The Echoes poetry competition to celebrate Write Out Loud's 20th anniversary is now open.  Judged by Neil Astley.

Competition closes in 8 days, 4 hours. Get details and Enter.

Popular last 30 days

poetry love Trump nature Democracy resistance Life shame History poem

promotion (Remove filter)

Recent Comments

Mike McPeek on Running With Dogs
5 hours ago

David RL Moore on Aubade-esque
5 hours ago

Graham Sherwood on Aubade-esque
5 hours ago

David RL Moore on Aubade-esque
5 hours ago

David RL Moore on liberty
6 hours ago

Landi Cruz on liberty
6 hours ago

David RL Moore on Aubade-esque
10 hours ago

David RL Moore on liberty
12 hours ago

AirlogRigsMaria on Psycho
14 hours ago

Simon Zonenblick on Snail Shells - Similes
20 hours ago

A Calling

The lads have escaped league 1 at last! 😁 A little poem I did pre game.

 

Can you hear them?

 

The shipbuilder's hammer

The picks upon the seams

Drifting up from glories past

Still harbouring foretold dreams 

 

The whispering of legends

Still bleeding red n white 

The time is here, the time is now

Time to put things right!

 

The Roker Roar still lingers

...

Read and leave comments (9)

🌷(9)

Safcpromotion

Custard Creams

A recalcitrant granny at my local ALDI

Seeking a refund on her custard creams

Made me wonder how you get a refund

After a whole lifetime of broken dreams

 

Merchandisers of Eros were my nemesis

I bought my first dream from sweet Julia

Redolent of cinnamon and Dioressence

Before morphing into something peculiar

 

Heather's packaging was slick and cool

Her labelling ...

Read and leave comments (1)

🌷(3)

custrad creamsdreamsErospackagingpromotionreceiptrefundstock

This site uses only functional cookies that are essential to the operation of the site. We do not use cookies related to advertising or tracking. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message