Dian Fossey is a hero to me, John, much like you are with your poetry. Inspiration at its absolute best, and then with a shot of Bacardi afterwards.

Thank you for your talented output, it's always excellent reads.

(I agree by the way with every sentiment of this piece. If only more animals besides certain species of birds, primates, and dolphins could understand us in language!)?

Comment is about Killing off the Elephants (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

"his fandangos are out of sight" - I love this line, Ray.

The entire piece was awash in imagery like I can only imagine this place you speak of is.

Well done is often not enough, is it? But excellent sometimes is.?

Comment is about ALLHALLOWS ON SEA (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you po for your likes and previous comments on my poetry.


All the best des

Comment is about succubus (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Ray - have you been to Haven? If so I would have expected you to mention the Tiger Club. I went with my wife and kids to Devon Cliffs three times about twenty or so years ago. Great family holiday, Easy to be sniffy about it I suppose.

We're upmarket now,,..Benidorm and Torremilinos. Dos cervesas por favor!

Comment is about ALLHALLOWS ON SEA (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Blimey MC you.re going back to the late 50's methinks when Cliff was the English Elvis.

Comment is about MOVE IT! - a Saturday theme poem (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Isn't our NHS wonderful? Chin up Trev!

Comment is about Heartache (blog)

Original item by Trevor Alexander

HI Hannah. thanks for liking this one. Your comment is the icing on the cake. Hope all is well with you.

Ray

Comment is about AUBURN HAIR (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Beautifully refreshing and life enhancing Peter. Such a clever idea, the idea of virgin snow imprinted, as it is now on my mind.

Ray

Comment is about WAKING UP TO SNOW (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

What if You get a beer with the tattooed hand at the same time. Check this https://tattoodesigns123.org/skull-tattoos/
I think it looks cool with beer ?

Comment is about A free drink day! (blog)

Original item by hugh

Not enough of this around.?

Comment is about Kyle McCall Wilson Hopes You Are Okay (article)

Original item by Mike Took

It is also interesting to note the appearance of names like E.M Forster and Christopher Isherwood (friend of Auden) coming to the
fore as novelists around this time. There is a freedom in the arts
world that seemed to enable their appearance and acceptance
(as long as they didn't do it in the street and frighten the horses -
to quote the irrepressible Lady Patrick Campbell). The so-called
Bloomsbury Set were achieving prominence and delighting or
outraging sensibilities - according to one's POV...all part of the
post-WW1 relief that the world was still free and to be enjoyed, no doubt. The Aids-generation of writers were to push the freedoms
to extreme levels, with certain publishers prepared to take a
take a stand in the cause of free speech and freedom of sexual
choice, with heterosexual sexually explicit novels leading the way,
following the ground-breaking Penguin publication of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" - with that wonderful line from a prominent
court figure in the case asking whether it was the sort of book
you'd let your servant read? Those were the days!!!

Comment is about A History of Gay Poetry, 3: Crossing the Rubicon (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Love this.

Hannah

Comment is about When Did My Mother Arrive? (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Deeply moving.
Your writing takes the reader on a journey.
Very special.

Hannah

Comment is about I Have Had a Life (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

How wonderful, the imagery and read so beautifully.

Hannah

Comment is about AUBURN HAIR (blog)

Original item by ray pool

P.S. I watched my DVD of that superb naval action film "Master and
Commander" again the other night and was delighted to note a line
of dialogue from the hero Captain Jack Aubrey which I think most appropriate to this blog.
"As rare as an honest man in Parliament".
Elsewhere, I have used the term "A Deceit of Politicians" to give this particular entity a collective reference.

Comment is about ‘PARLIAMENT’ (blog)

Original item by Rick Varden

Beautiful Peter..Thank you for sharing..?

Comment is about WAKING UP TO SNOW (blog)

Original item by Peter Taylor

There's something I should like to mention -
You can only rebel when there is convention!

Comment is about When Convention Takes a Hike (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Adventurous stuff from different days - (and different strokes?).
The words "Blythe Services" take on a whole new meaning for me!
I am reminded of the pre-motorway times I used to drive overnight
from Torbay back to London in my old Triumph 1800 Roadster
(shades of Bergerac!) - hood down whatever the weather. One
night in the early hours on Salisbury Plain I picked up a solitary
guy minus luggage who said little and was happy to be dropped off
in Parliament Square. I often wonder if he had escaped from
somewhere but couldn't think of any prison within likely distance
of that deserted lay-by on the old A303. I think people are that
much better off and have more ways of getting around cheaply
nowadays - which surely contribute to the absence of the oft-seen
hitch-hiker of yesteryear. That - and the way youngsters are
warned against "this and that" by parental cossetting.

Comment is about THUMBS UP! (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Mike - just a thought but I've a feeling that the "lions" were in
fact "leopards" in original historical form and that these have been misrepresented as lions. Of course, I'm happy to be proved
wrong.

Comment is about Rule Britannia? (blog)

Original item by mike booth

see previous poem. "Little Boy's Pockets".

Comment is about Where Wild Things Go (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Thank you Anya much appreciated.



All the best des

Comment is about succubus (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

Life's a bitch Jon. Although the child is a resonant image, it' s really the young who change the world not the oldies who seek the comfort zone. So there is hope yet - a nice thought for Xmas.

A heartfelt poem....

Ray

Comment is about Naked (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Thanks Big Sal for your appreciation. Warm regards.?

Comment is about Unforgettable (blog)

Original item by Suko Waspodo

Grand in scope, excellent in execution. In my honest opinion, next to the one about your mother - this is your best piece. This deserves to be on a building for all to see. I hope you share this, Jon, not just on WOL, but in as many instances as you possibly can.

One of the best I've read - ever.??

(If I could 'like' it 3 times, I would!)

Comment is about Naked (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Reminded me of A Christmas Carol the two children under the spirits coat. Representing ..Ignorance and Want..well done Jon

Comment is about Naked (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

I don't know if many people outside of those that work with paper even know what vellum is anymore, but the entire piece was nicely sculpted. Second stanza shines as does the rest of the piece.?

Comment is about The Scribe and his Lover (blog)

Original item by Chris Armstrong

Nice flow and rhythm to the wordplay, Suko.

Well done on this.?

Comment is about Unforgettable (blog)

Original item by Suko Waspodo

You carried the tale well and the first line of the second stanza was superb in every way.

Well done on this. The unique topic keeps interest until well past the last line.?

Comment is about Beetle (blog)

Original item by Alan Travis Braddock

Who knew the art of calligraphy could be so sensual. Lovely poem..beautifully scribed..

Comment is about The Scribe and his Lover (blog)

Original item by Chris Armstrong

Thanks Crowshaw for your appreciation.

Comment is about About You (blog)

Original item by Suko Waspodo

That's a lot about a little. But words fail me except to say -
I envy the tenacity
Of your evident loquacity.
This would surely be all the rage
If performed upon the stage.
.....................................................

Comment is about Save the words! (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Be careful, WH - of introducing an uncomfortable "ism": real-ism! ?
The moaners are happy enough when it suits, it seems.
"These days, it's fine to carp and whine
About how everything's in decline;
And it's not just a fashion...
(Much more like a passion)
To want some of yours
To be some of MINE!"

Comment is about WHY SHOULD WE (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

Thank you, Hannah.

Comment is about Wanderings (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

A poem to remember.
Inspired writing.

Hannah

Comment is about Wanderings (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Poignant, beautiful.

Hannah

Comment is about Adieu, but not forever (blog)

Original item by Jon Stainsby

Great, Taylor. xx

I am very much my father.

Comment is about When Did My Mother Arrive? (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Fantastic writing, beautiful.
At one with nature, the best of the natural world.

Hannah

Comment is about Pomelo (blog)

Original item by Clarke

Witty and clever.

Hannah

Comment is about Rule Britannia? (blog)

Original item by mike booth

Nice new pic. Thanks again.?

Comment is about Taylor Crowshaw (poet profile)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Thanks friends.

Comment is about Pomelo (blog)

Original item by Clarke

Kate G... wow, I am humbled. Thank you ?

Comment is about SUNRISE (blog)

Original item by Ciaran Cunningham

Wonderful.

Comment is about Wind (blog)

Original item by Dark_horizon

Bullying - code for behaviour that creates scars that last a lifetime. Thanks for a thought provoking, wrenching poem.

Comment is about Tears (blog)

Original item by Elle Shaine

Lyrical and simply beautiful. I've printed it for my wall at work.

Comment is about SUNRISE (blog)

Original item by Ciaran Cunningham

Wow, I'm in awe Becky!

Comment is about Save the words! (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Taylor, how I can relate! Wonderful.?

Comment is about When Did My Mother Arrive? (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Elle, my eldest son suffered bullying all through school. We tried everything to help, to stop the bullying. The schools did nothing, except to call us in when he finally snapped and retaliated. The police did nothing even tho these boys walked around with baseball bats.The parents of the bullies were in denial. This was in an affluent area on a nice estate professional parents. Eventually I spoke personally to the boys responsible. I told them they were ruining his life and I did not want them to like him just leave him alone. They did leave him alone but after many years of bullying my son now 40 suffers from agoraphobia. The bullies have families and one is actually a policeman. God help us all..

Comment is about Tears (blog)

Original item by Elle Shaine

Here bloody here !! (Or do I mean hear...hear?)
AND While we're at it let's keep the subjunctive and have the next person who says 'was' instead of 'were' tied to a post and teased by trained bluebottles.***
(From my future book " If I were a real person"...."
*** More pedantic cr*p :- "was" in the above means "used to be" whereas "were" means or implies "... but I'm not".

PS I thought that lol meant laugh out loud or am I just an old hasbeen - ( which is better than a neverwas) anyhow?

Comment is about Save the words! (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Brilliant poem Becky, interesting and unique. I love your work and your message.
Brian I too thought Lol was lots of love until my fifteen year old daughter corrected me. Lol ?

Comment is about Save the words! (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Thanks all, I appreciate the kind comments. I must upload an audio of this later, I've never recorded one of my poems before so that should be fun ?

Comment is about SUNRISE (blog)

Original item by Ciaran Cunningham