elPintor
Wed 28th Nov 2018 02:15
More politization means more division--it benefits only a powerful few in the end.
Think of how politicians appeal to us based upon our opinions of the most polarizing ideals, and then proceed to run ungoverned by the populace once elected--we are easy targets for propaganda, and that's been proven time after time after time...
Rachel
PS
This is all said in the belief that laws should account for everyone, equally--that, in itself, should cause us to look more closely upon our judicial system than our elected officials.
PPS
Maybe this argument will come full circle to nonresolution if I continue...
Comment is about MISANDRY - You Too? (blog)
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Hi Stu, thanks a lot for your comment on Souvenir, really appreciate your feedback. T ?
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<Deleted User> (18474)
Tue 27th Nov 2018 21:59
Couldn't have said it better myself Jennifer.
Comment is about My Lady of the Beeches (blog)
Original item by Chris Armstrong
Well worth the telling, Trev.
Comment is about Christmas Fairy (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Take your point M.C. and echo Alan's comments..
Comment is about MISANDRY - You Too? (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Enjoyed this poem Trevor very much..?
Comment is about Christmas Fairy (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Thanks all for looking in and commenting. This (repost) was meant to be a serious piece, but I guess my style is better suited for comedy.in my attempt to get the facts out, I probably trivialised the events, which wasn't my intention.
I came across this unsavoury character when researching my family tree. Three of his victims were Calladines, and I was looking for people with that sir-name in that area.
my intention when I wrote this was to bring the story back to life, so that people may spare a thought for his victims
here are some details
British Executions
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Albert Edward Burrows
Age: 62
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 8 Aug 1923
Crime Location:
Execution Place: Nottingham
Method: hanging
Executioner: John Ellis
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Albert Edward Burrows murdered Hannah Calladine 28, Albert Edward Calladine (Burrows) 1, Elsie Calladine (Large) 5 and Thomas Johnson Wood 4 who he battered and strangled to death on Symmondley Moor, Glossop. He murdered them and then threw them down a pit shaft.
see Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 06 August 1923
see National Archives - ASSI 13/53
Comment is about Albert Edward Burrows (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Hello Alan, thanks for the kind words about The Legacy.Was interested to hear you're a mycologist. I knew dead mens' trumpets (not the latin name) from Italy, where they dry them and sprinkle the powder on food, rather like truffles. I found a lot of funghi in Angus in my sister's wood, so took them home to look them up, and there found the amethyst deceivers! That book, however, said they were toxic! Here many people go looking for funghi in autumn especially, and there is a special office where you can take your catch to have it vetted, as people die every year from eating poisonous ones. Interesting you went to Tiscali - the wild flowers in Sardinia are wonderful late April early May. Entire roadsides of asphodel, orchids, French lavender, marvellous thistles, rock roses, rosemary, Aegean Lilies, witches fingers, Barbary nut, and later sea squill and those beautiful sea daffodils. A real Eden.
Thanks again, Jennifer
Comment is about Alan Travis Braddock (poet profile)
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Well deserved Beno! Very clever. Liked Eolos very much too. Keep it up!
Jennifer
Comment is about Our Poem of the Week is ‘Scooter Club and the Lost Boys’ by Beno (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
There's a lot to be said for do as you would be done by!
Comment is about MISANDRY - You Too? (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
Congratulations, Jade!
Comment is about A Gold Creative Future For Our Own Jade Cuttle! (article)
Original item by Mike Took
A story well told of a villain now cold, well done
Comment is about Albert Edward Burrows (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 27th Nov 2018 16:03
A bit Edward the Secondish Trev. Very good.
Comment is about Christmas Fairy (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
Yes OK. I take your point -
...and I'm an older man just now, and I'm too old for wars.
and we will like the folk we like, whatever be the cause
We all will hate the folk we shun
Not cat'gor-ising anywun.
People are just people, no need for modern laws.
Comment is about MISANDRY - You Too? (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
An old story, I know, but always worth re-telling around this time of year...
Comment is about Christmas Fairy (blog)
Original item by Trevor Alexander
It is said that dogs have owners but cats have staff...
Comment is about Dogs & Cats (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Take a pinch of poetry , mix with nostalgia, stir vigorously ,add some pepper until the eyes water and give yourself a badge of total competence and inspiration to portray the times you describe so well Beno. That period gave us hope at a big price. Congratulations, much deserved.
Ray
Comment is about Our Poem of the Week is ‘Scooter Club and the Lost Boys’ by Beno (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
I can imagine this being told in Stanley Holloway style before an
enthralled attentive audience in some old music hall. The dastardly
devil gets his deserved come-uppance!
Comment is about Albert Edward Burrows (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Steer and go
As long as you know
The way ahead
That tempts you so! ?
Comment is about Rudder, Drive (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Big Sal
Tue 27th Nov 2018 13:51
Congrats on the publications.?
Comment is about Khaled Selem (poet profile)
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Are you quite sure this is a direct quote from Dickens, Gus? If it is, your familiarity with Dickens is greater than mine. Speaking personally, I’ve never been to one.
Comment is about 'THOU SHAN'T GO SHORT OF SHITE' (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
...as Scrooge said of Tiny Tim,
'He's a bastard and I just don't like him!'
Cant you put this to music?
Regards
Gus
Comment is about 'THOU SHAN'T GO SHORT OF SHITE' (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
I like your poem its very honest and contains a starkness like a cold room.
By the way, the isles I believe you intended aisles not isles.
That's my little Mitzvah for the day.
Kind regards
Gus
Comment is about Wednesday November 14, 2018, 1:51 PM (blog)
Original item by hk
Wonderfully spun story. You have piqued my curiosity of the case..
Comment is about Albert Edward Burrows (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
A constant battle Don..which side will triumph??
Comment is about Rudder, Drive (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
One of my favourites Damon
Comment is about Firefly A Reason To Drink (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
This shouted out POTW to me straight away for its vigour. You are almost there at the gigs with him! This poem couldn’t have been written without the expletives, it wouldn’t have been real.
Well done Beno!
Comment is about Our Poem of the Week is ‘Scooter Club and the Lost Boys’ by Beno (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Well told, Kev. You kept me wondering throughout if it was serious or one of your comedic sagas. Excellent rhymes too - panache/tache.
Comment is about Albert Edward Burrows (blog)
Original item by kJ Walker
Kevin,
You are back on top form with one of your best. You really excel with these poems. I enjoyed it greatly.
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Albert Edward Burrows (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 27th Nov 2018 08:07
Well told KJ. A case I was not familiar with.
Comment is about Albert Edward Burrows (blog)
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<Deleted User> (18980)
Tue 27th Nov 2018 08:01
Hi Jeronth,
Thank you for reading my poetry it is so very much appreciated. ?
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<Deleted User> (18474)
Tue 27th Nov 2018 06:08
Nearly missed this one.
Enjoyable read.
Your descriptive powers are so good.
I felt that bone chill you get after a couple of hour in the garden. Those multiple fleeces weren't enough were they. You needed that fire.
Good one, your wife staying out of the way. ???
May a recommended composting! ??
Beno
Comment is about THE INCINERATOR, ON A LATE NOVEMBER DAY (blog)
Original item by ray pool
<Deleted User> (18474)
Tue 27th Nov 2018 05:52
<Deleted User> (18474)
Tue 27th Nov 2018 05:50
This is great.
So many clever and beauty lines.
Really resonated with me the first two verses.
The last three were verses are very skillfully done.
I like:
Compulsion to be clockwise and clean
Fabulous filigreed filth
It could almost be two poems for me, as I found the feel of the first and second half different.
Beno
Comment is about Essence (blog)
Original item by Chris Bainbridge
What a mixed up bunch we are
Keith's infected, see?
Anya's infected to the max
And Po's got STD
Dk says he's cured as HAM
Methinks he's off with birds
It seems I've also cured myself
No longer lost for words
Thankyou dk for pulling out
Poetic thoughts from all
We're happy little poets, yep?
Join in, let's have a ball
(who let this Aussie into the country ? ?... Brian, it's all your fault. He hasn't commented so he won't know I've said this)
Comment is about Testing Poets (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I really liked this!
I am also Jewish and was not raised in a religious family, so I could really feel what you were speaking about. Thank you for your words!
Comment is about Wednesday November 14, 2018, 1:51 PM (blog)
Original item by hk
Tue 27th Nov 2018 00:23
Tue 27th Nov 2018 00:21
steven arthur
Tue 27th Nov 2018 00:03
Sadly Fred rhyming is out
Rhyming is out of fashion
But if we lived in Shakespeare's day
It would be all the passion
I'm pleased you've made attempt submit
Of three rhymatic poems
Do not give up, not give up hope
You could still win, and show 'em ?
Comment is about Androids 2 (blog)
Original item by Rick Varden
Julian (Admin)
Wed 28th Nov 2018 09:56
Wow, very well done, Jade! Write Out Loud is dead proud of you.
Comment is about A Gold Creative Future For Our Own Jade Cuttle! (article)
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