Thanks to every one for all the Flowers and comments.
I really enjoyed writing this one.

Comment is about "Why..." (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

Thanks Martin. No it wasn't addressed to any specific individual but for the general reader to ask themselves the questions posed. One of my serious poems.

Comment is about Are You Happy Where you Are? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Martin, thanks for this response. Did you make it out to WOL, Sale this past week? I just couldn't - not yet confident enough to go out for two-three hours,especially in the evening. And I so wanted to see and hear Stu again.

Comment is about Operation (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

That last line in turning full circle works well . Love the juxtaposition between distance and closeness.
Nice one Robert

Comment is about Bodies (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

. I have been there with my daughter . She had to have the same operation twice as they started growing back.
he has indeed been very brave.

Comment is about Operation (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

I particularly love the opening lines of this one Tommy. It really draws the reader in.
Nice one

Comment is about Wittgenstein says he: (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

This is so true Cayn. we sadly all wear masks and are not always able to take them off and show our true selves before replacing the mask with another one.
An excellent piece

Comment is about Masks (blog)

Original item by Cayn Bevan

This seems to be a very honest poem and not quite as whimsical in its delivery as you usually post.
A fine piece John
nice one

Comment is about THEM AS LIVES LONGEST LEARNS MOST (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I am wondering with the tick box whether the reader should be asking themselves the questions you pose or whether you are addressing it to a specific individual. Either way it is still a fine piece of poetry.
Nice one Don

Comment is about Are You Happy Where you Are? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

beware of brain eating cake.!

Comment is about Sweet meat (blog)

Original item by Graham Parker and his musings

There's a problem when one can't raise cheer John
Half-raised danders, that is bad enough
But thems live the longest got no choice Coops
No ladies'll get put in the duff.....

So be grateful .....

Comment is about THEM AS LIVES LONGEST LEARNS MOST (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Love that Sarah love love love it xxx

Comment is about my mummy (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Amazing Sarah people don’t realise what it’s like! But you can see your beautiful soul! Well done xxx

Comment is about OCD (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

also thankyou so much jason x

Comment is about OCD (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Thanks Don. You are quite right. These days I can barely raise a cheer.
It took me a second or two, Kev. And then I spluttered my muesli.

Comment is about THEM AS LIVES LONGEST LEARNS MOST (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

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Review is about Austin Poetry Slam on 14 Nov 2017 (event)

When you said you'd read Marx, I thought you meant your kex were too tight.

Another belter

Comment is about THEM AS LIVES LONGEST LEARNS MOST (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Ladies don't be conned by what Coops writes
He's only living dreams of his past
OK it may've been able to get up then
But his dander now can just reach half mast......

Them as lives long learns this.....

Comment is about THEM AS LIVES LONGEST LEARNS MOST (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Well done, rhymed Cayn. Echoing Graham I liked the circular ending....

Comment is about Masks (blog)

Original item by Cayn Bevan

I'm counting on liftance to Heaven
Before planet grinds to a halt
I'm sorry to have to (next line) say this
Politicians it's your bloody fault.....

Comment is about Hell In a Handcart (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

I gotta keep on thinking fish
Not be too firey, brim
Don't wanna have the Thought Police
Say Don that's bit too grim.....

Comment is about Fire and Brimstone (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

So extremely well written Sarah. I've never wished for OCD, I had a friend with it you see. It's important to remember though, that all our differences make up one big beautiful whole. Great poem.

J. x

Comment is about OCD (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Extremely clever statement rounded up so beautifully succinctly, and so true.

J.

Comment is about Souls' Worth (blog)

Original item by DeVaughn

Love this poem Fish, well written examination of the way we interpret what we experience. Favourite reference, Treetops and bookshops.

J. ?

Comment is about Imprisoned or Prism (blog)

Original item by afishamongmany

Hey, DK, never be frightened by the jazz hands! lol. thanks for visiting my page, which BTW, leads me to yours bwahahahaha.....and oh the glory of breaking that chain.

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

Excellent poem. All masks fall away in the end, except one.

J.

Comment is about Masks (blog)

Original item by Cayn Bevan

A nice take on a subject that gets well covered. I like the cicrular ending too.

Comment is about Masks (blog)

Original item by Cayn Bevan

Cynthia, I must apologize for my previous comment given the dictionary definition of "voyeurism." I believe I chose the wrong word. I hope you didn't think that I read anything sordid in your poem. David's comment made me rethink what I was intending to say. So let me rephrase - a beautiful observation on form and movement sans the sometimes voyeuristic vibe that some poems in this style evoke.

Comment is about Cutting the Grass (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

This is the third re-write of this poem. It's strange how the other two felt good but taking that step back and looking again has brought out a new vision. I'm happier with this now.

Comment is about Father's Day (blog)

Original item by Graham Parker and his musings

Cheers mate

Comment is about Masks (blog)

Original item by Cayn Bevan

Love the hinted politic of this, Rachel. Well done.

Comment is about quantum decision-making (anarchy and the existentialist) (blog)

Original item by nunya

Sorry DK but I do not write the POTW intros. It is someone far cleverer than I and I understand it is to remain anonymous, at least it was when I was involved some time ago.

No shame taken ?

Graham

Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)

Original item by d.knape

Mike,

A poem brimming with optimism and joyful hope. Words to begin each day as a reminder of what can lie ahead if bound by faith.

Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about Paradise Awaits (blog)

Original item by Mike Bartram

Cayn,

Magnificent!

Keith

Comment is about Masks (blog)

Original item by Cayn Bevan

You raise a good point here Tom in a beautifully poetic way. I can remember some dreadful times in the confessional as a child. Not good memories I can still smell the burning candles and dead incense. An excellent poem Tom
nice one

Comment is about You Are My Priest (blog)

Original item by Tom

wow what a fabulous poem. I have read it more than a couple of times just to soak up those wonderful words. Its not everyday you get entropy in the line of a poem

Love it Rachel


nice one

Comment is about quantum decision-making (anarchy and the existentialist) (blog)

Original item by nunya

Thanks to David and Dorothy for liking and thanks to Tom, Devon, Don, Rachel and Laura for commenting.
I am glad I am not alone with this. Some just come out fast and furious, I often find they are among the best and some just take forever. I have got one at the moment that's been going round in my head for the last year as a performance piece but I just don't seem to be able to find the right ending for it yet!
Thanks for the you tube connection Rachel, I can totally relate to that.
You are no wrong about feast or famine Laura

Thanks again guys
much appreciated

Comment is about Sometimes (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Sorry
I can do no better
on that poem
they can't all be jewels
most are just rocks
I find along the way.

Comment is about Don Matthews (poet profile)

Original item by Don Matthews

I agree wholeheartedly
with your opinion of
"The Church"
Jesus would be appalled
at the wealth of the churches
vs. the poverty of the common man
all the churches ever do is
ask for money...
the church is as corrupt as the government
but far more hypocritical
throw the money-changers out!

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

is it YOU who writes the intros for poem of the week?
if so, I would like to say they are outstanding.
some of the best writing is in those reviews.

If you are not writing them,
shame on you!

?

Comment is about Graham Sherwood (poet profile)

Original item by Graham Sherwood

Thanks Jennifer, there but for the grace of God eh. It's a difficult topic to write about without people taking it politically at the moment, so had to choose the words carefully.

J. x

Comment is about A Face In The Looking Glass (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thanks Fish, Don and Jennifer. Yeah, sadly I still get the occasional bout of insomnia Jennifer, so although I submitted at 6am, I was actually up at about 4.30, it's a proper pain but luckily I suffer less with it these days ?. And yes you're right Don, most leaders won't aknowledge it, although they'll have to now, just heard very high up representative of the UN on the radio say we're heading for disaster, starvation and severe migration from certain regions of the planet, (mainly equatorial) in the next few years unless all governments act globally, which in his words, they won't. So I don't blame you Fish, for not wanting to come but I don't think any of us are going to get the choice mate ?.

J. x

Comment is about Hell In a Handcart (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Thank you very much, for your comments Do.RoThy, Martin, Jennifer and Tom. I think the book of broken promises is a cultural collective, kept and noted by us all. We all know who they are, we all know what they've done and as a society, we don't forget. Mind you, we should also keep an eye on our own misdemeanors.

And thanks to all those that have liked as well.

J. x

Comment is about The Book Of Broken Promises (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

Well written Jason, the rhythm makes the ride - repeating rhymes can kill a poem but you got it good.
Thanks for the invitation but I've got another destination. ><>

Comment is about Hell In a Handcart (blog)

Original item by Jason Bayliss

bless you xx
and thanks very much Sophie xx?

Comment is about OCD (blog)

Original item by Sarah Louise mcnee

Right Don, I'd better have the oven gloves handy then. ? ><>

Comment is about Fire and Brimstone (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Careful Eve N, much more of this and you'll turn into a hazel nut nut. ? ><>

Comment is about The Squirrel Ripple (blog)

Original item by eve nortley

Leah,

sticking to your guns
and not letting the ' cavemen ' value you
according to the size of your buns
is doubtlessly the best and only policy.






Rose ?

Comment is about Welcome To The New Age; (blog)

Original item by Leah Anne

That, or the buggers don't come knocking for 6 months ? Feast or famine, fickle feckers!

Comment is about Sometimes (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

that poem was the first thing you thought of?
next time
get some coffee first.

I appreciate your comments.
hope I can live up to your expectations.

Did you do the painting of the girl in the red dress?

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas