So true.......
https://youtu.be/NrdKe5sDVI4
Comment is about Poetry is Regional (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Devon Brock
Wed 3rd Jul 2019 11:24
Yes Randy, I say "wooder", but that doesn't mean I drink from a different well.
D
Comment is about Poetry is Regional (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Devon Brock
Wed 3rd Jul 2019 11:12
Reminds me of "Touch and Go" by SLF, but from the other point of view. Well written, Lisa.
D
Comment is about Oasis (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Devon Brock
Wed 3rd Jul 2019 11:10
Fantastic storytelling, Cynthia.
D
Comment is about WEDDING RECEPTION (blog)
Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas
Oh, Mae! Fantastic! Do keep in touch.
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Ring Around the Poison Ivy' by Mae Foreman (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Yes Eve. Well written. Ah, If I could own a clock like that.......
Comment is about OUTSIDE TIME (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Thank you dear John! That's my favorite line two! And may I say your interpretation is 100% accurate! You got it!
Thank you so much my friend ?
Mae
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Ring Around the Poison Ivy' by Mae Foreman (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
The issue to me seems to be we don't collectively think there's a REAL problem. We're still consumed with greed, selfishness and me-first. So how does one change this? - education? hit to the hip pocket? hard restrictive laws?. The trouble is we were given greed DNA at the Garden of Eden......
Comment is about We've Turned Into a Throwaway Society (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Time...it is so beautiful.
I love the picture. I need that clock
Comment is about OUTSIDE TIME (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Every day above ground is a good one. Unless you're a potato
Comment is about Life And Its Alternatives (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Devon Brock
Tue 2nd Jul 2019 23:40
The audio really makes this poem shine. So, baaaahble on please.
D
Comment is about Sheep (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
I sadly do not have the voice for audio?
Comment is about Sheep (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Thank you so much for stopping by, Lisa. I just added audio for this piece.
Comment is about Sheep (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Always follow thou own path. And I don't like the 4 legged kind.
Comment is about Sheep (blog)
Original item by Emer Ní Chorra
Thanks Lisa, Dorothy and Devon for liking and commenting, and I tell you what Devon, I love that phrase, "Upside of the dirt." ?
J. x
Comment is about Life And Its Alternatives (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Devon Brock
Tue 2nd Jul 2019 22:14
Yes, Jason, each day on the upside of the dirt should be fully lived, if possible. Thanks, man. I've been feeling a bit gloomy of late.
D
Comment is about Life And Its Alternatives (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Ring around the asphodel
Cheaters do not kiss and tell
Wrinkle, Wrinkle
Stars no longer shine and twinkle!
THAT'S my favourite verse Mae: blessed by word and cursed by time, the ever-present nursery rhyme.
All blessings
john
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Ring Around the Poison Ivy' by Mae Foreman (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Devon Brock
Tue 2nd Jul 2019 21:06
This is amazing work, Robert. One of your best that I have read so far on your blog. The most interesting part for me, is that you question yourself for seeing the brute nature of the human weed, as if it your own fault.
D
Comment is about Unseeing (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Thanks Don, goes to show how variations can come down to us, like a fact that can't get in the way of a good story too.
Martin I am pleased !
Jon, Lisa, Dor. and Devon many thanks for reading and not having me certified.
Ray
Comment is about MARY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
A very perceptive summary Martin, thanks. Yes, I do shudder at the idea of mini estates existing within an enclave. I first encountered it as a child taken for a long walk to where the Kennedy Memorial now stands; a magic area with blackberry woods and twisted elms. Beyond this was this a laundered area with no people present , that was in the fifties. The same hologram exists in more prevalent form today.
Hi David. I do of course indulging in nostalgia, but it can get tedious, and only serves to depress in my opinion. As we reach a certain age it becomes a bit like one of those screens in surgeries we all remember from comedy shows. We hide in a semblance of decency and then have to come out wearing socks.
I did pivot the poem on that line - possibly not exactly correct, but the gist is there! Really that was like the climax of Scrooge's terror in a release.
Thanks fellas.
Also for the likes, Jon, Dor. and Devon!
Obliged.
Ray
Comment is about SUBURBAN CASTLE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
My utmost respect and admiration! You have raw talent! I can't begin to imagine the magnitude of the effort you put in overcoming your challenges considering that not only you seem yto have overcome them but you become excellent at it! With such determination you can do everything! I absolutely love your work!
Thank you?
Mae
Comment is about Alexandra K. Parapadakis (poet profile)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
We have spent a couple of centuries as a, "Take, make and throw away society," except when either money or resources have been in short supply, and it didn't have too much impact at first. But, when you consider that in 1800 our population globally was estimated at about 1 billion, in 1970 it was 4 billion and now it's about 8 billion. Everything we do now is amplified by the number of us doing it. Personally, I think that there's a good chance we'll be the authors of our own demise because we don't take it seriously. Really like this Don, great subject matter.
J. ?
Comment is about We've Turned Into a Throwaway Society (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Thank you both for these lovely comments! x
P.S. I love perks of being a wallflower ?
Comment is about Words of You (blog)
Original item by Alexandra K. Parapadakis
Interesting on various levels. We repaired in the past because money was scarce - the mantra was "waste not, want not". With
increased incomes, we began to buy new and thus contribute to the
general health of the economy. Now, we are serious about the
business of recycling and feel better when we throw out stuff that
in other times would be held back for repair, renovation...call it
what you will. We act according to how we are allowed to act...be
it via additional income or outlets for our discarded stuff to be put
to further use. The primary object should be to avoid letting the
latter fall into disuse but instead produce other things...for example,
in the way that plastic bottles can somehow be turned into garments. That's proper "productive" thinking!
Comment is about We've Turned Into a Throwaway Society (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
That's what the poem's all about. We're creating it.
Comment is about We've Turned Into a Throwaway Society (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 2nd Jul 2019 14:17
Crap
We're creating it.
Comment is about We've Turned Into a Throwaway Society (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Oh no, dk is leaving us
For some leafy way
WOL is gonna fall apart
What more can I say?
Just dug into my 'say bank'
Found some more to say
dk don't get led astray
On your holiday.....
Comment is about VACATION NOTICE (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thank you so much Martin ?
Mae
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Ring Around the Poison Ivy' by Mae Foreman (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Beautiful Mae
congratulations on this wonderful poem
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Ring Around the Poison Ivy' by Mae Foreman (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Thank you so much Jason! ?It's a great honor ?and I'm absolutely thrilled! ?
Thank you for the constant support my dear friend ?
Mae
Comment is about Ring Around The Poison Ivy (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Thank you Devon! I appreciate the support, I'm glad you like it?
Mae
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Ring Around the Poison Ivy' by Mae Foreman (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
you are incredable
Comment is about streets I’m too familiar with .. (blog)
Original item by Fred Dutch
Cheers Eiren. Nice of you to say so!
Comment is about Iron (For Him) (blog)
Original item by Richie Muster
Very honest and visceral. ??
Comment is about This is a cautionary tale. Pay attention, please. Take heed. (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Thank you Martin and Sophie
x x x
Comment is about This is a cautionary tale. Pay attention, please. Take heed. (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Congratulations Mae, a worthy winner and I have to say I am so pleased to see you get POTW.. Absolutely brilliant.
J. x
Comment is about Ring Around The Poison Ivy (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Devon Brock
Mon 1st Jul 2019 23:15
Peter, this is a wonderful homily to those past loves. You know, at the time of parting, it is often so full of betrayal, grasping, howling. But as we age, we realize that those failed relationships oftentimes are a learning. Those failures reflect more on ourselves and teach how to better love. I praise all my former forever loves for what they have taught. Now, happily married, those loves and lessons were not for naught, Thank you for this beautiful poem.
D
Comment is about LOVES NOT LOST (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
Devon Brock
Mon 1st Jul 2019 22:59
Locked me in with "scorchio waydays". The rhythm of the words and the mundane garnished with science. Yes. I want more.
Comment is about Astranought (blog)
Original item by jane wilcock
Devon Brock
Mon 1st Jul 2019 22:36
Was never a fan of Pablo's work, except the blue period, but I love this poem. The unanticipated birth of artistic movements by the seminal artists. The disruptions caused by the first adherents. Well done.
Comment is about Pablo’s Progress (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Devon Brock
Mon 1st Jul 2019 22:21
Congratulations Mae. This is a wonderful poem. Lovely work contrasting the symbolism of each flower with it's obverse.
D
Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'Ring Around the Poison Ivy' by Mae Foreman (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Fish in a barrel living in 2019 USA, Martin. B
Comment is about showroom (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
wow this quite a long one for you , but none the less held my interest right to the end. I love these vignettes of life that you create.
Nice one Bob
Comment is about showroom (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
eve nortley
Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:46
Thank you for your feedback, it is very appreciated......I think we all need this kind of love once in our lives!
Comment is about OUTSIDE TIME (blog)
Original item by eve nortley