Wednesday, 19th February 2003 @ 05:47:14 AM AEST
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| really I am also fed up with their writes .. I am 52.. with spiritual bent of mind .. thanks for sharing this valuable opinion venkat |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Wednesday, 19th February 2003 @ 11:56:21 AM AEST
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Venkat
I read one yesterday (can't remember the title)
it was thinly veiled pornography, I couldn't finish it or bring myself to comment..
I am in my later seventies but still feel at the beginning of learning. I find reading your poetry very stimulating.
Unfortunately I have dug myself a deep pit by writing too much too soon before I realised how the site works.. Just at the moment I am spending more time in reading and replying to comments than writing poetry. I do not mind this but one or two "lady aquaintences" get a little anoyed with my slowness in replying. How nice at my age!!!!!! |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by DreamWeaver on
Thursday, 20th February 2003 @ 09:44:21 AM AEST
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| It is so nice to be considered a "young girl" wailing away at the old age of 42 ... I guess sometimes it doesn't matter how old you are you still can feel the pain of lost love and can't help but write about it. :)))) All said in jest. I love your poetry wrybod and thank you from the bottom of my heart for putting a smile on my face when I read your poetry. .... Jan |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Thursday, 20th February 2003 @ 10:15:53 AM AEST
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Jan
When you're 78 and married 49 yrs....... 42 IS YOUNG.
I'm so glad that I've managed to cheer you up a bit. The last verse of my poem is a contraction of several chance meetings with ex's in every case they were pushing prams and happily married.
It's a great site this YPDC. I shall have to do a poem "Glad I found you all" or something along those lines |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by LadyDama on
Thursday, 20th February 2003 @ 10:24:23 AM AEST
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::grin:: you silly man
we just can't stand
to be without
your wonderful clout
and i must say
that to this end
i have written you a poem
for my wonderful friend
it is called
"there once was a man on a site"
i hope you like it
it made my day bright |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Valerie_Pearson on
Thursday, 20th February 2003 @ 10:36:43 AM AEST
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| Congrads'! to you Wrybod, I see you are so young at heart, this is so wonderfully written, I'm sure those that have left you still keep you in their heart, thanks for the smile again, |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Thursday, 20th February 2003 @ 11:16:14 AM AEST
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Val the last verse is a contraction of several chance meetings with my ex's all the same, all pushing prams and happily married.
The poem got too long when i first wrote it |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by karoody on
Thursday, 20th February 2003 @ 07:25:08 PM AEST
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Thank you for bringing my attention to this one. You do have a good point. I have always agreed with you but it helps to be reminded sometimes. I've been having a bad attitude in love since Brian. very burned....So i appreciate your sharing.
Kara |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Friday, 21st February 2003 @ 03:43:46 AM AEST
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Kara
I'm glad if I have helped in a small way. It's easy to give advice but much harder to follow it. One small step at a time. One small positive resolve every day. |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Euryon on
Wednesday, 5th March 2003 @ 07:47:56 PM AEST
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| Possesses far too much truth, my man. A wonderful read. If only life were different, eh? |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Thursday, 6th March 2003 @ 02:29:57 AM AEST
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Euryon,
Thakyou for your appreciation..I had just read several poems based on romantic delusions
and thought YPDC could do with a bit of balance |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by kangarose on
Sunday, 11th May 2003 @ 08:42:50 PM AEST
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| nice poem wrybod... we might be young and you might be sick of hearing our cries and woes but we alos like you have the right to express ourselves... especially when some of us don't have anyone to talk too so we instead of bundling up inside put our words into poetry to express ourselves and let all the hurt and heart ache out in that way not so many of us end up on depression drugs.... nice write though on your part and great expression too |
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by kangarose on
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| nice poem wrybod... we might be young and you might be sick of hearing our cries and woes but we also like you have the right to express ourselves... especially when some of us don't have anyone to talk too so we instead of bundling up inside put our words into poetry to express ourselves and let all the hurt and heart ache out in that way not so many of us end up on depression drugs.... nice write though on your part and great expression too |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Tuesday, 27th May 2003 @ 05:28:43 AM AEST
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OK,OK,OK....you've got a point....I've become a cantankerous, unsympathetic, old fogey and in need of a telling off. I have to agree the psychiatrists' couch is a very good argument. I must therefore conceed.
There's only one exception I would crave.
Occaisionally, very occaisionally I agree, but occaisionally I get the feeling that I am reading the work of a very skilled and cynical wordsmith who is using the situation for its' own sake. i.e. playing to the crowd for applause because they are there and he/she knows how to...............I wrote "Suicidal on Elm Drive" to make that point.
So let that be an end to my moaning. In future
I promise to live and let live or should I say .....let die.....
and thank you for your appreciation.
Isn't this a great site. I've felt quite ill these last few days while it's been down,
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Re: He's not the only one
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by MX on
Tuesday, 10th June 2003 @ 01:58:02 PM AEST
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| i can't say that i have been through as much as you in my lifetime...seeing as how im only 16, but thank you for your encouraging comments to my poem. you are a great writer and i only hope i can someday express myself as well as you do. |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Tuesday, 10th June 2003 @ 03:55:52 PM AEST
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Considering that you are only 16 you have a talent and maturity beyond your years. I think lI was 27 before I met my wife (in 1954). Even then I had been away from home (in the RAF) from 1943-48.
I suppose the war, the blitzes(when I was a Fire Service messenger)
meant that we grew up very quickly. We were never a teenagers in the present sense of the word |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by norm on
Friday, 11th July 2003 @ 12:02:22 PM AEST
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The Wrybod has done it again...
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You're lucky indeed, to try grapes on the vine
How else do you know you've got the best wine?
Unfortunate me, I know no such variety
The best I can boast is a certain propriety |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Wednesday, 16th July 2003 @ 01:57:25 AM AEST
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If I believe that l'll believe anything
it's a very unusual song that you sing
Never a sample before purchasing
always good manners when ascertaining
I ask myself really how true does that ring
A life without folly? A life without fling? |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by ShadowsCloud on
Monday, 18th August 2003 @ 01:17:25 PM AEST
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This poem is truely great. I really enjoyed reading it. It has so much truth in it.
ShadowsCloud |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Wrybod on
Tuesday, 19th August 2003 @ 02:10:22 AM AEST
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Can't say I enjoyed it at the time but it worked out OK in the end.
Life has become easier in many ways since our tribal days but far more complicated and stressfull |
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Re: He's not the only one
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by Estelle_Toh on
Tuesday, 30th December 2003 @ 04:00:13 PM AEST
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briiliant work! :)
I truly enjoyed it!
Estelle |
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by lostinmyself on
Monday, 16th February 2004 @ 12:00:38 PM AEST
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| thankyou, your right, that did help. :) thnks so much, luv phil xxx |
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