Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
1 min readDec 27, 2023

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Your comment has me smiling, thank you. Thank you for refreshing my recollection that you had written on the topic. I just went back and re-read it. Had I remembered it while writing this last night, I would have linked it at the end. I will go edit it in now.

Since you asked, this one didn't take me much time. Just about two hours. Sometimes when I've had a bottle of wine or so I get an idea as to what I want to write and it downloads. The rondeau redoublés usually take longer but this time I dispensed with searching the internet for the best rhyming words and just typed the poem out. I often handwrite my poems and then edit and then edit some more when moving from page to screen but not this one. It is the most challenging form I've used to date and the others have taken me probably 4 to 5 hours each to write. I remember the second time I did one, I realized after I published it that I forgot about the 6th stanza and then had to make a mad dash to revise the poem before anyone read it. Here it is, I think you'll appreciate it: https://thetaoist.online/keep-faith-and-hope-of-love-and-light-when-tragedy-strikes-ccc3abe2b307

I'm enjoying everyone's answers about the image. So far, they are all different both from each other and from what made me choose it.

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Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Written by Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Living 17,043rd human life. I am Marcus (universal name) or you may call me Greg; a deep thinker; an explorer of ideas and the mind.

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