MARC'S MEMOS
8-21-21
I have been neglecting my blog for too long and I know that nobody has missed it. I was very active back in 2009 and 2010 as I had just published my chapbook "POEMS FROM THE HEART." I was even following certain threads on several groups I was a member of. I enjoyed reading and posting replies to other members. I had been a rather frequent blogger and tried to be involved in many topics.
Then came a period where I was experiencing some health issues, in 2013, and I had reached a point where I was finding it hard to make contributions to the group discussions. I felt it was time to just delete my account. I probably should have just taken a hiatus for a while instead. I was able to retrieve some of my blogs and a couple of other items such as my two short home marketing videos. I lost all of my friends, but strangely retained my followers as an author.
I rejoined GoodReads in December of 2020 and thought I would post regularly, but again I found it hard to find time. I am sure that people may check back for a new post, but they only find the same post they read last time they visited my profile page. So it is my own fault. Maybe I will just start posting some old poems and new ones that have not appeared before. They are in a rhyming style which wasn't very popular when I was a member of the iPoetry group. That became another reason why I decided to cancel my account. I was under the impression that it was just a place to post your poems and read others. It became a reason for rhyming versus prose and the rhyming poems were not considered intellectual enough. So not an inclusive attitude towards those of us that still find it acceptable. Lyrics to beautiful songs use rhyming lines to tell a story or express emotions. Think of all the love songs or just great lyrics you sing to from a memorable favorite. Most of them rhyme. And guess what, it doesn't matter if they don't. They can still be great songs.
Anyway, I hope to try harder to post more often even if no one reads them. Also, I never claimed they were outstanding poems, just heartfelt poetry!
UNTIL NEXT TIME, TAKE CARE! MARC
I have been neglecting my blog for too long and I know that nobody has missed it. I was very active back in 2009 and 2010 as I had just published my chapbook "POEMS FROM THE HEART." I was even following certain threads on several groups I was a member of. I enjoyed reading and posting replies to other members. I had been a rather frequent blogger and tried to be involved in many topics.
Then came a period where I was experiencing some health issues, in 2013, and I had reached a point where I was finding it hard to make contributions to the group discussions. I felt it was time to just delete my account. I probably should have just taken a hiatus for a while instead. I was able to retrieve some of my blogs and a couple of other items such as my two short home marketing videos. I lost all of my friends, but strangely retained my followers as an author.
I rejoined GoodReads in December of 2020 and thought I would post regularly, but again I found it hard to find time. I am sure that people may check back for a new post, but they only find the same post they read last time they visited my profile page. So it is my own fault. Maybe I will just start posting some old poems and new ones that have not appeared before. They are in a rhyming style which wasn't very popular when I was a member of the iPoetry group. That became another reason why I decided to cancel my account. I was under the impression that it was just a place to post your poems and read others. It became a reason for rhyming versus prose and the rhyming poems were not considered intellectual enough. So not an inclusive attitude towards those of us that still find it acceptable. Lyrics to beautiful songs use rhyming lines to tell a story or express emotions. Think of all the love songs or just great lyrics you sing to from a memorable favorite. Most of them rhyme. And guess what, it doesn't matter if they don't. They can still be great songs.
Anyway, I hope to try harder to post more often even if no one reads them. Also, I never claimed they were outstanding poems, just heartfelt poetry!
UNTIL NEXT TIME, TAKE CARE! MARC
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