How many pieces of food get wasted around the celebrating world I wonder?

Comment is about After The Day After (blog)

Original item by d.knape

You're right on a legal front, Brian. "Slaughtered" is a more appropriate term anyways seeing as animals are slaughtered and no one gives a shit until they need a sandwich.

Seeing to that logic though, is it really appropriate to ever label a massacre of people as a 'slaughter' since the connotation is usually reserved for the killing of animals? Can't have it one way and not the other. Then we stand the risk of being a hypocrite with little logic.?

Comment is about Abused (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Being pedantic, a murder charge only applies when a human is the victim.

Comment is about Abused (blog)

Original item by d.knape

The apotheosis of gaze,

The apoptosis of mind,

You'll hardly notice the grace,

The lost focus of time.

____________________

I am truly glad I got the opportunity to write on a poem with you, John. That is something I will always hold in high esteem, along with your genuine skill.

This piece is permeating gravitas but also has an air of bliss about it. I don't know how else to explain what I got from it, but then again we all have our thoughts on it!

Great piece is an understatement.?

Comment is about Moments of Vision (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

There are those animals that are abused, and then there are those that are murdered for no reason at all. Either way, great piece of yours.?

Comment is about Abused (blog)

Original item by d.knape

Actually, dogs are happiest when they know their place in the pecking order. Provided your dog Knapey wasn't actually kicked but left to eat after everyone else had finished he would have been perfectly happy as long as this pattern was followed consistently.

Or perhaps you're not talking about dogs at all?

Comment is about Abused (blog)

Original item by d.knape

For all abused animals.

Comment is about Abused (blog)

Original item by d.knape

I haven't moved my arms in 17 years.

Comment is about Famous Pub Crawl Brought to the Page (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Excellent review, Greg, of what sounds like a fascinating book. I might be tempted to add this to my Christmas list - despite its obvious dearth of “merriness”.

Comment is about Out of the Ashes: Frieda Hughes, Bloodaxe (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

You have the same pose in this as you do in your profile page. Actually, I'm pretty sure your drink has the same amount in both pictures as well!?

Comment is about Famous Pub Crawl Brought to the Page (article)

Original item by Mike Took

Thanks folks. I love these wild moorlands and have tramped and camped them for years. The terrible associations of murder and lost children are frightening and, sadly, detract from their lonely beauty.

Comment is about Saddleworth Moor (blog)

Original item by Alan Travis Braddock

Lovely prose-pictures Jennifer, I swear i've been there (well perhaps). By the way 'amethyst deceivers' are edible, as are your 'dead men's trumpets' but maybe you know the real names anyhow?
PS We went to Sardinia a few years ago, doing mycology for two weeks and my wife went to Tiscali.

Comment is about ‘The Legacy’ by Jennifer Malden is our Poem of the Week (article)

Original item by steve pottinger

Did he say anything about a spanner?
Nice one Hugh.

Comment is about Scot,a sad loss (blog)

Original item by hugh

Hannah, Taylor and Jon,

Thank you for your comments as they are much appreciated.

Keith

Comment is about Perplexity (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

So obvious, yet so true.
very clever.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about The truth about people with beards (haiku) (blog)

Original item by dazzer

I liked this one (especially the audio).

If any metaphors were intended I missed them and just saw it as a poem about gardening.


Cheers Kevin

Comment is about THE INCINERATOR, ON A LATE NOVEMBER DAY (blog)

Original item by ray pool

I can remember this process well. I can also remember having a massive soot-fall one Christmas Day, which our parents blamed on Santa.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about UP IN SMOKE! A Saturday theme poem. (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi Taylor
I didn't think I was that old, but I can remember that product being called Fiery Jack. I think it was replaced in the eighties by a product called Algipan.
The one that is available at present is "Deepheat". I don't know if these were all made by the same company, but they all had the same affect.

A cautionary warning, the affect isn't instant. so you tend to think that you haven't put enough on, and re-apply. then when it does kick in you know it.

Comment is about My Aching Back (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

We used to pass through Saddleworth Moor when we had relations living in Cheshire. The beauty of the place is stunning, but that pales into insignificance because of what happened there. We can't drive through the place without thinking of those poor souls.

Comment is about Saddleworth Moor (blog)

Original item by Alan Travis Braddock

The advent of the mobile phone and body cams brings a valuable aid to collecting evidence and ensuring compliance. And, on a similar front, I for one do not oppose the growth of CCTV on Britain’s streets.

Comment is about A BLACK LIFE DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Ah Joe, you are the egg man
Of our World Eggish fame
Your brood of hens reminded me
To touch on this again

Unfortunately you have to
Wait another year
To poetize this oval gem
Which gives us so much cheer

I'm not a mic'ing 'former
I don't live in UK
Brian Maryon wouldn't like this
I write, that's 'nuf, OK

Like Brian I have a habit
Of prowling round the site
Offering words of wisdom
Offering rhymic light ?

Comment is about The Headingley Taps (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

Don't worry John if you 'aint new
'Aint worth old habits trying to cure
Getting tired and knackered and crotchety
Simply shows you're beginning to mature ?

Comment is about NEWMAN (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Hi John,

I believe that within the many families where a mother like this exists, dysfunction has merely become function. In other words, there is an interplay of (functional or dysfunctional) variables that brings about a set of end results that represents the norm within the family to whom it is specific.

I believe that most parents are aware of the special position they hold and are loathe to consciously take advantage, yet are mostly helpless to faults they can't possibly correct due to a blindness to the self--we all have it to one degree or another.

For obvious reasons, it is absolutely true that women exert their power in different ways than men. Though, I will refrain from further stereotyping or victimization of any group in favor of another--it's just too much to get into.

Thanks for your comment--I'm very glad to revisit.

Rachel

PS
I'm looking at the second paragraph of my comment and rethinking the first phrase--as parents we most certainly take advantage of our position, yet mostly try to do so in a constructive manner...and even that barely suffices...

Comment is about sexism (blog)

Original item by nunya

Agreed, of course. The advent (and not before time) of video
camera evidence has shown that encounters are far from the
simple often prejudiced assumptions that can be trotted out as "gospel". I took the view over three decades ago that cameras
and tape would be valuable assets in front line policing but, of
course, there was always political resistance (guess the reasons!)
and for years it was never going to get past the concept stage.
The Yanks are ahead of us in some ways and now we have at
last adopted a London version of their side-swipe technique aimed
at putting a vehicle and its occupants off the road and open to
arrest - check the method being used here now to knock moped-riding thieves from their machines. Reported linked crime down
by a third already! Let the courts hear any complaints.

Comment is about A BLACK LIFE DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Oh Don you've created lovely stuff
(St Peter at the gate)
Come in and lovely us around
Our breath we bate, can't wait

Now don't you bloody hell with us
That language we can't stand
Cos if you do we'll send you back
To Brian, second-hand

But then again he's missing you
He can't comment up here
We'll send you back annointed
And you can re-appear ?

(Bloody hell says Brian...)

Comment is about Losing It (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Cheers P, much appreciated!

Comment is about Essence (blog)

Original item by Chris Bainbridge

I think we’d agree, MC, that citizens should all respect all the agencies of the law. But in a democracy those agencies themselves must conduct their business within the law and be accountable for it.

Comment is about A BLACK LIFE DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Cannot agree more. The scenario that leads to death anywhere is
totally regrettable but the circumstances are also to be regretted -
and the existence of courts, lawyers et al (not forgetting the media!)
are ready to sift through the evidence and decide guilt or innocence. A close look at the serious crime stats. here would provide food for thought - much of it awkward from the political point of view.

Comment is about A BLACK LIFE DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

The gravitas of an "ah-ha" moment can never be overshadowed by forethought and analysis of a bigger picture. Sometimes it's the little things that bring the most smiles to the most faces.

Thanks for reading and commenting, Ray. Your well-read responses bring back the hope that all is not lost in the poetry world, and even the best can be modern.

I also hope you'll keep reading, and writing since you weave quite the tapestry with your own words my friend.?

Comment is about ray pool (poet profile)

Original item by ray pool

I can just about remember the process. We got an electric fire when I was about 6 years old.

Comment is about UP IN SMOKE! A Saturday theme poem. (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Hi Brian, oops me and Jack seems to be a thing...??

Comment is about My Aching Back (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Same as Jon except for his last two words.

Only joking Don. Write what you want...you'll get your comments in Heaven.

Comment is about Losing It (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Taylor - Jack was last week!

Good one.

Comment is about My Aching Back (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

I never tell my wife lies...I never tell her anything.

Good one Becky!

Comment is about Liar, liar, pants on fire! (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

I completely agree that compliance with instructions from the law is essential. But it is the over-reaction of police officers which is my beef. Non-compliance requires the law to deal with that as well as any other offence being committed. But resisting arrest should never carry a death tariff unless, of course, officers or members of the public are likewise being threatened.

Comment is about A BLACK LIFE DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Thank you for all the comments and likes.
I was surprised that so few had heard of this ointment.
Looked at the link Don..not advisable..?
Thanks M.C.
Very interesting Ray I had never heard of that ingredient.
My dad used it on occasion...
Taylor x

Comment is about My Aching Back (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Hi Taylor. There used to be an ingredient in muscle rubs called wintergreen. That is the fiery culprit I believe. Did it do the job? Hard to say when you muscles are on fire.

A nice treatment all round. !

Ray

Comment is about My Aching Back (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

The case of Rodney King (referred to repeatedly in the media as
a black motorist - no mention of his criminality) was a flash-point,
with those images of police officers giving him a beating being
played over and over. Again, no details of the preamble of non-
compliance and threat that led to those distressing scenes. Here
in the UK, the recent video on TV of that thug launching a karate
kick that propelled a female officer into the road as a bus passed
perilously close-by is another side of the picture of the reality of
what goes on in the streets.
I don't know why, but the sudden recall of the remark from a Jewish
refugee child arriving from Nazi Germany about the wonder felt
on seeing a policeman smiling now enters my mind.
Perhaps a spoof of that old Music Hall favourite "The Laughing
Policeman" is called for to redress the balance?

Comment is about A BLACK LIFE DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

If you really aspire
To light a fire
In poetical terms
Forget "admire".

Strike YOUR light
And you just might
Be read in silence
But with delight! ?

Comment is about Losing It (blog)

Original item by Don Matthews

Thanks for including me in the News! I've just posted a poem from the book on my blog at https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=84367

I'm booking performance dates for 2019, so if anyone has something to offer, or can recommend me to someone who can, that'd be marvellous ?

Comment is about Famous Pub Crawl Brought to the Page (article)

Original item by Mike Took

A little taster from my new book, 'An Otley Run'. See www.anotleyrun.com for more info. I'm booking performance dates for 2019 so if you can offer me something, or recommend me to someone who can, that'd be marvellous ?

You can also see the Write Out Loud news article about it here: https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=84205

Comment is about The Headingley Taps (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

Hot stuff! I too hadn't heard of this remedy(?) but it doesn't sound
like much fun - except for others looking on. Like the readers of this
warming piece of nostalgia.

Comment is about My Aching Back (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Imaginative and well constructed fun. Truth - like beauty - can be in the eye/ear of the beholder (and the easily convinced!),

Comment is about Liar, liar, pants on fire! (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Thanks TC. I guess this will have meant little to those who have no
experience of what I've described. The challenge, written straight
off with barely a correction in the early hours, was to tell the tale in rhythm and rhyme. That was the fun!

Comment is about UP IN SMOKE! A Saturday theme poem. (blog)

Original item by M.C. Newberry

Strong poetry. very well done Alan. I didn't realise why I'd heard of Saddleworth Moor at first but the writitng is so wonderful that it stands in any circumstances, and I'm very glad of that.

Comment is about Saddleworth Moor (blog)

Original item by Alan Travis Braddock

Now Taylor you created a puzzle
Like Jon I never heard of the stuff
It seems to be off UK market
Golly gosh! that to me's pretty rough ?

(You can still get it online...)

It appears some are getting it confused with KY jelly
https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080224142942AAjF2t9&guccounter=1

Comment is about My Aching Back (blog)

Original item by Taylor Crowshaw

Becky Becky
You're a trier
To find a way
To show a liar

Smoking rears
You've come up with
Lot's of liars
That would give ?

Comment is about Liar, liar, pants on fire! (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Thought provoking.

Comment is about Liar, liar, pants on fire! (blog)

Original item by Becky Who

Hi El Pintor

Yes it's very dark and straight to the point. Leaves me somehow wanting to know more. In my experience, mothers tend to be more bossy and controlling than fathers. For example they often project their social aspirations onto their offspring.

John S

Comment is about sexism (blog)

Original item by nunya

thanks for your many kind comments.
I'm getting to know you
as a man with a kind heart.

Comment is about keith jeffries (poet profile)

Original item by keith jeffries