Jason, I accept your challenge. Not too creepy but fun to write.
Comment is about Mother Goose is Loose (blog)
Original item by Lisa C Bassignani
Thanks for the support, folks. Sometimes I wonder why I bother - the depression sets in and I feel lost. I wrote this to bolster my flagging self-belief. I think it needs some work yet.
Comment is about Be Strong, Have Faith, Don't Despair. (blog)
Original item by Richie Muster
At some point everybody's Wednesday is somebody else's Thursday, strange isn't it?
Lovely little momentary snapshot Eiren.
J. x
Comment is about time zones (blog)
Original item by Eiren Water
Great insight Don. Names are generally quite confusing. Mind you I don't mind that too much, and being called Poet's not too bad. I feel sorry for the children with really, "Out there," names. Again though, if they're happy with them it's all good I suppose.?
J. ?
Comment is about Poet Lake (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Really, really like this. It has the rhythm of a song and lyrics to die for. Absolutely brilliant!
J. x
Comment is about Alluring, When She Is Dressed Black! (blog)
Original item by ai ou
Thanks Lisa. They do all seem to have a dark origin but I thought it might be fun to see if we could make them a little darker.??
J. x
Comment is about Muffets And Spiders (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
One day a when all other things have gone, the integrity of your word may be all you have left, and history remembers.
Great poem.
J.
Comment is about Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying! (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Amazing how many stones play a part in our lives, down to the last stone with a name and two dates.
Love this Jennifer it really made me think.
J. x
Comment is about Litholife (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
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Thu 27th Jun 2019 17:36
For me Jon I found this whole poem so delightful and especially in the way it warmed up from the fifth line.
Rose ?
Comment is about Afresh again (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
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Thu 27th Jun 2019 17:20
( last line ) and Amen to that Keith. Fabulous piece.
Rose ?
Comment is about The Natural World (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
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Thu 27th Jun 2019 15:42
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Review is about Austin Poetry Slam on 14 Nov 2017 (event)
It is genuinely, the only place I know true peace, true calm and a proper healing tranquility that soothes a battered mind.
Beautiful.
J. x
Comment is about The Natural World (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Like the old saying, "Don't ask, don't get."
Aim high, cos if you aim low, that's probably what you'll hit.
Excellent piece.
J.
Comment is about Be Strong, Have Faith, Don't Despair. (blog)
Original item by Richie Muster
What an eloquent journey of thought summed up perfectly for me by the lines,
"the unknown escaping
to sow itself into the lives
of the unsuspecting,"
Unsuspecting, but eternally grateful.
J.
Comment is about Afresh again (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Don't all politicians tell people "what they want to hear"? Whatever
his perceived faults, Trump has an unusual non-political origin
compared with the usual "Buggins' turn" sequence that electorates
usually see. Any comparison of Trump and Johnson with the
dictatorships of the past is grotesque in its assumptions of the
intent of either. As for "feeding English prejudice against foreigners"
- again too facile to use as a viewpoint when the Brexit premise is
to regain some semblance of the self-government stealthily handed
without a mandate to control by committee based in a foreign city -
in pursuit of some sort of mythical "Brave New World" in action. Since the word
"English" has been employed in this context - rather than the ubiquitous "British" - it is my experience that they are very much
"a take as you find" breed, historically suspicious of strangers but
more welcoming than most once the ice is broken; justifiably
concerned - like all other countries I suspect - when faced with
insupportable numbers that can cause a worrying imbalance in
social well-being and a hard forged national sense of identity.
Socialists tend to believe in some sort of world order - with no
boundaries In place. Orwell's 1984 has come and gone but
its warnings still have relevance when it comes to a question of
control and how it is achieved.
Comment is about Writing poems in the sleep of reason (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
My pleasure Don!
Thanks for stopping by ?
Mae
Comment is about Ring Around The Poison Ivy (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
A nice rhymic interaction Mae. Thanks?
Comment is about Ring Around The Poison Ivy (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Just like the Lorax said..."Unless"
Comment is about The Natural World (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Love this, Keith. We should try to open our senses to each and every moment.
Comment is about The Natural World (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Never give up...Never surrender!
Comment is about Be Strong, Have Faith, Don't Despair. (blog)
Original item by Richie Muster
I seem to remember most nursery rhymes to have an underlying sinister message. This one is wickedly good!
Comment is about Muffets And Spiders (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
We wove a fishnet of words and rhymes
To catch us some abstract notions!
They roll in the tongue like jingling chimes
And make delicious potions!
A pinch of wit and a fair dash of emotions
A cauldronful of alliteration
Add a spoonful of odd and a charmer's rod-
And let's brew a spellbinding incantation!
Exhausting but fun!?
Thank you ?
Mae
Comment is about Ring Around The Poison Ivy (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Thank you my dear friend Hason!? Please do! I love learning nice new words and phrases!
Quack Quack ?
Mae
Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
This is like a haiku challenge
I've done mine, now yours
Make it sinister make it dark
But don't break no WOL laws
(Wouldn't think of it.....)
Comment is about Muffets And Spiders (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Jon,
A deep and thought provoking poem of renewal. These words will speak to many in their various predicaments. I enjoyed this greatly.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Afresh again (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Yes, brave and wicked indeed ?
Comment is about Muffets And Spiders (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
I'm pleased Jason you've qualified
Where you sit with X
You're not a raving lunatic
Or sleaze, who's after sex
You've left us with... just British
My mind's left running wild
What else is left when sitting X?
To me it can't be mild......
Comment is about Peculiarly British X? (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
It seems I'm unaware
That spells shoot down the wire
So quick, so fast, to where I am
(Of course they do, my sire)
Indeed we're entering fantasy land
A nice escape, hey Mae?
Forget the troubles of the world
Let's nursery rhyme away......
Comment is about Ring Around The Poison Ivy (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
A full mind is a good thing Lisa
Comment is about Sweet meat (blog)
Original item by Graham Parker and his musings
Good one Don! ?Well I wasn't supposed to tell you this but....I put a spell on you! Haha ?
Glad I did too! Excellent nursery rhyme!
Thank you ?
Mae
Comment is about Ring Around The Poison Ivy (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Not a problem love, if I think of anymore I'll colloquialisms I'll ping them over.?
J x(your friend Hason ??)
Comment is about Mae Foreman (poet profile)
Original item by Mae Foreman
And I've just found out that in some places in the world it might be considered rude to call someone, "Love." Where I'm from that's so culturally acceptable that I will call male friends that as well as female. It has about the same significance as saying mate. So if I've ever offended anyone with unwitting over familiarity, please bear with me, I'm not a raving lunatic or a sleaze, just British. Ok, that probably covers it.?
J. x
Comment is about Peculiarly British X? (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks Gus. Please assure Augusta that I would never have tried to take advantage of her in this way. She is too much of a lady.
Comment is about THEM AS LIVES LONGEST LEARNS MOST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
love inspires so many ifs
all of them are felt in different ways
each one felt and intended completely
...
Thanks Jon, for the imagery and inspiration.
You pulled at my creative threads.
Comment is about Love for you (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Who needs to remember anything? We have google for that.
Humans needn't be smart. We have phones for that.
Why should people need to connect? We have fiber-optics for that.
Comment is about Common Sense (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Golly gosh these comments
Have come 'long thick and fast
Some have educated me
Some left me aghast
Now Jason you've exposed
A hornet's nest of X
It seems an ending XXXXX
Does not mean give me sex
Now Mae, Jason, she's threatened
To call you 'Hason' mate
Another poem I saw she did
Think you're in trouble.....wait....
I see Mae's hidden X's
(Invisible) to you
It could be just a peck on cheek
Yes, we're all pleased too
You've got me going now Jason
Down here XXX (beer brand)
So signing off XXX
Means raise your beers in hand......
Comment is about Peculiarly British X? (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thank you all for your very kind feedback! I humbly appreciate them all.
Comment is about The Weight (blog)
Original item by DeVaughn
The ocean is the best place for real heavy thinking.
Very lovely Ray
Comment is about DISCOVERY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I do like this Tom and can relate. Basking in aloneness is easy to do and feels great. Every so often I seek out the company of others. I am well rewarded by the effort. As long as I have the choice of being alone (to write, think, observe, dream) and mix with people and share, I am happy.....
Comment is about How To Be Alone (blog)
Original item by Tom
No thank you I'm stuffed!
Comment is about Sweet meat (blog)
Original item by Graham Parker and his musings
Mary, Mary from your garden
What poison pleasure you got?
Want something slow, but deadly show
Not sudden like a shot
Kind sir I have this ivy
It's guaranteed, (and slow)
'Twill suck the likeblood out of one
'Twill stop one's life, it's flow....
(Stop it Mae. Watcha doing to me? I'm a whimsy nursery rhymer. You're giving me bad thoughts....)
Comment is about Ring Around The Poison Ivy (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Jey Hason! ? Now that was a colloquialism I had to google! Yeap! This one is going to last! Jajaja!
Thanks for the constant support and frankly, for all the fun, mate! ?
x.x (or h.h.!)
Mae
Comment is about Jason Bayliss (poet profile)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Devon Brock
Thu 27th Jun 2019 21:23
It was not until I read this poem for the fifth time that I realized you wrote "discovered", not "discover". Each time, I was wondering why you stopped gazing at the sea. Silly me. This speaks quite eloquently on the difficulty of reconciling the self with the self. My favorite line in the poem: "neither the sky nor the water gave way".
D
Comment is about DISCOVERY (blog)
Original item by ray pool