<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 10th Nov 2018 07:17
Excellent, thoughtful.
Comment is about LEAVING HOME - a Saturday theme (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 10th Nov 2018 07:15
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 10th Nov 2018 07:14
There's gnome going back.
Comment is about The Gnome from Home (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Nice to know someone else also has a sense of humour ?
Comment is about The Gnome from Home (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Taylor
I rebel at being conventional, doing the same old same old. Have done so all my life. How can we create new things if we don't push boundaries ? We can't
Don ?
Comment is about Leaving Home (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
This is dark full of hesitation and fear, but I do sense hope waiting to be announced..?
Comment is about A Long Night In Sanitarium (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Different take Don. Interesting how ideas form. ?
Comment is about Leaving Home (blog)
Original item by Don Matthews
Memories sparked by emotion.. Love it. ?
Comment is about A click of emotion (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
Well described M.C. Good poem. ?
Comment is about LEAVING HOME - a Saturday theme (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
The relationship between child and mother, a complex subject. I agree mothers are not always kind. ?
Comment is about sexism (blog)
Original item by nunya
Beautiful poem.Good flow
Comment is about Wings of my dreams (blog)
Original item by Ankita Srivastava
Thank you Taylor for your support. Poetry for me is a constant delight; a source of affirmation and healing.
Best wishes,
Chris
Comment is about Winter (blog)
Original item by Chris Hubbard
Hi Jon,
Great poem, I totally get it. The world appears to be going crazy and those three do seem to have left the building. I like the note of hope at the end that they will return. Although I fear, probably not in our lifetime. A well-deserved Poem of the Week.
John Short
Comment is about ‘Peace, love and understanding have left the building’ is our Poem of the Week (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Nicely captures the situation of one person taking on - and saying no to - a mass mentality of modern societal violence.
Comment is about Gang 13 (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
What a sweet poem about a nostalgia experience.
Comment is about A click of emotion (blog)
Original item by Phils Words
I like how your poem suggests visual things that are not specifically stated in the text. I especially like the last two lines.
Comment is about Loaded (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Comment is about Cat_Siren00 (poet profile)
Original item by Cat_Siren00
A really angry poem that sparks to life. You provide severe examples of some of the messes we are in today.
Comment is about For No Reason (blog)
Original item by Sam Khan-McIntyre
Thank you for taking the time to read Times of Trouble, John. ?
Comment is about J F Keane (poet profile)
Original item by J F Keane
Thank you for your comments! You are really making me feel welcome at WOL.
Comment is about Sketches (blog)
Original item by Douglas MacGowan
Hi Kevin, I really appreciate you taking the time to read Times of Trouble. It means a lot to have the feedback and support of my fellow poets. I too enjoy the poetry of others and like you do not always understand..but work through them in my own way and enjoy them very much.
The Smegroyd's Moonlight Flit..fabulously entertaining poem..isn't that so important I enjoy humorous poetry. Thank you.?
Comment is about kJ Walker (poet profile)
Original item by kJ Walker
Big Sal
Fri 9th Nov 2018 23:13
Powerful punch to pack indeed.?
Comment is about I Promise...Farewell (blog)
Original item by Cat_Siren00
Big Sal
Fri 9th Nov 2018 23:12
The rhythm grows on you as you read.?
Comment is about Wings of my dreams (blog)
Original item by Ankita Srivastava
Congratulations, John
Comment is about The Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘The Dogs of Athens’ by John Short (article)
Original item by steve pottinger
Not wanting to just jump on the bandwagon and repeat what others are saying, but I have to agree, this is one of the better poems dealing with the subject.
I particularly liked the way you expressed the futility of war, without attempting to describe a battle scene.
This was a good honest piece of writing, and the emotions came across as honest and real.
Thank you Kevin
Comment is about Times of Trouble (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
This rejection
(That you speak of)
Has given me dejection
So sad
(But we can still make ourselves laugh) ?
Comment is about Rejection Notice (blog)
Original item by d.knape
I liked the imagery of this piece Keith. I could just picture the old lass. I think your concerns regarding good manners are unfounded. plenty of young people today have impeccable manners, in much the same way as lots of the older generation don't. I don't think manners has anything to do with age.
I found Brian's comment, suggesting class and good manners go hand in hand a bit offensive. (I could tell you what I really thought, but despite being a working class scum-bag I was brought up better than that)
Comment is about The Red Poncho (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Eve,
Do I detect the voice of prophecy? I think so. Another excellent poem
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Gang 13 (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Ray,
I have only been back in this country for over three months after a continuous absence of 10 years. Your poem is a living testimony to what I have witnessed since my return. It frightens me to think where it is all heading. Do you remember a certain political party several years who called themselves the party that cares? Some hope.
A poem which gives voice to many and thank you for it
Keith
Comment is about SUICIDE STREET (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Mike this beautifully crafted poem speaks of man´s innate unsuitability for war. Men taken from farms, offices and workshops to a foreign land to be embroiled in a living hell is almost incomprehensible; cruel beyond belief.
You have captured this dilema perfectly. I applaud you
Thank you
Keith
Comment is about Never Born To Fight (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 9th Nov 2018 19:59
This is a brilliant poem.
Great for reading aloud, as I did.
The power of words.
Hannah
Comment is about Words (blog)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
What a fabulous compilation of words which capture the features of someone loved
and the fires that are your eyes when I disappoint you....
A first rate poem and well done
Keith
Comment is about Sketches (blog)
Original item by Douglas MacGowan
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 9th Nov 2018 19:56
A critique on recent times, with a great play on words.
Clever, biting with an edge of tragedy.
Hannah
Comment is about SUICIDE STREET (blog)
Original item by ray pool
Excellent flow to this Keith - it really is a commitment of mind . I like "proven sound" especially. This poem has a strength to it as you challenge the reader wisely.
Ray
Comment is about A Fading Light (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 9th Nov 2018 19:50
The tragedy faithfully expressed.
Very moving.
A poem to remember.
Hannah
Comment is about Never Born To Fight (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
HI Douglas; my comment would concern your predicament in emerging into reality from a cocoon of received wisdom which may be alien to your needs; we can't possibly know what is right for us until life has knocked us. If we believe in damnation that may be bad news, but I think you must take life on the chin to grow.
I'll get my coat.
Ray
Comment is about Spyglass (blog)
Original item by Douglas MacGowan
<Deleted User> (18118)
Fri 9th Nov 2018 19:46
Every line has something to capture the reader.
I do love your writing.
Hannah
Comment is about A Fading Light (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Poignant and clear poem about the senselessness of many wars through time. I also liked the reference to the famous Flanders Field poem.
Comment is about Never Born To Fight (blog)
Original item by Mike Bartram
I really like how you use multiple senses: sight & sound & tactile to capture the entirety of a moment.
I see the narrator on the top of a hill thinking about what the view brings to mind.
Good descriptions, too.
Comment is about A Fading Light (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
<Deleted User> (18980)
Sat 10th Nov 2018 07:55
Becky - I love the 'two sofas three tellys' line.
And the last line is very moving for me having lost my own mother a year ago.
Comment is about Leaving Home (blog)
Original item by Becky Who