A piece of poetry crying out to be performed if ever I've read one, brilliant.
J.
Comment is about Chasing Light (blog)
Original item by Dragan Bozilov
Really, really like this. Favourite line of many favourites is, I think,
Dying hopes shatter..
Oblivious of the steel armoured faith it instills..
But it's hard to say cos they're all good.
J. x
Comment is about Oblivious (blog)
Original item by mona s
Thank you both so much, funny Julia, those were my favourites too. I think I quite like Haiku's.
J. x
Comment is about Haiku X 10 (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
You are a great narrative poet John and I love your sense of humour...?
Comment is about Jesus Wants You! (blog)
Original item by John Andrew Nield
Thank you Don ..
Haiku is fun definitely.. ?
Comment is about Haiku - True Self (blog)
Original item by mona s
Thank you Do.Ro.thy and Leon for taking out time to read and appreciate..
Comment is about Haiku - True Self (blog)
Original item by mona s
Thanks Jason for reading and appreciating ..
Comment is about Haiku - True Self (blog)
Original item by mona s
Skilfully written.. Each one a gem.. Brilliant Jason.
Comment is about Haiku X 10 (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks, MC. I haven't read his biography of Churchill but a friend of mine who has reckoned Boris learned his gimmicks from Churchill - something the public could identify with and warm to. Churchill, his cigar and V sign; Johnson his hair and bumblingness. In Johnson's case entirely derivative and contrived.
Comment is about LEADER OF THE PACK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (22180)
Sat 15th Jun 2019 19:13
Thanks Chelsea, I'm really touched. It's so important to step aside from the constant barrage against your senses, I do it quite a lot, it's good for the soul.
Thanks Dorothy, I always prize your opinion and insight very highly.
And thanks Jennifer, and if it's any consolation my family think the same of me ?.
J. x
Comment is about Hiding In The Silence (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks Don. I appreciated the ingenuity! ?
To those who "like" this blog - more thanks!
Comment is about LIFE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
JC - have you read BJ's biography of Churchill? He would deny it,
no doubt, but it might give an insight into his own mercurial character
and use of caustic wit - like WSC's response to Bessie Braddock's
accusation that he was drunk - "And you, madam, are ugly but I will
be sober in the morning". The snowflakes of today would be crying
"prejudice" if faced with that sort of thing in modern public life. But
even the "warmonger" WSC wouldn't have contemplated encouraging physical attacks on those he disagreed with.in
political scenarios.
P.S. Shafted Michael Gove? History
seems to report the opposite.
Comment is about LEADER OF THE PACK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
It has a wonderful freshness and optimism despite the times we live in. Your poetry has great potential, keep sending it out into the world. Best wishes!
Comment is about Escape (blog)
Original item by Chloé
Really good Jason. Particularly liked 'I need my thoughts in order before I dive back in'. Agree absolutely about WOL. For me it means taking time off to sit somewhere and just think quietly, or let one's mind wander off, hopefully producing something one can put into words. (My family would say my mind is always wandering)!
Jennifer
Comment is about Hiding In The Silence (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Ah Nigel....thank you for those lovely words and for making me feel so welcome.
Comment is about BlueGirlPoetry (poet profile)
Original item by BlueGirlPoetry
How true, unfortunately. We have been saying this, more or less, for the past 20 years, but our politicians are only interested in short term solutions, and those which get them voted back into power. None of them seem to have any intention of trying to stop or at least reduce the damage. The farangs and the children make me sick to the stomach.
Jennifer
Comment is about The end of the world (blog)
Original item by John E Marks
...in the detail squat the nightmare toads of unfenced existence. Well-penned Tom. ?
Comment is about Retirement (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Ugh!!!! Nasty, but well written - Jennifer
Comment is about The Silent Scream (blog)
Original item by Wayne McLellan
Don - I know several people who are considered pillars of society with important (to them anyway), lives, but whom to me and not only to me, are seriously mentally ill! If you can be as amusing and lighthearted as your writing is the drugs are obviously the right stuff, or you are much less seriously ill than they think!??
Jennifer
Comment is about How Much Does One Reveal to Strangers? (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Lovely writing Tom - sets it between his knife and fork, slowly devours it until he leaves satisfied - a homeless man conferring with his dog .... One can really visualise the whole scene.
Jennifer
Comment is about Retirement (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
Wow! Terrifying because it is a very accurate picture of our modern world, at least the negative aspects of it. I find it difficult to think of the positive ones!
Jennifer
Comment is about (blog)
Original item by Stuart Clark
You're so right, Eve.
You can't blame Boris for being a self-serving, lying, cheating tow-rag. It's what he is. You can blame the British public for not caring.
Comment is about LEADER OF THE PACK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Sat 15th Jun 2019 12:43
Like watching
your balloon fly away
a ball
a speck
a memory.
Comment is about Diminishing Returns (blog)
Original item by d.knape
and there we all were looking on speechless in shock when the USA elected Trump......just goes to show there seems to be no end to the insanity in our world!
Comment is about LEADER OF THE PACK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (21487)
Sat 15th Jun 2019 10:44
Jason
"and let me heal my soul before I step back in"
I think we have all felt like this at some-time or other and you have expressed it beautifully.
Dorothy
Comment is about Hiding In The Silence (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
<Deleted User> (17847)
Sat 15th Jun 2019 10:37
one giant step for you, one giant ? from me
Comment is about Blurred (blog)
Original item by afishamongmany
Jason, I can’t properly explain in words how reading that affected me. Gave me chills to feel like I was ever alone in needing to tap out and really feel what’s happening. Getting lost in the day to day is a scary place to be when you're the only human you’ve seen for miles between these robots we’ve become.
So thank you. For the reminder.
Comment is about Hiding In The Silence (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
<Deleted User> (17847)
Sat 15th Jun 2019 10:31
that line-' charades played in vain ' very very cool. Good stuff gal
Comment is about Haiku - True Self (blog)
Original item by mona s
I very much enjoyed the vividness of this piece Adam, some lovely images here
Comment is about Before Too Long (blog)
Original item by Adam Whitworth
<Deleted User> (17847)
Sat 15th Jun 2019 10:18
first things first Don, stop beating yourself up-
number two-remember that practice ( usually ) makes perfect so- keep the pedal to the metal, guy
Comment is about Wavemaker. But... (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (21487)
Sat 15th Jun 2019 09:39
The wave machine is working overtime - lots of splashing - it will ruin the pretty flowers.??
Dorothy
Comment is about Wavemaker. But... (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Haikus are great stuff
Except Don buggers around
Won't be serious
(give him a break... ?)
Comment is about Haiku - True Self (blog)
Original item by mona s
I'm pleased to see you keeping glued to the screen in anticipation Brian. I'm training up Queen of Edgy right now. She's excited to be given the chance of performing on the WOL stage. Told her there's no money in it. She just said shit. I talked her around. Stay glued ?
KJ
Gotta be careful the wave's not a tsunami. Don't push me too hard Brian. Remember my last tsunami phase? The bosses kicked me out on 2 weeks suspension. I dunno, you Brits can't take a bit of Aussie rough and tumble...?
Comment is about Wavemaker. But... (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
I totally get everything you just said dear Don. Absorbing some of its strength... I never thought about it that way... Initially the poem ended in two separate from the rest of the body lines:
"Her only crime is too much passion
Thanks to Her I know compassion "
Albeit poetically unfortunate, it's true!
Thank you Don?
Mae
Comment is about Beast in Pain (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Your rhyme around 'uity'
To me is a beauity ?
Comment is about LIFE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Thank you both!
Wayne thank you for taking the time to read, glad you enjoyed!
Jason, I do feel a bit self-conscious sometimes about that side of me, I fear it overwhelms people but keeping "The Best" caged all the time can't be good...One's got to defuse every once in a while, right?!
Thank you ?
Mae
Comment is about Beast in Pain (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
We seem to have a similar way of describing our situations Mae, if I read you correctly.
I can understand what you're saying. Locking the beast in a dungeon, it pounding on the doors, chaining it up. Yes, you can't hate her. You let her out occasionally. Too much passion is her only crime.
My demon mania I also keep in a cage . I keeps baying to be let out. Can't do this as it would cause mayhem. I can't hate it. It's part of me.I can't let it out so stand by the cage and absorb some of it's energy. Too much passion is also my only demon's crime.
Comment is about Beast in Pain (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
I was not familiar with the artist, Eve, but have now checked him out.
A different slant on the Merlin/Nimue thing can be found in Bernard Cornwell’s excellent Warlord Chronicles series of novels.
Comment is about Dear Mr Burne Jones (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Nice one, Fish. “Pearl Setter” - lovely.
Comment is about Blurred (blog)
Original item by afishamongmany
Whoa! Thanks, Brian and Don. I think our posts crossed in the ether.
Comment is about LEADER OF THE PACK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Many thanks, Greg and Kev.
Most political targets are so partisan that some supporters think it unfair to have a go. Boris is one of those rare political targets that taking a pop at offends non-one. Donald Trump is another.
You’re right about the ending, though, Greg. In the original (or was it Twinkle’s “Terry”), the motorbike skid seems to last about half a minute. He must have been travelling at the speed of light!
Congratulations on POTW, Kev. Just a shame non-one gets the pleasure of hearing you read them too.
Comment is about LEADER OF THE PACK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Boris seems to be a clown
I'm glad he is so far away
But he's a great yay Brexit boy
So Boris please stay in UK
Leading pack, will give you fun
Brighten up politic gloom
Whose to say what will come forth
Here comes Boris, for all it's worth
Spoken by a knowledgeable poet from a great distance...?
Comment is about LEADER OF THE PACK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 15th Jun 2019 08:07
You're right John, he's a clown...but he's OUR clown.
Comment is about LEADER OF THE PACK (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 15th Jun 2019 08:04
Now that IS scary Wayne and close to the knuckle!
Comment is about The Silent Scream (blog)
Original item by Wayne McLellan
Jason Bayliss
Sat 15th Jun 2019 20:30
Sounds like paradise.
J.
Comment is about ON A SICILIAN BEACH (blog)
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