I am deeply serious I am a little bit bonkers
I follow all the rules I am a total rebel
I am happily anxious, calmly on edge, relaxed in my panic
I am the optimistic pessimist.
I am 30+, live in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
I had breast cancer. Now I am clear.
I love words. Hard or soft the most comforting thing in life.
I am a librarian, I knit, I garden, I geek, I write.
I love Yorkshire. I love the hard the soft the beauty and agony.
I won’t ever leave. Not for long. It keeps me alive.
I like to be strong and brave, soft and caring. My family are proud.
I hope you like my poems.
Also, every poem on this blog is mine!
I do indeed like your poems. And glad to hear the cancer is now ‘clear’. Bonkers is good too.
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I just have to say what a fantastic tag line, Bradford, It’s dark here yet the sun shines.
I’ll be back for more 🙂
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I knew you’d like this blog Eddy. And it is shining in Bradford today. Maybe the Almighty is making up for the crap the local council give us!
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Thanks folks, yes, Bradford council keeps the hysterical optimist in me a’rockin’ 🙂
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Hello I like your poems, glad you got clear of cancer…
by the way thank you for reading and the follow!
Please be aware that my blog is a bilingual one.
So you may get links to some poems in English as well as to some in Italian.
When you do not know the language… be patient, just ignore the email, please.
I’m trying to keep the posting balanced between the two languages.
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Hello Anna, thanks for your kind words!
And thanks for sharing your wonderful words too. I lament I am terrible at learning languages. It intrigues me, do you post the same poem in each language, and does that change how it feels to you?!
Best wishes!
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Everything in your blog is interesting—the poems, the tagline, even this ‘about’ page. 🙂
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Why thank you Elia. 🙂 You have written some beautiful and stark poems. Thank you for sharing them!
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No problem. Thank you for sharing your beautiful poems, too. 🙂
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The Optimistic Pessimist, I am not normally a big poetry fan, but yours resonate and I like. I think I could almost have your name as well, as it seems very apt. Thanks so much for the follow on my wee blog and hopefully I can post more of what you like. MM 🍀 (PS Beat the crap out of cancer)
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Thanks MM for your kind words! To be honest I don’t read much poetry myself but I find it so easy to write my feelings this way and it makes me happy, so it’s cool to use the blog medium and I get to connect with interesting folk like yourself. And I am very glad you like them. I really like your photos, you do have skills to make people look comfortable! And your garden section is very cool 🙂 I have had my garden now for one year and am loving it! All the best!
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OMG reading your info and scrolling down and seeing a balloon go up just made my day! It’s the small things.
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Aw thanks LiseyBendy 🙂 It truly is the small things 🙂
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I am sure I have visited your blog before because I remember the balloons. I think we all are a bit pessimistic and optimistic. I am the cautious kind. Keeps me from being disappointed.
Thanks for visiting my blog.
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You’re like me. I am so fortunate to find your blog.
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Thank you Celeste! What sweet words 🙂
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I’ve nominated your blog for versatile blogger award
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Wow, thanks! That is encouraging 🙂
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Hi,
I’m Tokoni i’m a student and poet. Its nice to meet you i would like to invite you to my blog, http://www.insanitybeautiful.wordpress.com if you’re interested. Thanks!
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Hello Tokoni, nice to meet you too! You have an interesting blog, love the monster noodles! Happy holidays 🙂
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You too! Thanks for stopping by!
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Would you be interested in taking part in a series of interviews with poets and flash fiction writers that I will put on my WordPress, Twitter and Facebook accounts? It can take the form of either a list of questions you can take away and complete, then e-mail back to me or a more fluid conversation via messenger or email. Your choice.
https://thewombwellrainbow.com/
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Thanks, yes, I’d certainly like to see your questions. I’ve never done anything like that before. Thanks for sharing your blog too, and your own poems, I really enjoy reading them. Jennie
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