You tell it like it is Louise.
Tommy

Comment is about This is me (blog)

Original item by Louise Clarke

Try doing the maths

Comment is about ISLAMOPHOBIA (blog)

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Can anyone spell out for me -how- one actually gets to 'pin a poem' on the map?
Thanking you in advance.
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Comment is about Mapping England and Wales with poetry - how you could be involved (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

It’s not weights I want to pump, Don.

Comment is about I MISS THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE (blog)

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Thank you d.k. for a potently positive poem. May their smiles sustain them through all sorrows. ><>

Comment is about School Photos (blog)

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Cheers. Don.

Comment is about Climbing out of a lie (blog)

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Hi Chris - Good read. I've found something on Uchtryd's Summer Place (a part of Wales I once walked) but who is Mariamé?
Go well
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Comment is about Uchtryd's Summer Place (blog)

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Beautifully done Chris. ><>

Comment is about The Summer Tree (blog)

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Keep at it Louise. It takes courage to reveal personal struggles on a public stage to an audience of strangers

Comment is about This is me (blog)

Original item by Louise Clarke

John I'd like to offer my
Advice from aging years
(You gotta catch these poems quick)
(Before they disappear...)

Down to tin tacks.....

John I hate to tell you
The body does wear out
With too much hanky-panky
Too much gadabout

I know you don't believe me
Think you're still virile, strong
That you can still bed down a lass
I'm sorry John, you're wrong

Accept your fate that nature gave
There's nothing you can do
(You could perhaps try pumping weights?)
Or bid your youth adieu ?

Comment is about I MISS THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Kevin,

Another gem for the book?? Brilliant

Keith

Comment is about Scared Of Spiders (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

I somehow missed this one - sorry.
it is such a brave poem, it has a ring of defiance about it - head high facing the world.
Dorothy

Comment is about What next? (blog)

Original item by Zia

I love waking up to a giggle - although this one has provoked a belly laugh - it is brilliant.

Thank you

Dorothy.

PS.

I hope poor Fred doesn't get jealous

Comment is about Scared Of Spiders (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Is Lemons a deliberate mistake John?

Comment is about Lemons on sale again (blog)

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Thanks again Jason and Don.
I think I'd go running for the hills from some of them Australian spiders, but the ones we get are quite harmless.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about Scared Of Spiders (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Thanks Jason and John.
Yes John, I'm doing this on at Well spoken next week. I do have another new one too, but then I'll have to regurgitate some of my old crap.
Enjoy your holiday, hope to see you in July.
Cheers Kevin

Comment is about The Lad With A Magpie Perched On His Head (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

I like this

Comment is about Climbing out of a lie (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

He wouldn't want to come to Australia
We specialize in spiders down here
For me? I just laugh at their antics
I'm not scared,(I just drink up my beer) ?

Comment is about Scared Of Spiders (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Congratulations Dorothy! I knew this was a winner for sure.

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thanks
and
Thanks

Comment is about Gardening (blog)

Original item by Lisa C Bassignani

And so would my missus!?

J.

Comment is about Scared Of Spiders (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Well I have to say it's about time,
You dropped in with some Aussie rhyme,
We all hope that you'll soon get well,
And recover from your falling spell.

J.?

Comment is about Why Has Our Aussie Stopped Posting? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

David you comments are always welcome. It is good to hear a point of view that has first hand experience of such situations. I cannot and would not pretend to be able to do so.
Thank you for you input in this and as you say if nothing else it may cause a talking point and therefore some further thoughts in the hearts and minds of others.
Thanks David

Comment is about How many tonight (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Ray and John

Thank you,
Your support and comments are important to me.

Thank you.
Dorothy

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

What a delightful piece of whimsy - with all the nuts and bolts hidden away too and, as d.K so spiffingly declaims, a web spun by a webb!

Well done Dorothy awfully well-penned!

John

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

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Thanks Martin--much appreciated )

Comment is about h-bomb (the singularity is here) (blog)

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Thanks MC. In truth, I am rather enjoying these privileged years.

Comment is about I MISS THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Nice work Dorothy. Finely drawn portrait . Congratulations!

Ray

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thanks to Robert, Jon, Mona, a fishamongmany and Kim for liking.


Thanks Dorothy for commenting. I feel the whole situation is rather sad. However my take on it was the songs were more songs of joy than lament. But I totally get what you are saying with regard to affluence and the appalling inequalities that abound.

Your comments are much appreciated.
Thanks again

Martin

Comment is about How many tonight (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

These entries from Stateside are always worth having - and this
is no exception.

Comment is about 'Each to his task in the quiet of the long familiar' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Rich and Jane.
Thank You both for commenting, such encouragement is heartwarming.

Dorothy

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Brian - thanks for the comment. There is some cause for wondering
about the "hows", the "whys" and the effects of this one-way situation.

Comment is about ISLAMOPHOBIA (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Sober, thoughtful - a measured reflection on times past. Well read
and clearly well felt, but having reached my mid-70s I can't identify
too much with the pessimism of the last lines - indeed, in some respects things are better than before. And nature will always reward
the ability to adapt to changing circumstances - mental, physical and
financial. Hang in there and relish each day as a challenge as well
as its own reward. ?

Comment is about I MISS THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Don
were you expecting room service, spoon feeding? Mmmmm.

Time to stand on your own two legs - even weight on both - and repair the ladder.

Dorothy

PS Nice to see the Aussie's on form.

Comment is about Why Has Our Aussie Stopped Posting? (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Congratulations Dorothy! A creativity poem deserving of poem of the week??? This poem takes the reader through a tale from start to finish with rhythm & rhyme...a wonderful read!

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Lovely poem Dorothy, well done.

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thanks Kev. I have to say that your poems are great but your eyesight’s poor.

Comment is about I MISS THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Fabulous stuff and nonsense again, Kev. On offer at Well Spoken? I’d miss it though as we’re on holiwags.

Comment is about The Lad With A Magpie Perched On His Head (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

John (you handsome devil) you're still all those things, but now you have the experience to make sense of it.

Comment is about I MISS THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

"The night passes amid parents singing worship songs"
what a sad hopeless picture that sums up

compare that to the affluence of Trump Towers and other 'palaces'
it sickens.

Dorothy

Comment is about How many tonight (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thank you, Martin
So many nice comments, i am overwhelmed, I shall have to go out and buy cake.


Dorothy

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Thank you Jon.

Trevor
Thank you for your comment - however, I have a confession to make, The butterfly (shock, horror) was not a peacock, it was a cabbage white, so my imagination was more imaginative than you imagined.

Dorothy

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

OOH! - Fish
You've made me go all over wobbly.

Thank you
Dorothy

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Peter and KJ.

Thank you for reading, commenting and supporting. I am grateful

Dorothy

PS.
KJ. give my love to Fred.

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Well John I guess we all miss the youth and vigour our earlier selves but apart from health, there must be some positives in getting on a bit, the younger generation I suppose. Great to see you still posting. P.

Comment is about John Coopey (poet profile)

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Thanks, Fish.

Comment is about I MISS THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

congratulations Dorothy well done

Comment is about The Poem of the Week is 'While the Blackbird Sings' by Dorothy Webb (article)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Love this Kevin, I think it's been said already but your style of writing is absolutely brilliant.

J.?

Comment is about The Lad With A Magpie Perched On His Head (blog)

Original item by kJ Walker

Well written;well read John C. 'Tis how 'tis ? ><>

Comment is about I MISS THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you Louise for this poem of yours. It's a flag of courage for the encouraging of us plodding pilgrims.
Go well, write more as and when you can.
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