Douglas and Wolfgar thank you for acknowledgment and solidarity. Sincere male allies are always most, most welcome. I am by no means a man hater, some of my most dear friends are men. In some ways the patriarchy has caused problems for men too. Questions and respectful discussion also welcome.
MC Newberry methinks you doth protest too much. Perhaps you’d like me to describe in graphic detail the sexual abuse and violence that has been perpetrated against me and my fellow women. In fact perhaps you’d like me to ‘re-enact my violation’ so that you can ‘dissect it with disdain’ and then gaslight me.
Comment is about Time’s Up (blog)
Original item by Janey Colbourne
There is strange irony in the fact from the moment of birth,
through infancy, childhood, puberty and early adulthood,
there is no greater influence on a man's life than that of his mother. So, what happens that produces the situation
promoted today and increasingly accepted as "gospel" about
man's baleful attitude towards women? How, it may be
asked, can it occur in the way presented and reported with
fierce condemnation as somehow a widespread truth? Surely a puzzle that defies any fashionably facile sort of
explanation....if, indeed, there is one that satisfies those
who accede to the postulation.
Comment is about Time’s Up (blog)
Original item by Janey Colbourne
The dealers and the pushers
Of wine, tobacco, drugs
Don't care about your pocket
How much they do you slug
Long as the government gets
Their tax, their bit, their share
'Twill keep on being promoted
No-one'll really care
It all comes down to money
And greed for, must get more
Don't care the damage done folks
Don't care if it makes you poor ?
I could go on - pokies, tobacco. Companies, governments work on vulnerabilities of the weak for their own profit.
Comment is about MUG SHOTS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
This has an impact. It is so good dk ?
Comment is about A Soldier's Death (blog)
Original item by d.knape
Beautiful words, keep writing ?
Comment is about Problem Not Solved (blog)
Original item by Jacee Claire
Brought me to tears Keith. Thank you for sharing..?
Comment is about Feelings (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Good twist M.C. on a difficult subject. ?
Comment is about MUG SHOTS (blog)
Original item by M.C. Newberry
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Wed 7th Nov 2018 21:06
Your unfailing support Jon is invaluable. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart..?
Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Your unfailing support Jon is invaluable. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart..?
Comment is about Jon Stainsby (poet profile)
Original item by Jon Stainsby
Thank you for reading, and your kind comments on Times of Trouble Hugh. It is very much appreciated...?
Comment is about hugh (poet profile)
Original item by hugh
Thank you for your kind comments on Times of Trouble Martin. I value your opinion very much. ?
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
Thank you for your kind comments on Times of Trouble Martin. I value your opinion very much. ?
Comment is about Martin Elder (poet profile)
Original item by Martin Elder
Love this, Keith.
Expresses my feelings, too.
Comment is about Feelings (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
When younger I led a fairly frenetic existence but over the years I have settled in a more central if not neutral place. I love the last two lines of your poem. I don´t readily understand them but they seems so fitting.
Keith
Comment is about FireIce (blog)
Original item by Douglas MacGowan
You capture the conflict between yourself and the subject very well.
Comment is about Petal Growing in Arid Ground (blog)
Original item by Sam Khan-McIntyre
A very good capturing of a downward spiral. I hope that if this reflects your current reality that you climb back into the light.
Comment is about Journey (blog)
Original item by AVISHEK GHOSH
Great poem, Keith. All the futility and madness of war reflected in a teddy bear.
Comment is about The Fallen (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Wow, what a powerful poem. Intense feelings brilliantly spelled out. Hope you can climb through the darkness.
Comment is about Pink Water (blog)
Original item by Mikey V Kinsey
Taylor, I'm sorry! My previous comment completely overlooked your poem's content.
I think you are right about our annual assuaging of guilt/thanks/remembrance or what you will, being an easy option to take. It's in our quieter moments that we take most in, not the overtly sentimental events that are held.
As has been said, it is one of the better poems dealing with this subject. Well done, good work!
Comment is about Times of Trouble (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
As has already been said I think this is among your best poems yet and also among your soundest in not attempting to glorify or white wash war in general and the effects it has on all parties concerned. I particularly love the line
'We cannot weep oceans; for oceans have been wept'
Nicely done Taylor
Comment is about Times of Trouble (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
I have been listening to the recorded voices of those who served in WW1, a series that is being aired this week on BBCR4.
What came across from all of them was just how ordinary/normal blokes they were and how matter of fact they were about recounting their experiences.
They said a lot with very few words, an ability lost on many today.
Of course many more said nothing at all!
Comment is about Times of Trouble (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Wonderful poem..freedom of choice every time...
Comment is about A Poppy In Winter (blog)
Original item by Ian Whiteley
Good fun..love it..?
Comment is about The grumbly, rumbly, bumbly cats (blog)
Original item by eve nortley
Agree with Big Sal and Jon..❤
Comment is about When the truth hurts (blog)
Original item by LaTosha Wall Rotramel
I enjoyed this poem and its meanderings. Excellent ?
Comment is about I feel (blog)
Original item by Megan Jones
Last stanza says it all..Thank you for sharing. ?
Comment is about Problem Not Solved (blog)
Original item by Jacee Claire
Sad, but very beautifully expressed. I adore the phrase "love -laced eyes".
Comment is about The Death of Love (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Thanks for everyone's comments and pointing out the bits you like, am still learning how to use the comments section to reply
Comment is about Trees (blog)
Original item by Sam Khan-McIntyre
A short powerful poem full of feeling.Keep writing
Comment is about I feel (blog)
Original item by Megan Jones
I like the image of leaves calling out to each other in song.
Comment is about Trees (blog)
Original item by Sam Khan-McIntyre
Powerful and truthful full of strong feelings for the troops."young men have always been disposable to those in power.Those who survive, remain,neglected,silent ,shocked and ruined."
So true and many are homeless.Well Done.
Comment is about Times of Trouble (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Big Sal
Wed 7th Nov 2018 12:29
There's two types of people in America: Those that admit there is police brutality and admit something needs to be done to address it, and those that deny anything is wrong until they get their own skull cracked by a billy club.
I could not care less what right-wingers or conservatives think about such opinions - victims of police brutality aren't the ones pissing on the Constitution, now are they?
Great piece of poetry and sentiment. The exposure will continue until change comes.?
Comment is about When the truth hurts (blog)
Original item by LaTosha Wall Rotramel
Big Sal
Wed 7th Nov 2018 12:24
The back-and-forth sense and twinge of bathos adds to the flow of this piece.
Nicely done on the rhythm and the word choice didn't feel forced - it felt right.?
Comment is about I feel (blog)
Original item by Megan Jones
Big Sal
Wed 7th Nov 2018 12:22
Absolutely one of your best pieces.
The second stanza sums up the relationship most of the US has with the military: Never served themselves, but every boy scout and his dad wants to relive the glory but not the gory days.
I can now see that your style of writing has many more facets than I previously suspected. It'd be great to see you carry a theme for multiple poems or something. Whatever you choose to do next though, make it bang, and I'm sure you will keep outdoing yourself.
We have to shadowbox with ourselves in the mirror when no one else is around, for we don't all have dead meat in the freezer or a brother-in-law named, "Paulie". Sometimes we have to make our own opponents to better ourselves. Keep practicing, I can't wait to see where this all goes.
Comment is about Times of Trouble (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
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Wed 7th Nov 2018 10:58
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Wed 7th Nov 2018 10:57
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Wed 7th Nov 2018 10:51
Taylor, this is remarkable and resonates strongly. Well done.
Comment is about Times of Trouble (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
Taylor,
This is a remarkably good poem which sums up the present day attitude to past wars and how most people cope with the reality of such terrible losses. The fourth stanza is the one which affects me personally.......remain neglected, silent, shocked and ruined. How true indeed.
Taylor well done and thank you for this
Keith
Comment is about Times of Trouble (blog)
Original item by Taylor Crowshaw
elPintor
Thu 8th Nov 2018 05:57
I suspect that the majority of these crimes go completely unheard by our courts and, therefore, the public, courtesy of our convenient system of plea bargaining.
Rachel
Comment is about When the truth hurts (blog)
Original item by LaTosha Wall Rotramel