Thanks for the likes to RBK, Aisha, RA Porter and Auracle.

Also to RA Porter and Auracle for their generous comments , much appreciated.

David RL Moore

Comment is about War in Season (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Thanks a lot.
Removed the comma.😁

Comment is about Whom To Make Proud (blog)

Original item by Sourajit Nandi

I think what you're doing is really relevant and important. I just can't prove it...

🌷The meter or rhythm is incredibly flowing. That is quite extraordinary, to keep that intact.

It captivates me, to further analyse your poem. Perhaps it's the video, with recitation and explanation included.🌷

I think what you're doing is really relevant and important. I just can't prove it...

Comment is about War in Season (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Gave me more than a smile, Reggie's Ghost.

Comment is about Wearing The Fez (blog)

Original item by Reggie's Ghost

Very brave. 💪

I hope this production will bring you more than immense joy.

From me, I can truly say that I appreciate this production, with the recitation at its apex.

Comment is about Song of the Earth (blog)

Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

the ultimate itch hiker-
they get on my bloody blood sucked nerves
and how they really tick me off!

Comment is about Starting a business from scratch (blog)

Original item by hugh

Many thanks for the Likes, Redbrick, Greg, Tom, Branwell, Aisha, Stephen and John.

Comment is about METHANE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Rick how dare you not mention Uncle Joes mint balls-tins of broken biscuits-sawdust on the shop floor-the hovis boy on his cobbled-street uphill struggling delivery bike

I could say BAH! HUMBUG!
but I'll just say humbug cos I love em! 😜

Comment is about Sweet Memories (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

love this poem-just like that! 😁

Comment is about Wearing The Fez (blog)

Original item by Reggie's Ghost

Great poem John. Yep its going to prove to be a difficult thing to do from now on but lets bite the bullet and ENJOY!

Comment is about Early winter's day (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks Uilleam and I'll leave you to do the news watching etc now the general situation is getting more grim by the day across the country-god help us

And thank you folks as in Hugh Stephen and Aisha

best of regards all

Comment is about Anticipations of a typical Janu(gh!)ary (blog)

Original item by TOM T. E. MERTON

I love this, such beautiful, lyrical imagery and linking the inevitability of the seasons to the inevitability of war is both poignant and timely.

Comment is about War in Season (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Thanks for likes: Manish, Red Brick Keshner and hugh. 🇯🇲 👍

Comment is about Party Party (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Superb stuff, Graham. I like the part where you stop blinking and stare intently to see the colour change, "switch, swap, change
copper grey, grey copper."

Comment is about Willow Pattern (blog)

Original item by Graham Sherwood

Thanks for the likes
Red Brick Keshner
Hélène

Comment is about Song of the Earth (blog)

Original item by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Yes, Uilleam, that’s the most recognisable image of Chatterton. My problem with men’s health is that it is a bit of a joke to many, we are hardwired not to cry, to be strong, and to soldier on. And when our capacity to be these things wanes that’s when everything unravels. It’s particularly notable in ageing and retired males. And the longer the life expectancy the surer are we to go through those waters in time! Thanks kindly for entertaining my poetic ratings. 👍🌷

Comment is about Redressing the Chatterton Effect (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Thanks both. I only wish there were a planet B, where we could send Elon Musk and his ilk with a one-way ticket.

Comment is about Doing The Maths (blog)

Original item by Ray

But how many planets shall we require
at some future date?

There is no plan-et B😕

Comment is about Doing The Maths (blog)

Original item by Ray

Did they send you away with a flea in your ear?

Comment is about Starting a business from scratch (blog)

Original item by hugh

Thanks Hélène. A friend who liked writing poetry advised me with this acronym: KISS, “keep it simple, stupid!”

Comment is about Simple (blog)

Original item by Hélène

Very touching, John.

Comment is about MEG (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thanks, RBK. What a tragedy, at merely 17 years old! But perhaps his poet’s voice is not after-all, lost, and that we even now, learn lessons from him?

Thanks for raising the subject of mental health, and of mens’ in particular. I have often wondered (having been raised a Catholic) whether or not the role of Christianity and of religion in general, was a help or a hindrance to good mental health; and is the secularisation of today’s society a factor in good / bad mental health?

The name Chatterton rang a bell, and sure enough, Wikipedia tells me:”The Death of Chatterton is an oil painting on canvas, by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter Henry Wallis (1830–1916)”. However, I’m assured by she who must be obeyed, that Wallis was NOT a Pre-Raphaelite....!

Comment is about Redressing the Chatterton Effect (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

This poem makes me want to continue writing and reading poetry. Lovely!

Comment is about Where You'll Find It (blog)

Original item by Mike McPeek

This poem totally made me chuckle, as did Dog Days poem. Clever writing, Ray! Reflections on crazy reality, and so true observations.

Comment is about Doing The Maths (blog)

Original item by Ray

Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Béarla clíste Uilleam!

Comment is about Diffuse Rainbow (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you for your comments Uilleam, Graham and Larisa and my thanks to everyone who liked this poem.

I too wish that I didn't need to write these words. I spoke to some teenage boys from Ukraine yesterday, who seem to be flourishing despite having been forced out of their own country nearly three years ago and being trapped between two cultures.

How many more days?

Comment is about 1000 days (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thank you, Ray. He was accompanied by some wonderful actors and created a very memorable character, who then morphed into the suburban rollercoaster that was Reggie Perrin. 'Tortured by desire just falling short' sums it up perfectly.

Comment is about VOTE FOR RIGSBY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

A nice description of a communal experience, Graham, or a 'Frail, travelling coincidence' as someone said.

Comment is about On the Buses (blog)

Original item by Graham Sherwood

Sing this song
oh la la la la
can't go wrong
oh la la la la
knock on door
oh la la la la
ten pounds given
oh la la la la
go next door
oh la la la la
give him hell

oh la la la la
oh la la la la

Happy Christmas to Ruth at All fm
oh la la la la
🎄

Comment is about Festive FM (blog)

Original item by Ruth O'Reilly

Works for me everytime🌷

Comment is about Peace (blog)

Original item by Andy N

When Eight Poets Became One
Our latest Collage poem
Possibly eligible for
Various popular poetry competitions
Vital question asked
Please enter a name
Poet Joint Venture
Seemed the logical answer.

Comment is about November 2024 Collage Poem: Chasing Dreams (blog)

Original item by Stockport WoL

both feet insecure
despised but proud

Reminds me of some of the bumbling rent-a-gobs currently infesting political discourse!

Comment is about VOTE FOR RIGSBY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you Graham.
I's amazing what you find out, earwigging on the buses....a lad on his mobile, explaining to his brief why he can't get to court in time, because the bus got held up.
What a great way of spreading the message of poetry, If it can be written in the trenches, it can be read on the buses, especially the Clapham one.

Comment is about On the Buses (blog)

Original item by Graham Sherwood

Thank you very much for your kind comments.

Comment is about The Jigsaw Puzzle (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Poetry on the buses? I suppose, as far as popularity goes, poetry and buses are suitable bedfellows.

Comment is about On the Buses (blog)

Original item by Graham Sherwood

Difficult for me to determine what's happened in this relationship - which, I suppose is not a bad thing.

Comment is about Can I Go Back To Yesterday? (blog)

Original item by purplemoon

I'm not gonna move there anytime soon, but I like this line -
the gaze of the woman who makes a home a port.

Comment is about Life in Smallville (blog)

Original item by Eduardo

Enjoyed the read. Is the maths working in the last couplet?
your own,
Childhood wonder and wisdom grown

Seems to make 3. Perhaps remove comma after "own"?

Comment is about Whom To Make Proud (blog)

Original item by Sourajit Nandi

Yes, I've even said that myself.

Comment is about Dog Days (blog)

Original item by Ray

Thank you very much, Stephen and Graham.😊

Comment is about Grandfather (blog)

Original item by Manish

We wish we knew as well Graham! We're wracking our brains for what line five might be. This will go viral I'm sure. Or perhaps it will be glossed over...life's too short.

Anyway, I liked it.

Comment is about On the Buses (blog)

Original item by Graham Sherwood

Both right rights Uilleam and Ray! Some buds don’t bloom and some marriages end up in divorce; always an exception to the rule somewhere. Either way, both valid points! Thanks both 👍🌷

Comment is about a true marriage of minds (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Thank you Ray

Comment is about Ode to The Soaps (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Thanks Ray for your constructive feedback. Respect 🇯🇲
Thanks for likes: Yanma Hidayah & Aisha 👍

Comment is about Party Party (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Thank you so much!

Comment is about 1000 days (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

You can't beat a good football poem!

Comment is about Extra Time (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Thanks for all the likes and the kind comments Uilleam. Hope you can make walking an affirmation of your daily life and the coming months won't be too dark.

Comment is about Born for the Morning (blog)

Original item by John Gilbert Ellis

Thanks Uilleam, I saw that but she doesn't say when he said it or to whom. This blogger went looking and attributes it to someone completely different in 1971: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/06/whats-the-origin-of-the-phrase-we-shouldnt-just-be-pulling-people-out-of-the-river-we-should-be-going-upstream-to-find-out-whos-pushing-them-in/

Comment is about The River (blog)

Original item by Steve White

Have put this to bed now but added an audio and video.

Thanks for your reading and taking time to comment Uilleam.

David.

Comment is about Epitaph For The Waste Land (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Nice one Ray,

Leonard Rossiter was a comic genius who held a mirror up to us all with Rigsby. He was also an acclaimed actor outside of comedy, with appearances in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Barry Lyndon. I think he would have gone on to be a huge success.

Apparently he wasn't a nice chap, but who knows? certainly not me.

I loved Rigsby, his failures were magnificent.

Nice little poem for those who remember and have met Rigsby's on our travels in bedsitland.

Cheers Ray.

David

Comment is about VOTE FOR RIGSBY (blog)

Original item by ray pool