people judge others very easily....and many a times judgement can be wrong...very nicely expressed....?

Comment is about Tart (blog)

Original item by gobi

i just have no words to say... i can feel your pain, but have no words to console you with, life teaches us to live with pain and this struggle actually makes us strong, emotionally, physically and financially...never ever give up...all your dreams will come true very soon.

Comment is about Again Got Hurted, Again broken down (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

Whilst I understand your "grudging respect" for May, I was never
exactly won over by her stint as home secretary and her arrogant
high-handed approach to the police service...one of the most
responsive and duty-minded of all public services. I retain the
feeling she is pursuing much of the same attitude of mind towards
the public under the guise of "getting the best deal", recalling the
responses from the so-called Grandees like Clarke & Heseltine who
had been so assiduously working against Thatcher in her time
when she clearly had more awareness of the situation - another reason why "Grocer" Heath hated her, he being the of the "shan't
tell/keep them in the dark" school of EU adherents. Let me make
my personal position clear: if Heath and the rest had laid it on the
line and addressed the nation (like US presidents tend to do)
about what was going on, I would have happily accepted the
nation's response to go along or not. But it was never given that
chance (until the UKIP-driven Referendum) and even now the
likes of May are playing "procrastination poker" in a rigged game.
Rees-Mogg put it plainly the other evening: It is all about trusting
our politicians. And that, at present - to quote an apt line from a
favourite film - is about "as rare as an honest man in Parliament".
Cheers.

Comment is about GIVE THE DOG A BONE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Use wishes wisely-
sometimes they can bite.

Comment is about Wish I Were (blog)

Original item by d.knape

a great gift to all the mothers...another very powerful write up...mothers sure are 365*24 on toes.....commendable job...really it needs a hats off?

Comment is about A tribute to Moms- On Mother’s Day (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

very beautifully defined the new version of love...this in fact the saddest reality because of which families are breaking and so much loneliness can be felt around the world....strange but true...i loved it dear!!

Comment is about Today’s Relationship- The Latest Version (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

very powerful write up!! commendable work Bindu...i am just surprised at your work...you are beginning to write and growing up....keep writing, our society needs women like you....keep going bold and strong, voice out what needs to be voiced...bravo girl!!?

Comment is about The Today's World (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

this is the truth and reality... all problems start due to different attitude, hope things are fine with you now.... be strong my dear Bindu!! world is always not fair!! very beautifully expressed...and used very respectful words for you MIL..i have heard abusing their MIL like anything....you are indeed a beautiful and kind soul...keep your good self always!!?

Comment is about Difference between Mother in Law and Mother (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

i hope you heard your first mumma from her by now...hope it felt really great...i feel so happy to read your poems....your joys are simple and all your devotion in raising your daughter is commendable...being a single parent just isn't easy...may god make things easy and happy for you always ....ameen?

Comment is about Eagerly waiting for the day (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

just a beautiful wish of a sincere mother portrayed in your poem..she will sure grow up to be a wise and smart girl, after all she is being raised by one...keep going...now she must be around 2 and half years old...many many happy returns of the day!!! belated though?

Comment is about My cute little Teddy (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

Hi poemagraphic,

This is one of my favourite poems to date. Glad you liked it.

Comment is about Interstellar (blog)

Original item by David Irvine

your dream will come true.....God is very merciful...one day you will find the perfect man just have faith in God, wait for his timing for you and with beautiful patience keep waiting and praying....very beautifully penned!!

Comment is about My Perfect Man (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

perfectly motherly!!! just these feelings that you wrote makes a mother....bravo!! keep going Bindu...nothing can take your daughter away from you.... have a blessed n happy life always!!?

Comment is about To become Mother - The Most divine Feeling (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

your daughter will be proud of you when she grows up...these days women find it a burden to raise children, i adore your devotion as a mother towards your child...may god accept all your prayers in your daughter's favour...ameen?

Comment is about To be a Mother - the priceless feeling (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

lovely dream.....keep folllowing your dreams...n chase your desires....life is a mystery which unfolds in mysterious ways...hope yours be blessed always!!! keep writing dear Bindu!!

Comment is about I have a dream (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

she sure is an angel with fragrance and a twinkle in eyes n a star of your life....lovely poem for your daughter!!

Comment is about little companion (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

Raypool

Thanks for your kind comments. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I will read some of your work soon.

Have a great day.

Comment is about Cunt (blog)

Original item by David Irvine

your daughter is very beauiful Bindu...just like you...you are very lucky to be blessed with a daughter n sure she is blessed to have a mother like you...may god bless you both always!!! stay happy n blessed always..?

Comment is about My little companion (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

very meaningful!! i adore the simplicity in your work....so like you, everything clear and well defined....keep writing your heart and mind!!?

Comment is about Life (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

lovely poem dear..yes indeed you are a simple girl..a beautiful soul that i know...all your dreams and wishes will come true very soon....?

Comment is about Simple Girl (blog)

Original item by Bindu Trigunayak

A lovely, reflective, well-wrought poem that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. Thank you.

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Waking up to Snow’ by Peter Taylor (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

I confess, MC, I have a grudging respect for Treeza. She has more balls than those traitorous self-servers who’ve shafted her and certainly more than Labour’s Invisible Man. Where has he been for all this time?
As for the EU, it’s not their job to roll over and give us everything we want. Why would they offer anything more from the tin to her or anyone else for that matter? It’s a popular conception among the great unwashed that negotiation is unilateral.

Comment is about GIVE THE DOG A BONE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

It's all in the eye of the beholder.

Comment is about Could be Interesting. Could be Garbage (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

My brother is a bit eccentric. He doesn't know it of course...he thinks he's perfectly normal. They do.

Comment is about Could be Interesting. Could be Garbage (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Ray,

Dark wanton. Hmm? So hard to tell what you mean here. Was she a girl with dark hair who was cruel to him? Or did he feel he was the victim of evil maliciousness? Or is it describing his own unhealthy, and reckless, desire, and obsession with this woman?

I like for my reading of this poem to think; he thinks she played with his heart for her own pleasure, and amusement, then abandons him. Is he so sure? He’s so stupid. Maybe she loved him deeply, but could see no good could come of it. It’s the most difficult thing in the world to do, not to be with someone you love. Unless she is completely heartless, which she’s not, I’m sure. I expect she will always find it one of the hardest decisions she would ever make.

She still slept with him though. That was cruel and wanton.

I get the feeling from the poem she is much more in control of her feelings, and emotions than the male character. She is much older than him, and he is a young man. This adds new complexity to the whole story. I found myself judging the characters differently than I probably would otherwise, because of this.

She looked at me with star studded eyes........ Wow what a line. I wondered if he was of note somehow, in the limelight (a footballer or a member of a band), and these were here motivations for her passions. It wasn’t until I got to the end of the poem and I realised the moon’s light was on the bed, and she must have had the stars reflected in her eyes for real. I don’t think I’ve read anything more romantic than that.

Love how you’ve thrown in the moon. The most powerful force in nature to represent the love he felt for this girl. And how the moon has always been associated with womanhood. Just two great analogies (is this the right word?). All the pagan mystery it conjures up just provides another level of charm to the poem.

He must have look into her “shy and gracious face” (just like the moon waxing in the night), to see her in full brilliance, but wondering what was on the other side of her, a life he would never have. Uber sad.

Genius Ray, complete genius.

Beno.

Comment is about DARK WANTON (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thasnk Martin, I'm pleased you like it.

Comment is about Tech Life (blog)

Original item by Rich

Thank you.

Comment is about Child robbers (blog)

Original item by Leah

Thank you, that means alot. This is my most cherished sentimental poem. ?

Comment is about The day I met you (blog)

Original item by Leah

There is an interesting range of origins and abilities in today's public life - and that certainly includes the Houses of Parliament.
"In her day, no MP was faster
To stand up for their voters
That Nancy, Lady Astor
She was most certainly lardydar
But any nonsense with her
Didn't get very far.
Giving power to ANYONE who's unsuited
Will merely see them suited and booted -
No more likely to look after their kind
Than the richest aristo - and what's more you may find
They look dismissively down newly uptilted noses
At the beseeching throng and what it proposes!"
.........................................................................................

Comment is about IF (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

A most engaging analogy to highlight the importance of things being
approached with care and a proper regard for the best outcome,
preferably one that lasts.

Comment is about 'This world my mother could trust only so long as everything was done right' (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Hindsight is a grand thing JC, but if the Tories hadn't been so eager
to take us down the garden path towards a mythical trading nirvana
knowing it was aimed elsewhere but leading us on in the manner of a Judas goat, we wouldn't be in this mess. Cromwell once famously
dismissed the Parliament of his day because of their "us first"
attitude to their proper responsibilities. We have seen their like in the
latter decades of my own lifetime.

Comment is about GIVE THE DOG A BONE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I take it you don't approve of the deal she's negotiated, MC?

Comment is about GIVE THE DOG A BONE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Can't someone tell May "you must stop"
These tax-paid visits to Johnny's Junckshop,
Whose secondhand offers are a cheek
And far removed from what we seek!
The best things come to those who wait
And there's such a thing as a sell-by date.
Stop paying into its greedy coffers
And look around for better offers. ?

Comment is about GIVE THE DOG A BONE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

When Theresa May - with knowledge of the Referendum majority
will of the British people to depart from the controls of the EU - neglected to pursue a parliamentary vote for repealing the
European Communities Act 1972 - she was merely performing
according to the examples set by her predecessors and placing
the EU in command of the process. But then she's a "Remainer"
I like to imagine Maggie being around at this particular time in our
history. "Yes...yes...yes!"
.

Comment is about Theresa May Not (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Then, of course, there was Kenny Everett with his "Cupid Stunt" character! For those of us old enough to remember.

Comment is about Cunt (blog)

Original item by David Irvine

I always think of Derek and Clive at the football match recorded in deep darkest horror and highly desirable to myself and musician friends who had no fear of the esteemed word. They satirized it by using it in that way and I think that suits it nicely. Just my view, not a judgment in any way. Nicely rounded verses David. Ferris sadly doesn't seem to be posting now.

Ray

Comment is about Cunt (blog)

Original item by David Irvine

Used your skill to successfully avoid the obvious word when others would have fallen into the trap. Again well done.

Comment is about Theresa May Not (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

Beautiful small portrait of true life with delicate irony and hope all in the balance Tom. I miss not reading you on here. Just as an aside I have an old Leica magazine, showing a lady such as you describe holding a camera aloft against a stunning range of mountains. Your poem reminded of that. We are of course captivated. There is something about a milk jug which is fecund with its full and flowing lines.

Ray

Comment is about WAITRESS (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Even I think it's nice ?

Comment is about Theresa May Not (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

I already commented on this Peter, but just to say congratulations. You seem to have a great knack of the contemplative, and lead us gently by the hand into forests of poetry.

Ray

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Waking up to Snow’ by Peter Taylor (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

Lovely to get your comment David. I know you're a fan of JB. His wanderings were a joy - I never saw the one you mention; I know there was a famous theatre in the Edgware Road where Max Miller appeared often.(I think it was the Metropolitan). I'm very glad you responded thanks. Hope you're doing ok.

Thanks so much everyone who liked the poem subsequently to my list above..

Ray

Comment is about AUBURN HAIR (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Another fine example of your unique, contemplative style, Peter. Congratulations on your second POTW!

Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Waking up to Snow’ by Peter Taylor (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

Martin, great about the seagulls. I spent one caravan holiday killing wasps; a complete invasion. I do like the intimacy of the space for a while. Glad you found a flavour of the past here!

Kate, thanks - that does express it nicely!

Beno, I owe you a full response after all your trouble. I did think the place name has a grandeur to it and it is intriguing, which is in stark contrast to the failed nature of the place as it is. It is certainly off the beaten track. I think you need to read into this a character who has a defensive attachment to seediness and lacking in imagination (not me). Your assessment is spot on. I equally poke fun at both extremes of leisure experience, as I think it fair game. I hope you can rise above the pitfall of me just having a go for the sake of it. (Not the case).

The corner shop has a purpose to serve- at least it is honest and open. That line 27 to me is justification alone for me not owning a dog. I know I sound hard, but it's just a fact in my case. As for bird watchers, I admire and respect them of course. I don't judge scruffiness alone. As for holiday camps, my parents took me, and they were a mixed blessing. I found the travelling by steam trains the most enjoyable bit. I'm not one for ritual, nor regimentation, which was prevalent after the war.

In a nutshell you are right about individual choice how we behave and enjoy ourselves. The fact remains that there are structures that serve us in our pleasures, and some of them are nauseatingly ingratiating at the top end of the market. Again thanks for giving the poem so much thought, much appreciated!
I think I'd better get my coat.

Comment is about ALLHALLOWS ON SEA (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Excellent poem, New Shoes. "greater the feeling than of rays upon our skin traveling from the Sun" - this line in particular is superb and deserves to be known by all in poetry classes.

Such a read.?

Comment is about The Promise (blog)

Original item by New Shoes

Keith "Ich bin ein berliner or Ich bin ein Berliner? you donut. ;- )
(I wrote your name as BBC radio 6' presenter Maconie said "Keith")

Tommy (must get out more) Carroll

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries

this is hilarious..makes some sense...poets there, here and everywhere.... someone does care to share and finally bear...hehehe??

Comment is about No There There (blog)

Original item by d.knape

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Comment is about Surgeon (blog)

Original item by ha'azinu

Thank you Po!!!

Comment is about the first is [not] (blog)

Original item by ha'azinu

Witty little ditty Eve...like it ?

Comment is about Found Poetry (blog)

Original item by eve nortley

Well done Trev!

Comment is about Theresa May Not (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander