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Just Kayla's avatar

This is stellar. Like hit 👊 you on the chin good. Love the competition aspect

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Ha the poll is tongue-in-cheek 🥰🥰👶👶

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Marcia Abboud's avatar

Superb! Harry, when you narrate, it's like I'm watching a movie. I can see it all before me.

Jozef, your narration is haunting and so visually striking.

What poets!! 🤍🖤

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Aelius Hart's avatar

🤩💫🫶

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Jazz's avatar

The “fight for your right to exist” vibe is highhh here to me. This is beautiful ☺️

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Edward Swafford's avatar

They are both talented babies.

I’m their over-protective mumma.

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The Incarnatum's avatar

Lovely.

and to forget…? a species with amnesia. But to remember?…

…” some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.”

-Galadriel

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Confusing albeit beautiful LOTR quote.

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The Incarnatum's avatar

It’s to say that, there’s a process of remembering and revelation which is evident in your work.

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Elena's avatar

What a pairing. That was so very touching, from both of you. I Stan.

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A. N. Tipton's avatar

I voted, but both were good!

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Edward Swafford's avatar

The voting was tongue-in-cheek, I think ppl actually thought it was a poetic fight to the death?

I’d never send either of my babies to the gulag 👶👶

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A. N. Tipton's avatar

🤣🤣

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Jozef Cain's avatar

lol, thanks for reading and listening.

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VersAnnette (Verse) Blackman's avatar

“my soul is unemployed”….THIS.

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Mathew Serback's avatar

Some exceptional writing in this piece.

“Place your hand upon the bark

and feel the arc of lineage,

feel the antiquity of love,

hate, triumph, failure,

pain and suffering and all

the same.”

Incredible display of skill.

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Janaka Stagnaro's avatar

Well-done, you t.wo A nice duet. PS. I don't like the voting.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Oh Janaka, it’s all in good fun.

Hazza and Sugarcane are both winners in my eyes 🥹🥹.

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brutallybeautiful's avatar

Sinclair-that poem and voice reading. Felt in my bones. 🖤

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Debdutta Pal's avatar

I'm not voting. These poems cured my insomnia. And I mean that in the best way possible.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

This is Lord of The Flies.

You must vote, or you’re off the island!!! Sound the tribal drum beats!!! 🤯🤯🤯🌪🌪🌪

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E.R. Davis's avatar

How can you force us to choose! For shame! I refuse. Under no circumstances will I be forced to select between these two stellar poets. Diabolical!

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Black Coffee Poetry's avatar

THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!

Cue Mortal Kombat theme music

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E.R. Davis's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

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Jozef Cain's avatar

Both candidates are one side of the same coin, voting is futile.

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H. R. Sinclair's avatar

Couldn't have said it better myself.

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small victories's avatar

How does one get involved with these two poet writes?

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Black Coffee Poetry's avatar

Do you have a poem of 150-250 words in length? Email us and we’ll take a look.

blackcoffeepoets@gmail.com

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Stellar poetry!! Two poets with contrasting voices AND voice readings.

Love you both ❤️❤️.

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H. R. Sinclair's avatar

The Sinclair family sends its gratitude and adoration to House Hightower for its gracious allegiance. We shall continue to serve valiantly.

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Black Coffee Poetry's avatar

I’m most pleased to hear it, Ser Sinclair.

Do send my regards to Lady Sinclair. Her shipment of 400 Dowry for dragons was most generous.

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Jozef Cain's avatar

Love ya, Jedwardiah.

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A. Njoto's avatar

Can I ship u? lol jk. I don't know I need this pairing bad! Wonderful workkkk

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Jozef Cain's avatar

In a way, we're kinda shipped already as the two sidemen (knights? princes?) at BCP. Your wish is granted. ;)

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H. R. Sinclair's avatar

I wanna be a princess

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Edward Swafford's avatar

You’re Katja Middleton, congrats.

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