Taking small moments from childhood and expanding them into these larger thoughts and ideas is a really beautiful way to get a point across.
Comment is about Baking Soda (blog)
Original item by Paris Tate
Thank you. I don't normally write stuff like this but something just brought back an old memory today and I'm not ashamed to say, a little tear to the eye. My grandad served from 1939 to 1946 and had a wicked sense of humour in both senses of the word. But the thought of a comfy chair right next to a warm stove in a quiet kitchen will always make me smile.?
Comment is about Chatting By The Stovetop (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thank you Po. The secret ingredient is in the Audio.
Thanks Keith. I'm pleased to say I do stay positive - but in this case as the audio reveals, I am playing with the idea of the juxtaposition of two meanings of the same word. Not the realm of life expectancy as such. Those symptoms you mention are reason enough for scurrying to the NHS with medals for bravery.
Thank you Mark for that observation. I was being the sort of person you daren't meet in a waiting room for fear of an expected overload of sympathy and a complete lapse of confidence.
David, many a true word spoken in jest. I thought your request for the lawn mower was rather cutting. Incidentally, my life policy ran out some time ago.
Thanks Dorothy for taking me seriously !
Lovely to have your likes: Anya, Marcin, Vautaw and Jason.
Ray
Comment is about POSITIVE (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Thank you both. A very welcome and encouraging response. It was a pensive piece, and I lived it out through the best of eyes.
Thanks too readers with ticks. Frances, Rachel, Jon, Sofia and Po.!
Ray
Comment is about THROUGH THE GATES (blog)
Original item by ray pool
I like your poem Amanda - - -
False is the image of the friends that don't exist.
Comment is about Amanda Steel (poet profile)
Original item by Amanda Steel
That, my friend is a beautiful piece of work. I've said it before and I'll say it again, there's a real, captivating honesty in your poems that for me, is just priceless.
Favourite line: welcomed, with open arms, the comfort of her own charms.
Just plain beautiful! x
Comment is about Ready ;-) (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
A very appealing idea - the mixture of practicality and poetry combining to ease our afflictions. There is strong evidence to
support the belief that music works with mental health so why not
the flow of words and ideas deftly designed and dispensed?
I recall an appeal on Indiegogo (to which I subscribed) for funds
to set up a poetry shop here in London that didn't seem to materialise
and I wish this project every success in putting this idea to use AND
injecting new life into a fine old high street shop premises in need
of some TLC in a beautiful part of England.
Comment is about 'I believe that poetry can help in so many ways with good mental health': Emergency Poet Deborah Alma (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks, KJ. I'm currently completing a sea-shanty style version of
my previously published poem "Down By The Mewstone" which I
will try to upload here in the near future.
Comment is about AN IRISH REJOICING - song (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
A lovely, summary of the greatest journey ?
Comment is about C'est La Vie (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Proving that good things can come in small packages!
Comment is about C'est La Vie (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks Po. Yes, chocolate overflow. That and poetry made for a good V day! ?
Comment is about Stupid Cupid (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
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Strength in numbers..
This was a great read
Thank you ?
Comment is about Strong And Silent (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
Thanks Po, that means a lot ?
Comment is about Airstrike From The Eleventh Density (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
THe sense of wonder coupled with the explicit brevity makes this a captivating poem; you somehow manage to blend the intangible with beauty.
Ray
Comment is about distant history (blog)
Original item by nunya
Jean Sheridan
Fri 15th Feb 2019 09:58
This is my idea of poetry, John! Jean xx
Comment is about Whose life is it, anyway? Writing poetry about real people (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thank you for your comments, Frances and Kate.
Thank you to Anya, Vautaw and Jason for the likes.
Comment is about Gentle caress (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
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Fri 15th Feb 2019 08:28
This floated weightlesly into my psyche and left me sad but uplifted. Lovely John.
Comment is about Gentle caress (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
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Fri 15th Feb 2019 08:26
Hi Vautaw - Thanks for FEEDback & tasty comments. T?
Comment is about My Love is Like a Crème Brûlée (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Fri 15th Feb 2019 07:40
Thanks for the like Guy
All the best des
Comment is about limpet (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Fri 15th Feb 2019 07:38
Thanks for the like Damon
All the best des
Comment is about Ochre (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Fri 15th Feb 2019 07:35
Thank you for the comments Keith much appreciated. Thank you Damon and Jon for the likes
All the beast des
Comment is about The red wood (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
Great fun. You really should do more like this. I've never been to Ireland, but now I'm wanting to give it a visit.
Cheers Kevin
Comment is about AN IRISH REJOICING - song (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Frances Macaulay Forde
Fri 15th Feb 2019 01:34
Suddenly craving Crème brûlée. Delicious poem Tom. Thanks for sharing! ?
Comment is about My Love is Like a Crème Brûlée (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thanks guys I have read this in public and it took a great deal of practice to nail it. Thank you for your comments, David glad to bring beauty into your breakfast cereal.
Comment is about Bach (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
Heart melting. A beautiful gift. I hope your special woman sees it! Happy Valentine’s Day! ?
Comment is about SPECIAL WOMAN (blog)
Original item by Ty
No small achievement this Phil. It would be quite demanding to read in the right way to an audience, a challenge. A great idea, almost a Bach invention in itself. Talking of him, I bought a Jacques Loussier CD recently. Quite stylistic in its time.
Nice one . Ray
Comment is about Bach (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.
Absolutely loved it...
Your poem's hold such meaning and many reader's can resonant with the words you speak..
This was brilliant, keep them coming my friend ?
Comment is about The Silent Word (blog)
Original item by Jason Bayliss
I agree Do. Thank you. ? Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️
Comment is about Echoes of Life (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Hi Dorothy - Thank you for my award. Happy Valentine's Day. ?
Comment is about My Love is Like a Crème Brûlée (blog)
Original item by Tom Doolan
Thanks Kaelan, a good answer. Keep posting as I enjoy your work. It has an originality about it. Thanks Keith
Comment is about Spine Fire (Instructions For Survivors Of Kundalini) (blog)
Original item by Kealan Coady
Hi Ray,
Thanks for your kind words once more. Had to read up on this flowering cactus before writing the poem. Having a beer outside the hotel in Sitges (closed down now for being old-fashioned) which I was fond of.
Comment is about QUEEN OF THE NIGHT (blog)
Original item by john short
A great parallel for those who chase after money. Good poem. Thank you for this. Keith
Comment is about Bee Lines (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Desmond, powerful words of retribution but well said. Keith
Comment is about The red wood (blog)
Original item by DESMOND CHILDS
steven arthur
Thu 14th Feb 2019 16:25
thanks for thinking so john!
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Win Sum’ by Steven Arthur (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
The eagerness of politicians - past and present - to place this country
at the beck and call of a committee of political devising and to agree
to our Queen being a "citizen of the EU" wiil undoubtedly be one
of the most shameful episodes of this country's long history..
Comment is about No Trust (blog)
Original item by Wendy Higson
Gents (you know who you are) - thanks for the "likes". This was fun
to compose, helped by an old Irish family connection.
MC
Comment is about AN IRISH REJOICING - song (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Well-deployed historical and cultural references give this piece real polish.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Win Sum’ by Steven Arthur (article)
Original item by Stuart Buck
Lord Goldenjoy and Sir Redraw salute you dear boy!
Comment is about Lord Goldenjoy verses Sir Redraw (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
One for Valentine's day. You can decide for yourself whether or not this is a love poem. 'American Girl' was originally published in Strix Issue 3 last year.
Comment is about American Girl (blog)
Original item by Joe Williams
Thu 14th Feb 2019 13:02
A spider patiently waits and waits
to see what comes to take the bait,
when caught in trap, it's victim hates
that curiosity drew it to its fate.
wink.
Comment is about Jennifer Malden (poet profile)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Thu 14th Feb 2019 12:45
we are alike
aging rock stars
and old poets
born to create
something out of air
words or music
keeps coming
we cannot stop.
Comment is about Aging Rock Stars (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thu 14th Feb 2019 12:42
Aging Rock Stars and old poets
must keep on doing what they are doing-
The act of Creating drives the human spirit.
Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)
Original item by keith jeffries
raypool
Fri 15th Feb 2019 21:12
Thanks for sharing this Phil. It has that essential quality that examines the deep questions on a personal level, and rides on a knife edge, obviously desperately painful but with a creative urge expressed, and thus enabling us to reflect as near as we can on a glimpse of the unbearable.
Ray
Comment is about Life and death the only real question. (blog)
Original item by mentalelf. Philk.