Amazing.

Reads like a poet owning its poetry.

And that's amazing!

Comment is about ONE CAN DREAM (ON A GOOD DAY) (blog)

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Haha! Those endless carefree days!!

Comment is about When We Were Boys (blog)

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If only! If only?

Comment is about “Welcome to the Show!” (blog)

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Thankyou John,

Your comment's are much appreciated.

David

Comment is about Poplars in November (blog)

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Thank you Yamna for the like

Comment is about When We Were Boys (blog)

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With 5000 miners and an equal number of police, and feelings running high, there was only ever going to be a violent outcome.

Comment is about Orgreave (Truth & Justice) [song version] (blog)

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Thank you Tom for the like

Comment is about God`s Gift to Us. (blog)

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Thanks Ian.
Sorry, but Truth and Justice in the UK are a joke; the forces of law and order are now beholden to foreign powers.

Comment is about Orgreave (Truth & Justice) [song version] (blog)

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All part of life’s rich tapestry of urinals, Redbrick.

Comment is about TOILET ETIQUETTE FOR GENTLEMEN (blog)

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That’s right 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Comment is about Lifeline (blog)

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I don’t see alot of people talk about this, because it’s so horrid but this a nice poem on how sick that ‘act’ is. Thank you for having the courage to post about this topic ❤️

Comment is about Rape (blog)

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Great take on getting older 😌

Comment is about Age Travelling Through You (blog)

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In some establishments they have half-stalls which consist of part walls or completely enclosed cubicles. The majority have open troughs where you can literally splash your boots 🥾 and use your elbows to keep your neighbours a ways off!

Comment is about TOILET ETIQUETTE FOR GENTLEMEN (blog)

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Oh, I agree, totally… perhaps a cycle of say 20-25% of a century! 😀 thanks John (Coopey) 🌷

Comment is about in the mirror (blog)

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Thanks for likes: Stephen G, Aisha, Red Brick Keshner, Hélène, John, hugh, Tobani / Nataiella & Auracle. 👍

Comment is about Remember Me (blog)

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Wonderful (if that’s the right word for something so poignant) in tone and imagery, David.

Comment is about Poplars in November (blog)

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Thank you John for the like.

Comment is about God`s Gift to Us. (blog)

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Beautiful, Red Brick. In sentiment, rhythm and structure. But I’d still swop it all to be 50 years younger! (Oh, the damage I could do!)

Comment is about in the mirror (blog)

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It is telling, Uilleam, that no ladies have joined in this conversation. They clearly have less pressing problems to deal with.

Comment is about TOILET ETIQUETTE FOR GENTLEMEN (blog)

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Many a long hard peep I’ve had during my trips there; and believe you me, what I’ve seen is not a lot.
Psychologists will be familiar with an affliction known as Penis Envy, which the Yanks are paranoid about catching; the fear of which was partly responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War. Apparently, it’s caused by the eastern slopes of the Urinals being chilled by Siberian air masses.

Comment is about TOILET ETIQUETTE FOR GENTLEMEN (blog)

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As a good socialist, Stephen, I always try to piss on the grout. I’m trying to blast it out to provide employment for the bloke who has to refill it..

Comment is about TOILET ETIQUETTE FOR GENTLEMEN (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

You're welcome TobaniNataiella.

Here we call society a 'samenleving', literally 'togetherliving'.

It comes with a lot of challenges.

A few days ago I told my brother: " We, our parents and our grandparents have made a lot of mistakes."

One such mistake is not speaking about being immigrants/refugees. And what it means for us.

I'm sorry. Please forgive us.

Comment is about Communities within Communities (blog)

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Thank you Telioza for the like

Comment is about Don`t Dance To Everyone Else`s Tune (blog)

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Go with the flow, I reckon, John.

Comment is about TOILET ETIQUETTE FOR GENTLEMEN (blog)

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Thanks for your thoughts and Likes. Graham, Stephen, Redbrick and Auracle.

Comment is about TOILET ETIQUETTE FOR GENTLEMEN (blog)

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Wel done, Uilleam. Love will prevail in the end - it must.

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Thanks for the like Hugh,

much appreciated.

Thanks for the likes,

RBK, telboy, Holden and Reggie.

David RL Moore

Comment is about Poplars in November (blog)

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Thank you so much Hugh...😌

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Lovely poem Aisha! It cheered me up.

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Thank you Auracle for the comment, it is not about racism, and thank you Hugh for the like.

Comment is about Communities within Communities (blog)

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A tad Trumpesque I think!!

Comment is about TOILET ETIQUETTE FOR GENTLEMEN (blog)

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Whenever I was upset with racism, my parents would tell me:

'We should be very grateful towards this country. They have given us and our family a lot.'

That's my contribution to this poem.

Isn't this what Write Out Loud is for?!

Comment is about Communities within Communities (blog)

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whahaha

Comment is about Strange animal names (blog)

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Thank you Aisha and Tom D for the likes.

Comment is about Communities within Communities (blog)

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Thank you so much for your like...💐😌

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Thanks for brightening up my Friday.🙂🥂

Comment is about Fabulous Friday (blog)

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Thank you for your kind comments, Graham, Uilleam and Greg. The jocular tone of this poem was intentional and I'm pleased it had the intended effect! It's true that Russia has avoided isolation, to the shame of many people who should have known better than to attend this event.

My concern, which I tried to express in this poem (perhaps not very well) is that so many people are willing to buy into an alternative reality i.e. that Ukraine was the aggressor and started the war. The ICC has had something to say about that and has acted admirably in the Israel/Gaza tragedy.

M.C. Thanks for commenting.

And thanks to everyone who liked this poem.

Comment is about Cheeky Chap (blog)

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Thank you so much for liking my poem😋

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Thank you so much😋...for reading and liking my poem.

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Thank you so much😋...it means a lot to be recognized by someone so talented.😭

Comment is about Arrianna (poet profile)

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This poem is great ♥️ the way you use your words to describe is beautiful . Can’t wait to read the next one 🥰

Comment is about Through Chestnut Eyes (blog)

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The lesson for me, MC, is how fragile is democracy and civilisation. Germany and Yugoslavia were civilised countries. We are only ever a spider’s thread from Hell. We must defend it at all times.

Comment is about ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEATH (blog)

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Thank you Tom D for the like.

Comment is about Am I a Culprit or Am I a Victim. (blog)

Original item by Tobani / Nataiella

Then there was that camp in which the prisoners were forced to carry large lumps of stone up a set of steps to no good purpose
until they were literally worked to death. Was it called Sachenhausen (spelling?). It's a long time since I read those
essential tomes by Lord Russell of Liverpool - "The Scourge
of the Swastika" and "Knights of Bushido" - chilling accounts
of war crimes by Germany and Japan. As for good people standing by and doing nothing...the realisation of the reality/
enormity was so profound as not to be believed by many for
a long time (the road to hell/good intentions aspect?) and it
was when camps were liberated - and not even then it seems
for many - that the truth was witnessed and accepted. Later,
came the added disillusion of Stalin's Gulags and the mass
murder of his own peoples for political purposes. The lesson
is there but seems more like a guidebook for later tyrants like
Pol Pot. The courage of those who fought against these
ghastly events in human history is almost beyond belief when
considering just how omnipotent and insidious the power
possessed and imposed by the "controllers" of the countries
was known to be. On a personal level,
I retain the sobering memory of a visit to Dachau back in the 1970s, set out
with Teutonic efficiency that was in
itself a chilling demonstration of how
an industrial country could use its noted efficiency to such devilish despicable ends.

Comment is about ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEATH (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

For Russians, the West has its own history of "offensive" and a
defensive position may be no bad thing in virtue-signalling
times. It could be called a gathering of senses that sends out
its message that there are alternatives to war - and that is
one that warmongers fear might work in many undecided
parts of the globe. Ask Putin! Or Kim Jong Un? Talking of
whom - I wonder if he would be in the news sending "help"
to the Kremlin if Trump had been in the White House? Tyrants
tend to take advantage of those perceived to be weak and
uncertain. President Truman - a WW1 army veteran - had the
message "The buck stops here" placed on his White House
desk. He also authorised the use of the atomic bomb against a
determined do or die adversary. No messing around there. Times have moved on and lessons learnt about "weapons of mass destruction" but
the tyranny still exists to provoke and
threaten, and there needs to be an
equal and opposite reaction to deter
this odious aggression whenever possible. Lesson: Strength doesn't
spring from weakness. It is born of
itself and a conviction in seeking the
best possible outcome for humanity
against aggressive unsought intent to control and dominate.

Comment is about Cheeky Chap (blog)

Original item by Stephen Gospage

SW - check the satellite imaging of the UK at night and then
see just how much is aglow with man-made stuff. The unlit
parts seem to exist in distinct well-known holiday areas that
are surely diminishing with each passing year now.

Comment is about The Warfield Poems: Patrick B Osada (article)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Thanks for likes: hugh & Larisa. 👍

Comment is about Autumn Breeze (blog)

Original item by Tom Doolan

Thanks to Hugh and Stephen.

David.

Thanks for the likes Tom and Aisha.

David.

Many thanks for the new likes RBK, Holden and Arrianna.

David.

Comment is about Postea Vitam (blog)

Original item by David RL Moore

Thank you so much ...for appreciating my work.😊

Comment is about hugh (poet profile)

Original item by hugh

Arrianna,

Thanks for your comments others have mentioned the same. Although I didn't write this with veterans in mind I'm glad it speaks to you that way.

One of my entries "empty ground" is about war veterans and the similarities in there fate after serving big global players.

🙏

Comment is about Desperate times (blog)

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