Of all the lunatics in the world today, yours is the best rant of them all!😀

Comment is about I Might Be a Lunatic. (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

Love this piece Tommy.
‘I think of her push and shove laugh’
and
‘Crawled into each others wet laugh’

Brilliant!, G

Comment is about Waiting... (blog)

Original item by Tommy Carroll

Thank you Hélène.
It's just that the bits of my body that do bounce, shouldn't, and the bits that shouldn't bounce, do.
😐

Comment is about Gracefully (blog)

Original item by Hélène

I've got a drawer full of half-pairs, and speed is now out of the question!😉

Comment is about Socks (blog)

Original item by Irfan Virk

No, you’re not the last, Eduardo.
My mark on a piece of paper, be it in congratulation or condolence, and wobbly though it might now be, is heartfelt; it has an authenticity, a human touch; its origins date right back to our ancestors' first marks on the walls of that cave up on the moors. Ugg, ugg I say!

Comment is about The Last Romantic (blog)

Original item by Eduardo

Thanks, Tobani.
You are no lunatic; as Jesus is reported to have said: “No prophet is accepted in his own country”(Luke 4:24).

Comment is about I Might Be a Lunatic. (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

Wed 16th Dec 2009 10:49
Quote Francine🙂

Comment is about Francine (poet profile)

Original item by Francine

Thank you Aisha and Auracle for the likes.

Comment is about Memories of the 1970s (Music Fans) (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

That is clever! haha

Comment is about Farewell (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

It's a tough one Branwell. I would comply with the guy's request, then go back later and do the opposite.

Comment is about Farewell (blog)

Original item by branwell kent

Thank YOU Stephen for your heart-felt appreciation. The speaker of the poem is my lovely mum who left us in 2022.

Comment is about ....early onset (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you Stephen and Tim for the likes.

Comment is about Memories of the 1970s (Music Fans) (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

Thanks for sharing your experience Uilleam and your additional comments.

It is indeed a sorry state of affairs that patriotism for some has come to represent hostility to anyone who is not them.

David.

Comment is about Poplars in November (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

'dust is for drawing hearts' AMEN!

Comment is about Gracefully (blog)

Original item by Hélène

🎇🎆💖

Comment is about Fire-Breathing Dance Of Love (blog)

Original item by Larisa Rzhepishevska

I'm glad we're all using our poetic gifts&talents now;

For the benefit of Earth and Humanity.

Thank you for engaging with the Community

Comment is about She Shall Return (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Oh yes, nature teaches a master class in the falsehoods of control

Comment is about She Shall Return (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Thank you, David.

The poplars of France’s Somme Valley and its surrounding landscape, provide vivid and piognant memories for me.

Over twenty-four years ago, as part of a much longer backpacking trip to the south and the sun, I’d started off at Calais, with the intention of walking through the Somme Valley, to camp “wild” wherever I could, with the purpose of practicing frugality, and to better understand the landscape with which the “War Poets” were intimately familiar.

Though extremely fit, I was a fair-weather wallker, and ill-prepared for the devastating floods which then hit northern Europe. But, despite everything, and due to the kindness of complete strangers, I never lacked a safe bed, and was always well fed.

The beer-bellied populist charlatans in the UK currently strutting the streets of the UK, gobbing off about “patriotism” make me utterly sick; they’re a disgrace to the memory of those who experienced the living hell which was the Valley of the Somme.
💗

Comment is about Poplars in November (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Thanks for your comment Uilleam - See you on the front line comrade ✌️
Thanks for likes: Stephen G, Larisa, Red Brick Keshner, Tobani / Nataiella, Tim, Auracle & K. Lynn. 👍

Comment is about Revolution Is In The Air (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Thanks Stephen, one might indeed!
I don’t know the Rollright Stones, but if as you say, Uilleam, one has gone missing it wasn’t me guv…

Comment is about Chipping Away (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

Musk is by far the most dangerous!
Wealth and power gone wrong.

Comment is about Disruptors (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

Thanks Tim, for that your description of Mother Nature.
We Homo (not very Sapiens) in our arrogance, imagine ourselves to be in control. On Sunday, I, proudly sporting my fresh “number one” haircut ventured over the elevated terrain of East Lancashire without the protection of a woolly hat. Brrrr…Stupid boy! Gaia will be kicking our backsides with a vengeance if we don’t respect her.

Comment is about She Shall Return (blog)

Original item by Tim Higbee

Indescribably moving, John. I knew someone this happened to.
You have captured it in a very special way.
Thank you so much for this wonderful poem.

Comment is about ....early onset (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you for the messages and likes.

Remembrance in the United Kingdom is an event that attracts genuine heartfelt emotion and solemn gratitude.

For me remembrance is a time of conflicting emotions, it is often hi-jacked by charlatans of multiple political persuasions as a tool to wave the flag of nationalism disguised as some kind of patriotic duty.

Of course the words Nationalism and Patriotism can be utilised and interpretted as having multiple meanings.

When I see Politicians and Royalty standing in front of service veterans and thier relatives I always believe they should be standing to the rear.

Enough of me.

Thankyou.

David

Comment is about Poplars in November (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

A warm shout-out for the likes, folks. Ta.

Comment is about ONE CAN DREAM (ON A GOOD DAY) (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

Thank you Tom for your lovely comment.

Comment is about Memories of the 1970s (Music Fans) (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

Excellent, RA. A chip off the old...block, one might say.

Comment is about Chipping Away (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

A comprehensive nostalgic trip down musical memory lane. Nice one. 👍

Comment is about Memories of the 1970s (Music Fans) (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

Chipping David Norton.
So that’s how one of the Rollright Stones disappeared!

Comment is about Chipping Away (blog)

Original item by R A Porter

@Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh I love your view! Sometimes, I also get frustrated with certain media, especially when they present news that sways public opinion negatively, and I often hear there’s manipulation behind it. This was also evident during the early days of the Gaza genocide in October 2023, where several media outlets spread a lot of propaganda. Sometimes, I wonder if many people have lost their sanity nowadays; there’s so much we can’t trust, and the media is one of them. We really have to be cautious in getting information, or else our minds will be affected, and we might end up in trouble ourselves.

Comment is about “Welcome to the Show!” (blog)

Original item by Yanma Hidayah

Cheers Rick.
Here's to shell suits.

Comment is about Tony the Tortoise (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Thanks RBK.
stand firm we will!

Comment is about Together With Heavy Hearts (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

Thank you Rolph.
Of course we, lesser mortals, who are mere grist in the mill of their ambitions, are taught to grovel in admiration and envy at what such as he acheived through alleged "Hard Work".

Comment is about A Game of Ambition, Part I (blog)

Original item by Rolph David

Yanma,
I have been doing my bit to support independent journalism for a couple of years. Now I never listen to or watch the mainstream media; and I don’t buy my local rag or national newspapers, which are only fit for loo roll.
Also, when in the car, listening to my favourite classical music programs etc. I turn off the news, because it’s just a stream of cut and paste, biased laughingly called “journalists” who spout unquestioning, complacent and incompetent claptrap.

Comment is about “Welcome to the Show!” (blog)

Original item by Yanma Hidayah

Shaun, I want to send you my huge congratulations; firstly, for the success of your tour; secondly, for your tenacity and quiet diplomacy - in the face of such difficult challenges - in pursuing your dream and passion, getting your poetry out into the world. I say 'tenacity' because I know just how long you have been working at this project, since those earliest days at The Tudor, which wasn't the most accessible stage, though was a supportive audience.
Huge respect.
Julian

Comment is about Accessibility? Must do better. Shaun Fallows looks back on his Arts Council-funded poetry tour (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks! 😀 And welcome 😃

Comment is about ONE CAN DREAM (ON A GOOD DAY) (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

Ah, if only experience brought wisdom to all hearts. What a good, or at least better, world this might be.

Comment is about in the mirror (blog)

Original item by Red Brick Keshner

That's very kind of you so say so, Auracle! Oh, for more praise like yours. Cheers!

Comment is about ONE CAN DREAM (ON A GOOD DAY) (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

@Graham Sherwood @Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh, I agree; your point truly resonates. Doesn’t this also mean that our collective awareness and solidarity are more important than ever? If more people understood the impact of the military-industrial complex and supported independent journalism, perhaps we could start making gradual changes. But, to be honest, I’ve reached a point where my heart cries out every time my fingers have to 'like' a post showing the shattered bodies of babies. A year has passed, and I’ve done nothing but like posts, just to keep the algorithm from letting Gaza disappear. I will always support them, yet my inability leaves me feeling conflicted. I hope Gaza will gain freedom soon.

Comment is about “Welcome to the Show!” (blog)

Original item by Yanma Hidayah

Thank you Graham for the comment and like, Thank you Auracle for the like.

Comment is about When We Were Boys (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

"A cruel show, yet none can halt it".

One phone call could halt it-if we took to the streets in sufficient numbers.

But the might of the military industrial complex ensures that that our leaders carry on killing with impunity, the truth being supressed, as journalists are persecuted on totally spurious grounds on behalf of the Genocide Enablers' agenda.

Comment is about “Welcome to the Show!” (blog)

Original item by Yanma Hidayah

If only, Tom...a revolution of hearts and minds, woke to the fascism of corporate injustice and greed.

Comment is about Revolution Is In The Air (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Amazing.

Reads like a poet owning its poetry.

And that's amazing!

Comment is about ONE CAN DREAM (ON A GOOD DAY) (blog)

Original item by Martin Peacock

Haha! Those endless carefree days!!

Comment is about When We Were Boys (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

If only! If only?

Comment is about “Welcome to the Show!” (blog)

Original item by Yanma Hidayah

Thankyou John,

Your comment's are much appreciated.

David

Comment is about Poplars in November (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Thank you Yamna for the like

Comment is about When We Were Boys (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

With 5000 miners and an equal number of police, and feelings running high, there was only ever going to be a violent outcome.

Comment is about Orgreave (Truth & Justice) [song version] (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley

Thank you Tom for the like

Comment is about God`s Gift to Us. (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

Thanks Ian.
Sorry, but Truth and Justice in the UK are a joke; the forces of law and order are now beholden to foreign powers.

Comment is about Orgreave (Truth & Justice) [song version] (blog)

Original item by Ian Whiteley