<Deleted User> (19913)
Tue 18th Dec 2018 04:06
I felt like I met him too. Could almost smell the nicotine on his fingers.
Loved it Rick, well done.
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘To Life (full colour version)’ by Rick (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Very good dk. Leads one from a negative to a positive..?
Comment is about Muddy Water (blog)
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Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 00:43
The darkest of seasons and the gloomiest of days. The title is great and the substance does not disappoint.?
Comment is about Winter Sundays (blog)
Original item by AM Cash
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 00:38
I always find it ironic during the Christmas season when I see insurance companies and companies try and sell us the idea of a 'charitable capitalism', something from an Edward Bernays wet dream.
You see them sponsor the homeless, the beaten, the children, and then as soon as the holiday disperses so too does their funding and spotlight.
If it does not benefit a company to market it, they refuse to do it. Then you have the foolhardy, capitalist missionaries that like to remind you, "Well there's nothing wrong with that." and "That's the way of business."
Funny thing is, people have already learned how to do business without destroying the planet in the process and all the people living on it, but it is much more profitable to do it the dirty way. But oh there's nothing wrong with that!!! They paid their taxes. The homeless and immigrants had it coming.
Jesus, it IS easy to play the blame game when someone is sitting on a pile of cash pulling even a single string to their own quartet. That is why I enjoy your poetry, Eve, as it is more thought provoking than the vast majority that comes on here, and definitely more conversation worthy. It's just those that don't agree like to pick their poison, but they won't be the ones testing to see how bitter that pill is.?
Comment is about This Christmas (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 00:28
The omnipresence is choking.
Well done, David.??
Comment is about God Is No Man (blog)
Original item by David Irvine
Big Sal
Tue 18th Dec 2018 00:26
Thanks, Po.
MC and myself disagree fundamentally over this issue but we remain respectful.
Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
MC thank you for noting the squirrels
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Big Sal
Mon 17th Dec 2018 23:06
For being so concise it had the feeling of a making of a rhythm.?
Comment is about Skinny Dipping (blog)
Original item by Mae Foreman
Big Sal
Mon 17th Dec 2018 23:05
<Deleted User> (16099)
Mon 17th Dec 2018 18:49
Mon 17th Dec 2018 18:20
Texas! we still use horses and saddle bags!
wink.
Comment is about M.C. Newberry (poet profile)
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<Deleted User> (19836)
Mon 17th Dec 2018 18:15
Well done Hugh!!! Something to think about when passing a homeless soul on street. Lend a helping hand, not just this holiday season but always, because homelessness shows no mercy...it can strike anyone at anytime!?
Comment is about Homelessness ! A plight to fight. (blog)
Original item by hugh
Mon 17th Dec 2018 18:13
thanks Martin the Elder for your comments on "Mail".
That's about it. ?
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
I concur with everything that has been said, MC. How it is not POTW I'll never know.
Just a thought - fancy setting it to music?
Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Hi Brian, from what I have seen seeking asylum is a lottery, it often depends where your lorry stops,boat docks or your plane touches down first. I do know, however, that we used to be a country made great by our mongrel genes who were known for fair and humane treatment of those seeking asylum (often from wars and situations our Govts policies had a hand in creating). I know there is no magic wand we can wave to sort this situation fast but I do feel we can all reflect on the fact that if the Global North keeps pursuing financial activities that damage the climate and economies of the Global South this movement of people will continue and we may end up making half of our beautiful earth uninhabitable in the bargain. Thanks as always for reading what lots of others will find "indigestible".
Comment is about This Christmas (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Brian Blanchard
Mon 17th Dec 2018 17:41
Lovely Mark. Having never been there, I can still picture it as I believe many have taken a similar stroll down their own lane, and hopefully reached as comforting a resolution! A nice message at this time of year.
Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Brilliant Randy . Is this one you have read recently
Comment is about Another Train Song (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
MC- What we have now is a consequence of what we voted for. And Alan is quite right - there never was a plan on “Leave”. Self-publicists like Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Davies, even Gove have played you like a fiddle and all to position themselves for their own gain. I too would be angry if I were in your shoes. As it is, I have the luxury of being sanctimonious.
Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
The comments about being in hock to the USA leave me smiling -
with family over there following WW2 and who are only too ready
to support an England that has the nerve and commitment that
served us in braver times than now.
The EU loves to call itself "Europe". I suggest you check when
they last displayed any interest in the PEOPLES of the countries of Europe and their hopes and wishes, And have a look at the words
of a founding father of the "project" who set out how it would work
without the "peoples" being aware of what was intended. If that is
your idea of something worth being part of, then count me out and
point me towards the rest of the world while the "project" led by its
Franco-German aliiance seeks to keep its floundering ship - the SS Deceit - afloat.
Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks you guys and thanks for making this night of poetry one to remember!
Comment is about Festive Fuel For Thought (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Congratulations, Rick
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘To Life (full colour version)’ by Rick (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 17th Dec 2018 14:54
Hi Eve - I live in a safe, free country and always feel sympathy for those that don't and seek safety elsewhere. Obviously I don't know anything about the man in question other than what you have said in your piece, but I would ask how many safe, free, Christian countries he crossed to get to the UK. I'm not being flippant...just questioning whether he wants safety or whether he wants the UK?
Comment is about This Christmas (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Well said John. Trouble was that the people who wanted us out of Europe a) didn't think about the consequences and b) didn't want the job of deciding what to do next and slunk off to their sheds.
Now what we have is an almighty cock-up which will leave us in hock to the USA if we don't look out. How many years do you give it before the NHS is stolen from us, like the Post Office etc.etc.?
Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Oh I like this one. A poem for all of us old has-beens, better than a never-was perhaps, but still sad. Not long now, the even older train will call for us, and this one will stop.
Cheers, Alan
Comment is about Another Train Song (blog)
Original item by Randy Horton
Big Sal
Mon 17th Dec 2018 13:35
A mantra well worth repeating.?
Comment is about Its better to move on (blog)
Original item by Bindu Trigunayak
Big Sal
Mon 17th Dec 2018 13:34
Big Sal
Mon 17th Dec 2018 12:58
Great imagery.?
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘To Life (full colour version)’ by Rick (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Thank You people. I wrote this some time ago but nothing happened then - either.
The interesting thing is that nobody ever suggests that filling the oceans with plastic and using up the resources of the planet is a GOOD THING - they just go ahead letting it happen.
You can't blame the poor sods on the bread line, all they want is a decent living. The problem is the bastards who want the whole world for themselves and are quite happy to steal it and will kill anybody who gets in their way.
Comment is about Escape velocity (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
Ghazala, so pleased you looked back on this - mostly triggered by the armistice day. Thank you.
Ray
Comment is about REMEMBERING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Ghazala, thanks for looking back to this - it is quite a sight to see a field of lavender, spectacular! All the best to you.
Ray
Comment is about LAVENDER FIELDS FOREVER (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Martin, Ray, David and Big Sal, thank you very much for your comments. Always much appreciated.
Comment is about Lark song (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Dear Brian, that is what i was trying to say..may be I was not able to interpret it fully..Money has controlled us in every means..yeah for sure it gives security..but we are scanty of it,we cant even enjoy the happy moments of life to the fullest..today the value of money is like anything..if we want to lead a happy life with every resources without compromising anything with our comfort..we have to have plenty of money in hand...
Comment is about Money is controlling our life (blog)
Original item by Bindu Trigunayak
<Deleted User> (18980)
Mon 17th Dec 2018 09:47
Shades of Lionel Shriver...
...we need to talk about Don.
Comment is about Cogitate (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
The government can’t be held to blame for 17m people telling them to build a submarine made of cheese. They can be held to blame for trying to build one rather than telling the people not to be so stupid.
https://www.facebook.com/john.coopey/posts/2032728783463239?notif_id=1544568321842827¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic
Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This is so true and wickedly written:
unless we have the things and the gadgets
we need for the things that need cleaning
With the other gadgets.
lol
We want...We NEED...We want some more...so we can need ever more...For a culture so bloated on consumption, we sure are underfed on morals and values.
Comment is about Escape velocity (blog)
Original item by Alan Travis Braddock
Dang...deep write. You had me going from the start...I was thinking somebody was dying of cancer or something. Never thought of that...
Comment is about ‘Transfixed’ (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
This is so real and I relate on levels that I wish didn't even exist.
Beautiful, thought provoking and well-penned.
Comment is about Trials and Tears (blog)
Original item by VHH
The comments are appreciated - thank you. The Devon lane is a
real place from my past - in the South Hams between Dartmouth and Salcombe.
Comment is about DEVON LANE (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Ask why the European Communities Act wasn't immediately repealed by Parliament when the result of the referendum was known, with the initiative with the government to put forward
proposals from the "people's power" point of view. Then ask if
the problem is actually Brexit OR those in Parliament who have led
us down the EU garden path and still want us there.
Remainers loath leaving
The EU - like grieving
For a mummy that guides them
But always over-rides them.
Brexit didn't suit
So they don't give a hoot
They're kids needing nannies
To wipe their little fannies
As long as they do
What the nannies tell them to..
........................................................
Comment is about AND SO THIS IS BREXIT (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
beautiful poem Jon. Thanks for posting
Comment is about Lark song (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
I assume that this is your song. I love the style of music and the video. I am a big fan of interpretive dance.
Love it Robert
Comment is about Thank You (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
I think that probably summed up the evening Nigel , but none the less a good night
Nice one mate
Comment is about Festive Fuel For Thought (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Ah terry nappies I remember them well soaking in buckets prior to going through the washing machine. what fun!. though a whole lot better than disposables
Comment is about RECYCLING (blog)
Original item by ray pool
beauty can be found at any time
If you can stay clear headed
enough to find it
Which we can't....and avoid all the diversions and cul de sacs....which we also can't.
This interior monologue moves smoothly to dump us back at the beginning of a thought process.
Excellent poem
John
Comment is about December 21st (blog)
Original item by Tom Harding
very very nice even with just these few words, but In would love to hear it put to music.
Comment is about No title to this sad song (blog)
Original item by Eden Louise
Bindu Trigunayak
Tue 18th Dec 2018 04:49
Thankyou dear Big Sal. thanks for your appreciation?
Comment is about Its better to move on (blog)
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