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10-08-2017, 03:35 AM
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Melissa Balmain on NVN
Not to be missed - Melissa Balmain's really hard-hitting piece about the gun issue in the wake of Las Vegas in The New Verse News for Saturday 7th October.
https://newversenews.blogspot.co.uk/
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10-08-2017, 08:01 AM
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Yes, it's good. I like the poster that illustrates it, too.
Susan
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10-08-2017, 05:47 PM
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Melissa's clever, witty and funny.
And one of my very favourite people! 
Jayne
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10-08-2017, 08:35 PM
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What Jayne said.
And one of my favorite editors too.
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10-09-2017, 05:24 AM
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Brutal and brilliant.
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10-09-2017, 09:28 AM
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Great poem, Melissa! You speak for a lot of us when bitter laughter & a pained smile help keep disgust (or tears) at bay.
I also feel I should recognize the meter from an existing song. Is there one?
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10-09-2017, 11:20 AM
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Thank you, everyone, for your enthusiasm and kindness. Ned, I do intend the poem as a song, and I'm sure there are plenty of existing songs with the same meter, but I don't know any specific ones.
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10-09-2017, 11:44 AM
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Close to the bone, Melissa.
Kudos!
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10-12-2017, 11:41 PM
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Thanks, Terese!
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