<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 15th Jan 2019 19:17
It has become quite commonplace for fellow WOLers to describe pieces as 'strong', to the extent that the description has become almost meaningless. I rarely use the word, but when I do I am totally sincere.
You will have to go some way to find a stronger piece than this.
Comment is about Little boys bum (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
Thanks, P.O. and Tim.
The irony is that despite my having a grudging respect for her for trying to deliver this (which I oppose) in contrast to the double-dyed self-servers within her own party and The Invisible Man leading the Labour Party, I’m hoping for a massive defeat for her tonight, bringing the prospect of a 2nd vote one step nearer.
Comment is about THE RUNAWAY TRAIN (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
What a great read, funny and true yet scary to think what a few drinks could do. Well done ?
Comment is about Dry January (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Thank you for reading a part of me nigel ?
Much appreciated ?
Comment is about Lysa d (poet profile)
Original item by Lysa d
Tarnish not with the same brush is correct.. But because of some thy love is numb
And trust is the only issue....
For a place of comfort and feeling safe no longer lays in the home of god and has not since I was old enough to hear the troubles of many youth's.
My heart bleeds for those who suffered the abuse.
Faith in my god still stands as before whether I roam threw his door on earth
For he has giving me life trew birth ?..
Comment is about Little boys bum (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
Having started school in the very early 1950s I can with hindsight perfectly relate to this great piece by Julian Jordan.
Due to the recent world war anybody young, fit, and able had either been drafted into the services or was engaged in war work.
As a result the teacher shortage had been filled by bringing qualified people out of retirement.
All my teachers were easily in their seventies, which meant of course they started teaching during the reign of queen Victoria.....and didn't we know it !
Whipping, head slapping, ear pulling, knuckle-rapping with a wooden ruler etc, etc. Those women were the devil's spawn !
BUT WE SURVIVED ('though a couple of my friend's fathers never came back from the war)
Comment is about Severe Miss Gladstone (blog)
Original item by Poetry for schools
All wrong doings deserve a punishment, consequences are inevitable... But its not up to man kind to act in such way.. As much as we see fit
Two wrongs do not make a right...
I love my god and all his holly angels and I always choose to see the good in people yet really struggle to see good in those who live by the word of the lord any yet commit such horrible acts.. But forgiveness is key I suppose
Comment is about Little boys bum (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
By the sound of what you're seeming to say Tim
February 1 will see beer/whiskey float freely down you're throat
Glug glugging away like the bathwater
There's a problem I'm just about to float
Absence of a month will then cause you
(Didn't your mates tell you this?)
A far greater hangover than verse one
I'd give up now, Tim, go on the piss. ?
Maybe stay off the whiskey.....
Comment is about Dry January (blog)
Original item by Tim Ellis
Big Sal
Tue 15th Jan 2019 14:45
I could sense the emotional output behind these lines, Lisa. Whatever people on WOL will tell you, always remember that this piece deserves to be read and disseminated and not condemned.
You did extremely well with conjuring a quite profound and disturbing enough image that the thought of eye-for-an-eye sounds more and more appealing by the second.
But alas, you spoke of hoping for divine punishment so you don't have to. That has to be my favorite line of this piece. Isn't that what most humble people would hope for? For the offending predator to get hit by a bus so their children would not go without a parent?
I like to think so. Very well done.??
Comment is about Little boys bum (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
Thanks for your like on Just another dip into Paradise
I loved going through your Biography and the way the pen took control of not just your mind but took over every inch of your body WoW!
Comment is about Lysa d (poet profile)
Original item by Lysa d
Big Sal
Tue 15th Jan 2019 14:35
Have you ever read one of my poems? I'm curious because I know you read my comments, and with no profile picture I can't tell if you're a spambot that came to life and developed a sense of humor, or if you're messing with me. . . .
Stop messing with me!!!?
But do keep writing.
Comment is about d.knape (poet profile)
Original item by d.knape
Thanks for that Big Sal
Just the kind of effect I wanted Brian
I will put your name forward Po but no promises to getting you in!
Comment is about Another Dip into Paradise (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
<Deleted User> (21291)
Tue 15th Jan 2019 14:21
A very bold confession....you know who u r, nd proud of urself.
Loved the flow in the poem, n the rhyme?
Comment is about Just for fun (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
dk, you're vacant space is great
You're head, it shows your care
Look after, treasure, watcha got
Some day it won't be there ?
Comment is about Inner Space (blog)
Original item by d.knape
This made me laugh. You must have cleverer sheep downunder than we do here in England!
Comment is about Our Sheep Are Clever. We Teach Them the ABC (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Nicely appropriate poem for me because I’m just about to fire up my own chainsaw and spend the afternoon doing some coppicing for a customer. I can tell you do a lot of this work too. Well described!
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Potential’ by Rich (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
M.C. Newberry thank you ?
Why be modest?
When I can be honest!!
Singing my own praise
For all of my days.
I like blown my trumpet ?
Something I was not once use to.
And now I hold a degree for major conductory. ?
FA LA LA LA LAAAA " LA LA LA LAAA
HAHA ????
Its really ok to throw yourself the odd bokay ?
Comment is about Just for fun (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
It is such a heart touching poem.. ?
Comment is about Eternal mind (blog)
Original item by Pip Thomas
Ha - entertaining stuff.
You are many things,
That much I got;
But a silent voice sings
"Modest...I'm not". ?
Comment is about Just for fun (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
I recall Teddy Roosevelt advocating "speak softly and carry a big
stick".. Today's president could use a similar strategy. But, harking
back to Ronald "Evil Empire" Reagan, there may be "method in his
madness".
Comment is about The Big Red, White and Blue Dick (blog)
Original item by Jared Harris
Thanks Po. You do have a way with words my new found friend! Music to a starved soul's ears. The subject is my muse's hot button. Someone pushed it with their uppity prose and that poem spewed out right away!
Comment is about Write Anyway (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
I love poems that make you think about ethereal things and our perception of reality. Thanks for sharing!
Comment is about Perception (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Are you sure this was not written by the Leader of the Free World? Good Poem.
Keith
Comment is about The Big Red, White and Blue Dick (blog)
Original item by Jared Harris
Hahaha
po that made me giggle alot thank you ?
Comment is about Just for fun (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
Congratulations, Rich.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Potential’ by Rich (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Tue 15th Jan 2019 04:29
Being married
is like living in a cell-
only the warden/wife
has the key.
wink.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Tue 15th Jan 2019 04:18
retired people have learned
the best lesson
there is no more important thing
than Time.
Comment is about Trevor Alexander (poet profile)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
I gotta make some comment
dk in Aussie rhyme
Or else you will be wondering
Where has he gone this time?
This bloody blogslide moves so fast
I sometimes miss your verse
Admittedly I like naps
Wake up, sorry, curse ?
Comment is about Tomorrow Never Comes (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Thankyou for all your comments and likes on one of my serious pieces.
Brian - you are correct. We all have some impact on our environment. And yes, behaviours can be changed. And yes, fashion and what is 'cool/uncool' can be used to bring about desirable changes.
Good points raised. B
MC - I'm embarrassed. Gotta go clean the detritus from my car floor. No butts or tissues though ?
Your Suggestion that potty training/lack of could be a precurser to this attitude is an interesting and serious one one could explore
Comment is about I Just Don't Give a Fuck (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
May the gods of peace and love bless your soul Po! Your support of aspiring poets is admirable and appreciated. ?
Comment is about My Dopamine (blog)
Original item by Vautaw
Very true sal... And thank you po ?
Comment is about Poor me ' poor you ' poor us (blog)
Original item by Lysa d
Definitely rant material, and I heartily concur. We still live in a throw-away society unfortunately. And that applies to both resources and people.
Comment is about I Just Don't Give a Fuck (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
A complex subject that I struggle with, and any number of responses possible.
If it's important enough to us, we'll find a way to do it.
But there's quite a few items on bucket lists that should have been done when younger and fitter, so they don't get done. There's loads of places I'd like to have seen 'live', but I couldn't manage the journey nowadays.
And there's some cloud-cuckoo dreams that we'd never really do, so we 'rationalise' them away with procrastination. Like the Spanish and their talk of mañana, but I was born in Ireland, and we aren't as hasty as that.
Then maybe we shouldn't think so much about what we haven't done, and more about what we have done. And write about it.
All in all, a thought-provoking write. ?
Comment is about Tomorrow Never Comes (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Big Sal
Mon 14th Jan 2019 23:03
I like how you chopped and omitted unnecessary words to form a free-flowing poem which ebbed as well as it flowed in rhythmic imagery.
Nicely done, Nigel.?
Comment is about Another Dip into Paradise (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Big Sal
Mon 14th Jan 2019 23:01
Didn't I once see Julian Jordan speak Polish to Anya?
Do it, Julian, represent!?
Comment is about Call for a bilingual Polish and a bilingual Chinese poet (article)
Original item by Julian Jordon
<Deleted User> (16837)
Mon 14th Jan 2019 22:56
Sad reality in many cases. When hope dies everything else just does not matter. Mercy killing is just not the solution, as i think.
Soul stirring poem. 100/100.
Comment is about Waiting for peace (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Thank you Martin! I particularly enjoy writing poetry to music and reciting it to make them both intertwine...Poetry...Song...I don’t mind pushing those boundaries from time to time...Although, to me, with or without music by its side, it is still heartfelt poetry...
Comment is about Isolation (blog)
Original item by Xoanxo
Jane Lucas
Mon 14th Jan 2019 21:42
Hope he is made Poet Laureate. As a teacher, I saw how his poems spoke to all ages and abilities.
Comment is about Simon Armitage awarded Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
<Deleted User> (18965)
Mon 14th Jan 2019 21:13
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 14th Jan 2019 19:41
I believe we should be able to choose the time of our departure. I don't want to have an undignified end.
Comment is about Waiting for peace (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Such a touching yet heartbreaking poem of utter truth.. Well done ?
Comment is about Waiting for peace (blog)
Original item by David Gabriel Caplan
Excellent piece of writing Don. Powerful sentiments indeed. This is the kind of voice we need, I mean it.
Thank you for writing this.
Mae
Comment is about I Just Don't Give a Fuck (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 14th Jan 2019 17:21
I got a bit over-excited towards the end...
Comment is about Another Dip into Paradise (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Lovely stuff, earthy yet sensitive, and lovingly described. Well potted Jennifer!
Ray
Comment is about Murray (blog)
Original item by Jennifer Malden
Your method is always to expound and expand until every possible connotation is complete Peter, and in doing so we are entranced by the poetic mind you have. You seem to have infinite patience with material, and I am at the opposite end of that, with just flourishes to make suggestions. It is so intriguing to see other like minds with different techniques.
The magic of dawns and sunsets aah!
Ray.
Comment is about WALKING AT SUNRISE (blog)
Original item by Peter Taylor
Hello everyone! Sorry I won't be at WOL this evening: things have been a bit hectic and I'm shattered! The spirit is willing, flesh is weak etc etc!!! Have a great evening! Love D x
Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)
Original item by Stockport WoL
lisa donohoe
Tue 15th Jan 2019 20:13
Strong indeed brian, passion behind the words I speak.. I will never understand how a man of god can tolerate such behavior let alone be apart of it... It baffles me.
A normal rapist ' child molester gets sent to prison and yet the so called holy man gets sent to homes that are full of unattended children..
I do know' not all are the same but when you read of the hundreds its so hard to see whos to blame when the majority all act the same.. Is it just catholics? Who knows but they hold the bar up high and yet believe they earned a right to live in the sky.. Hmmmm!!! ????
Comment is about Little boys bum (blog)
Original item by Lysa d